Sunday 13th May - Victor Harbour (Mother's Day)

Hot Spot cafe

The weather was rather bleak today.  We had thought of going on the Cockle Train to Goolwa, but decided against it - felt we wouldn't see very much.  Instead we went to the shopping Centre and had a look at Big W.  Had some lunch at the Hot Spot cafe in the centre. 
We bought a metal seahorse as my Mother's Day present.
I rang Mum, Susan rang me, and Mark texted to wish Happy Mother's Day.
We checked out the Whalers Inn as a possible venue for dinner - only to find it isn't open for Sunday night dinner.

Kelly Lane 'feathers' mug

We had a look at a few other shops around town.  I bought a lovely mug for Mum for Mother's Day - a Kelly Lane mug with lovely blue wrens depicted, but all in delicate shades of mauve and purple.

Hotal Victor

We had dinner at the Hotel Victor.  Quite a nice meal.  Tried our luck on the pokies, but didn't do any good.  A lady next to me won $1100 though.

Thursday 10th May - Bordertown to Victor Harbour

Strath Corner Bakery

We left Bordertown at about 9:30.  Drove through Keith and Tallem Bend.  We stopped at Strathalbyn for lunch in the same bakery we had lunch when we were last here about 13 years ago.  It was the Stath Corner Bakery.
We continued on to Middleton, by-passed Murray Bridge and Goolwa.  Arrived at Victor Harbour Beachfront Park at 2pm.

Our ensuite site

When Bill got the caravan set up he discovered he hadn't packed any outdoor chairs, so one of our first tasks was to hit the shopping centre to see what we could buy.  Settled on two chairs from Big W @ $30 each.  Quite sturdy chairs, and relatively easy to get out of for me.

View from the site

Our view from the site was lovely.
We had dinner at the Grosvenor Hotel.  As soon as we walked in we realised it was the same pub we'd had a meal in last time we were here, because it had a train running around the walls of the dining room.

Grosvenor Hotel

We didn't have the camera, so no photos of the train.  Sadly there are no photos on the internet either.  The train is not quite as good as the one that was operating years ago.  that train has been retired, and is on display above the bar.  It was a magnificent looking specimen.  The new one is more modern looking, and it doesn't make noises like the old one did when it blew its whistle.

Soon Off Again

Well, provided John Scarlett gives another good report when I see him in a fortnight we will be off on our travels again.  This time we are finally going to make the trip that we were scheduled to make the day after Dr. Joshi delivered the news that it looked as if I had secondary cancer.  We are going to Victor Harbor in South Australia.  We'll take the caravan and try out our new inner spring bed, the microwave and the raised settee seats.  Bill has been a busy beaver getting the van ready for this trip.