While in Robe we wandered around looking at the small number
of shops, took in the many old cottages and buildings around town, walked the
coastal paths and stopped for ice creams at a very eclectic ice cream shop!
The busts of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders watch
proceedings from the middle of ‘Royal Circus’.
Alongside them is a historical and small Customs House. Those inane city
planners of the 60’s and 70’s thought it’d be a good idea to build a very ugly
and boxy council office there too, just to mar the vista.
Long Beach is, as its name suggests a long beach. It is a
beach that you are allowed to drive onto and along. We did this a few times
over the course of our stay. It is handy being able to take boogie boards and
the kayak as well as snacks, cameras and other beach essentials right onto the
beach with no carrying or carting required!
One visit to the beach was purely to see the sunset across
the waters:
There was a seafood outlet in town that we visited a couple
of times where we bought fresh fish and prawns caught that morning and enjoyed
them for dinner!
Not far from Robe, but it might have been hundreds of miles
away we ventured down a 4WD track to Stoney Point. We had the place to
ourselves. More rugged coastline, small sandy bays and this area also had lots
of sand dunes which we had fun leaping off. This area is part of the Little Dip
Conservation area, so as the name suggests a little dip was in order. Not for
the kids this time though as it looked a little rocky and dangerous to venture
in too far.
There were some colourful and varied shells on the beach:
This sunset photo is across Lake Fellmongery, behind the caravan park:
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