Day 20: Sat 04 Mar 23 - Port Elliot

Sat 04 Mar - Port Elliot

Minimum of 11 Deg overnight reaching a much more pleasant 26 Deg with very little wind most of the day. The slightest breeze at times did feel cool when in the shade though. After a morning walk around the headland at Horseshoe Bay and up to the Soldiers Memorial Gardens in Port Elliot, we set off at about 0915 for a 7 hour / 180km drive exploring the southern Fleurieu Peninsula. It was a fantastic day with some incredible scenery, and we could not have chosen a more perfect day of weather. The roads were quite hilly, winding and very narrow in places, but provided many wonderful views. From Port Elliot we drove through Victor Harbour to Cape Jervis where the Kangaroo Island ferry operates from. From there we drove towards Normanville stopping at the memorial for the ex-HMAS Hobart  which is sunk of the coast in Yankalilla Bay as a dive wreck. From there we drove to Normanville where we enjoyed lunch in the park in the beautiful warm sun, then continued on to the Myponga Reservoir lookout, and then Myponga and Yankalilla. From Yankalilla we returned via Victor Harbour back home to Port Elliot. After a brew, we went for a walk down to the beach to watch the last of the finishers in an ocean swim event (900m and 1.8km distance). It was such a lovely afternoon that we continued to walk up and around the headland overlooking the Horseshoe Bay with more fantastic views, returning for dinner and an early night to end another fabulous day.

Sunrise at the Caravan Park

Path between the Horseshoe Bay beach and caravan park

Sun rising over Horseshoe Bay

Horseshoe Bay and caravan park on the right

Sunrise along the coast

Avenue of Honour  - Soldiers Memorial Gardens at Port Elliot

Cape Jervis and Kangaroo Island in the distance

Road down into Cape Jervis with Kangaroo Island in the distance


Cape Jervis Harbour

Cape Jervis Harbour - Kangaroo Island in the background

Ex HMAS Hobart memorial. The anchor points to the resting place of HMAS Hobart 11.1kms away in Yankalilla Bay in 30m of water as a dive wreck. 

Ex HMAS Hobart memorial.

Lovely neat historic hotel in Normanville

Stunning Normanville Beach

Normanville Beach Jetty

Carrickalinga Head Lookout

Myponga Reservoir

Overlooking Myponga Reservoir

Overlooking Myponga Reservoir

View overlooking Sellicks Beach

Old Church in Myponga Township

Myponga Reserve

Myponga Reserve - The Micro Brewery next door was enticing, but we still had some distance to drive.

Glacier Rock at Inman Valley dating back some 270 million years ago. Apparently, this whole region was covered in ice 300 million years ago, and the valley was scoured out as the ice slowly moved. 

Back at Horseshoe bay as an ocean swim was underway complete with a helicopter patrolling from the air

Afternoon coastal walk

Afternoon coastal walk taking in the views

Our 180km approx route (in Pink) from Port Elliot to Cape Jervis, the HMAS Hobart memorial, Normanville, Carackalinga, Myponga Reservoir, Myponga, Yankalilla, Inman Valley, returning via Victor Harbour to Port Elliot

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