Thursday March 13, 2014

A relatively short day today because of our longer ride yesterday.  The scenery in South Australia is not as stunning as New Zealand however, I realized that we still need to take photos of our day and the scenery we are seeing so that you can see it too. When we stop for some electrolyte or something to snack on which is about once an hour, I will take a photo.

Ralf and I were trying to decide which came first the wooden structure or the brick structure.

At 24 kms we stopped just before this hill.

Today\’s route was very gentle rolling hills, no major climbs until we came to our warm showers house which was once again up a hill.  This time there was no “hill” in the name so no indication that there would be climb at the end of our ride.  If Sandy has been reading these blogs I am sure he is laughing.  Sandy is our host or at least he would be if he was here!  This is another situation where the host has trusted us with his house while he is away.  A neighbour is keeping an eye on the house while he is away and we were given the key and told to make ourselves comfortable. Sandy has also invited us to stay with him when we get to Anglesea. Incredibly generous.

We arrived at about 11:00, and settled in, then we went for a walk downtown to see some of the historic buildings and to get some provisions for the next few days. As we passed the catholic church and convent we noticed the door was open.

We went inside and there was a school group doing a project.  The Father came out to talk to us and was a really nice guy.  I told him about Scott joining the priesthood.  His comment was “Good on him, we need all the priests we can get”.

We also visited the first of the sink-holes which is in the centre of the downtown.  Early settlers settled around this area to access the ample supply of fresh water.

Not sure how deep this one is, the sinkholes are formed when the roof of a cave weakens and collapses in or falls to the bottom of the cave.

The City of Mt Gambier has a myriad of caves below the City.