We escaped south the following day and ended up ‘camped’ at Kingston SE on the shores of Lacepede Bay which is not far from or perhaps is part of the amazing Coorong . Aboriginal Australian people lived in this area for tens of thousands of years before the colonisation of South Australia. The place, known to the Tanganekald and Meintangk peoples as Tangalun, was at the border of the traditional lands of these two peoples. We just gate crashed and plonked ourselves there for almost a week to be wrapped in quietness, quite delicious – and the temperature was pleasant. Here we spend many days exploring along the coast including east to Robes and further northwest along the Coorong, places we hadn’t visited for about 15 years.
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| Great location just a hop skip and jump from the beach |
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| Cape Jaffa Lighthouse was close by. This dates back to 1872 |
The caravan park was right across the road from the beach and at this time of year it was wonderfully uncrowded. So we were able to enjoy quiet sunsets over the sea, a novelty for me. Something which seemed quite naughty was being able to drive on the beach. We are so used to beaches being protected as bird breeding sites but it is the norm here it seems.
In the bottom photo is a flurry of Red Capped Plovers quite fearless of us intruding on their site.
We had expected/hoped to gather or buy pipis. The Coorong, after all is THE place for pipis (cockles, vongole). But twist and dance as we might along the shore nary a one floated to the surface and all I got was stones and empty shells. And weirdly we couldn’t buy them anywhere. They are used as bait! What a terrible waste.
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