The Weekend Before

As I write this I'm sitting at the dining table in our cabin at Kittawa Lodge. Lynn is in front of me, preparing lamb and roast vegetables for tea. I can see through the window in front of her, maybe 10 metres away, a wallaby on the hillside amongst the long grass.

Before I say more about today I'll just recap the last few days. On Friday we drove down to Hindmarsh Island. Lynn and I picked up Sal, then the trailer and boat at Mount Barker and got to our holiday house (47 Coorong Dr, facing the Murray Mouth) by 4.30. It was extremely windy and quite cold outside. So we stayed in, played scrabble and pool and ate pizza and salad. On the Saturday we drove to the north side of the island in the moring and tried out the boats for an hour or so - just along the island coast, as it was too windy if we got out of the lee. Carley drove down and Lynn brought her to find us.



By the time we got back at midday Di and Joe had arrived, and Pete and Lorraine came a bit later. We ahd a slow lunch of chips, dips and snacks then sat in the sun (and wind) for much of the afternoon.


After 4, when the Wiskichs had left, we took the boats back to another spot just west of the previous one and went out in the boats again. We went to bed pretty early after some more pool and food. On Sunday morning we left the house after breakfast and drove to the Goolwa Barrage, walking out along the barrage and then back over the dunes to the coast. We drove back to Mount Barker and deposited the boat by 2pm.





Location: 47 Goolwa Channel Dr, Hindmarsh Island SA 5214, Australia

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