Friday, May 20, 2011

Adelaide Day 4 - Victor Harbour

Next day, we headed back across the channel to Cape Jarvis en route to Victor Harbour.
Heidi and Oliver taking turns to wear the red fish beanie.
Before we boarded the SeaLink vessel, we spent some time on the shore of Penneshaw. Oliver wrote his name on the sand... such nice calligraphy.
Our first stop upon reaching Victor Harbour is the Cockle Train.
The Cockle Train travels along the oldest steel railed railway in Australia dating back to 1887 when it was constructed to provide a link between the River Murray and the ocean wharfs at Port Elliot and later at Victor Harbor.

Between Victor Harbour and Port Elliot we travelled along picturesque coastal scenery on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
After a 30 minutes ride, we reached the terminal station at Goolwa for a 45 minutes interval before the train heads back. Time for lunch. We checked with the station staff and this lady pointed to a couple of cafes along the historic Wharf Precinct alongside the River Murray. We chose the nearest one and Sophia ordered a spinach pie. The pie was just heavenly... good choice by Sophia.
On the journey back, we spotted this beautiful rainbow.
Nobody nobody but you.
The black stream train that we took.

Evening came and we check into the place to rest for the night at McCracken Country Club.