Victor Harbor area

It was such a lovely, sunny day we decided to head south to Victor Harbor, about an hour from home. Because of Covid19 restrictions the Whale Watch Centre wasn’t posting updates of sightings which was disappointing.

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Our first stop was at Horseshoe Bay.

Horseshoe Bay

Original Jetty

Renovated Jetty

Anchors retrieved from the bay

Remains of old structure built using local rocks

Seriously?

Next stop, Basham’s Beach

Basham’s is a popular surfing spot

No surfers would want to end up here

Limestone in the making?

Vegetation on the dunes is healthy

Native

Wattle

 

Victor Harbor for a lovely lunch at a pub. The Seagulls took any opportunity to grab a snack if plates were left unattended.

One of many opportunists

Simpson Newland

Nana’s uncle – my Great-grand Uncle 🙂

Southern Right Whales have made a come-back since Whaling days.

Pelican

No dogs allowed so no Granite Island for us.

The Bluff

The town of Victor Harbor

Wright Island in Encounter Bay

Looking south from the lower slopes of The Bluff

We’ll leave the climb to the top of The Bluff for another day.

 

Petrel Cove, I’ve never been here before and I loved it though I wouldn’t want to be here on a hot Summer’s day, the water would be too tempting and the rips are deadly!

On boulders were a couple of memorial plaques for drowning victims.

Sand being sucked out in the rip.

The Cove is only small.

West Island

Uni SA is conducting research on the island, it’s now a reserve.

The variety of rocks in one place fascinated me.

Stegosaurus?

Not a good place to land a boat.

It would be easy to spend a day walking around the various tracks at any one of these lovely places.