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Published: April 10th 2013
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Tuesday 9th
Before we headed out of Kingston SE, we went walkabout around Kingston. There is a small marina plus excellent boat launching ramps close to the park where we camped. To get there, we walked past a creek that feeds into the marina/anchorage, and this seems to be overnight home for a small group of pelicans.
Locals like to go fishing off the rock walls leading to the marina/anchorage. They claim good catches around sunset, but we didn't give it a go.
We also walked down to the old Jaffa Point lighthouse. This is a museum, but we were not there at general opening hours. However, it is an interesting piece of Australian history. This lighthouse was a platform mounted lighthouse on an off shore reef. Three families lived together on the lighthouse. The deck area was 20meters by 10 meters. The accommodation was in the base of the lighthouse, and the kitchen was a separate building. The 7 children living on the platform had to spend their daytime hours in the cookhouse so the fathers could sleep. Supplies came to the lighthouse every two weeks from Kinston SE by sea.
Now this is a cold
The Lighthouse
Photo taken from the rock wall that protects the marina/anchorage. and windy section of coast. The story is told that on one exceptionally stormy night, the wind and surf broke one of the windows in the early evening. Fearful that with the wind blowing in, there was concern that other windows would soon pop, or worse, extinguish the light. One of the light keeper's wife was described as a 'Large Woman', and she blocked the window with her back through the night to protect the station from further damage.
The journey (NNW) to Narrung took us past an unusual coastal section. Well, not quite coastal as there is a huge lagoon that is relatively narrow but reaches about 60ks in length. The photos at Salt Creek are the southern end of the Coorong National Park. This is a popular camping area with fishermen.
We had stopped at Salt Creek for morning tea and took our cameras walkabout. There were all sorts of waterbirds in the creek. Then our attention was taken by a group of 7 pelicans that were soaring higher and higher riding the breeze and thermals until we could barely see them.
We drove less than half the length of the Coorong NP before the
Sad Fish
I think I would be sad if I was stuck on a rock for everyone to see. highway turned inland to Meningie.
We then headed around Lake Albert to Narrung Jetty where there is a very nice free camp on the edge of the lake. David and I had a go at fishing, but had no success. However, Marg had great success with the camera while quietly watching a white heron fishing. (Seems a very long neck for a heron)
This little camp site is so peaceful and refreshing. There are no shops or any distractions, just a calm lake right on the narrows between Lake Albert and the much larger Lake Alexandrina. These two lakes look healthy due to the huge summer floods in Central Queensland two years ago and again last year. Those floods fed the Murray River and filled these two lakes.
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Interesting blog
You are getting some great photos for sure and they are helpful to us to understand a little about the history of the places you visit. Your pension card arrived some time ago and we did mention that fact Love from the stay at homers!