After an eventful evening everyone had a slow start to the day. The sun was shining – not a cloud in the sky – a real contrast from the day before thankfully. Wayne the caretaker came around and collected our fees…and asked us to make our wagon train a bit tighter as he had a busy weekend coming up so we moved the Weiss and Wells vans before we went out for the day.

We decided to make the most of the sunny day and head out to the surf beaches of Parsons Head and Waitpinga in the hope of Trev and Gordie getting a surf.

Arriving at Parsons Beach we were greeted with a breathtaking vista of golden beach, clear turquoise waters and waves (albeit small!). A carpark discussion with the lone local female surfer there revealed that the surf was not expected to pick up any time soon so we decided to drive around to Waitpinga for a swim and a surf.

Waitpinga was also very beautiful but much longer – and the waves were no better. Trev and Gordie had a paddle anyway and I went in for a swim. The water was so clear and the temperature was no colder than at home – very refreshing and enjoyable as the day was hot with very little breeze.

Flocks of seagulls kept doing laps of the beach and a lone fisho was further down the beach – we had the whole area pretty much to ourselves.

Trev went in for a final swim and the scene looked reminiscent of a scene from the Alfred Hitchcock movie ” The Birds”!!

Eventually a few other people arrived and so we left and drove on to meet the others at Victor Harbour.

We managed to find them eating lunch at the Castaway Café near the jetty at Victor Harbour.

After some food and beverages we walked out along the jetty to Granite Island where there is a penguin colony.

A quick walk around to take in the sights and some pics – beautiful views over the harbour and rocky islands – there was even a rock that looked like Mr Magoo!

The penguins return to the island at dusk and head into their nests – we were not planning to stay that long so we walked back across the jetty.

Trev and I went out to the Bluff lookout and Rosetta Head – the views across to Victor Harbour and down the coast were beautiful…..

On return to camp, Branch was in full swing as he had missed all the action during the day… Watergate was still underway at the Hunter’s Lotus….

McGyver was assisting Rosie with her hinges and Dave was up a ladder trying to silicone the van leak… he was nearly the next casualty until Trev came out and assisted with Branch looking on…. A very precarious situation!

A late walk on the beach at Rapid Bay to investigate what looked like a cave at the end proved fruitless – there was one section that looked like an entry to a cave but it was too high to get to. The day ended well with no serious injuries or incidents!