Today we had planned a relaxed day at the beach – surfing, swimming, and enjoying the sights at Point Sinclair and Cactus Beach.

Gordie was keen to go back to the point he had surfed at the day before, Klaus was going to the jetty to see if fishing was a good option, and Trev was hoping to fit in a surf, swim, fish, and drone fly….

We decided to try putting the drone up first to get some pics of Cactus Beach, the point, and the surf so we stopped just near the track down to the point that Gordie had driven down for a surf and put the drone up. We got some good pics of where Gordie was going out … and his lonely Titan…. And then the wind was too strong to complete the flight, so we had to abort….

Kerry, Rose, Dave, Trev and I then went to Cactus Beach – Trev had a quick surf, but the wind was by now blowing a gale, so the surf was blown out… we had a swim and sat on the beach for a while but decided to move on to the jetty to see how Klaus was going with the fishing….

We had been talking to a couple of people who had camped at the Point Sinclair campground the night before and they told us that the mice were horrendous – getting into caravans and campers, eating food – pretty much unstoppable so they packed up and are heading for Penong Caravan Park where we are for the next few nights…. we were then so thankful that we had not been successful getting spots there yesterday – very providential – no mice problem in Penong Caravan Park!

Arriving at the jetty we noticed that Klaus and Beryl were no longer there – we had a walk along the jetty and Trev jumped in for a quick swim in the netted area – but the wind was still howling so we headed back for Penong and lunch…

After lunch we relaxed in the camp kitchen area, Trev did some more work trying again to release the cutlery drawer in the Weiss Lotus…finally giving up and going to look for Gordie who still had not come home from his surf…. Trev hoping for a surf/swim if the wind had abated….

We walked up and looked at the Penong Windmill Museum which had some great examples of different windmills used in Australia – including the largest windmill “The Comet” which was 35 foot!! There were only 15 ever made – and only 2 of those outside Queensland – and this was the only one in South Australia.

There was a Southern Cross “Les” which had 6 foot blades but a tower that was 60foot (18.29m) high!

Kerry had cooked a healthy fruitcake while waiting for Gordie – so we all enjoyed some for afternoon tea….

Trev and Gordie arrived back at close to the same time – Gordie having been out all day but not having a fantastic surf experience due to windy conditions….or was it age creeping up on him….

Klaus managed to bang the cutlery drawer and finally free it…. without Branch’s assistance!!!

As we had a long drive tomorrow to Port Augusta (over 500kms) we did some packing up and got an early night….