Easter 2012 – Day 9
Bye Bye Mount Gambier,
we drove thru the Coonawarra wine area, we were too early to do any tasting though, and made our way further north to Naracoorte.
Naracoorte is a world heritage fossil mammal site . It is recognised as one of the worlds most important fossil sites. We booked a guided tour of the Victoria Fossil Cave, this cave is world renowned for the fossil deposits, which we saw- they are still actively digging up fossils here.. There was 2 intact skeletons on display in the cave which had been found, one was Leo a marsupial lion & the other a leaf eating Kangaroo . Brendan enjoyed this tour. The centre also has an area that recreates the ancient world of Australia’s mega-fauna with life size robotics in a simulated forest & swamp land – this was well presented.
We ended up stopping at Keith for lunch – eating at a local bakery, where Brendan discovered that he likes iced chocolates.
arrived at Hanhdorf in the Adelaide Hills at Aunty Gay’s & Uncle Johns, we got a bit lost on their actual street but eventually arrived safe and sound. We caught up and settled into our rooms
Andrew ,Linda & the kids came over later in the evening for tea and another catch up which was good.
