Robe, South Australia.
I had never been to Robe before; it's sort of on the coast road halfway between South Australia and Victoria. Previously on other trips we had just taken the faster but more boring inland route. We did not have a lot of time to spare as we had committed to doing a house sit on the Bellarine Peninsula but had enough time to take the longer way and see a few new things.
My first impression was it was pretty neat and tidy.
They reckon Robe used to be a really bust port. At one point back in the 1850s during the Victoria Gold rush. New Immigrants would rather walk the three hundred odd kilometres from here to the gold fields than pay the ten-pound landing tax in Victoria. That made me laugh as it would be something I would have done in my younger years.
It does not look that busy nowadays but I could have easily spent some more time looking around. I have heard there are plenty of other good beaches and walks in the area.
The Cape Dombey Obelisk was pretty cool, could be the first one I had ever seen. They are worried about the limestone coast erosion that will probably have it falling into the sea one day. Let's hope not or they can do something to save it. It definitely seems historic and something very original.
Twelve metres tall and able to be seen 16 kilometres out to sea it was used as daytime navigational aid for ships entering Guichen Bay.
The old Robe Gaol Ruins.
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Lovely place and great to beach drive all the way to the border!
Yesterday, while returning from Mt Gambier, I decided to let it go for this time until few more moths to go back.
This place looks beautiful, and seems to be an oasis of hospitality in between two big towns. You guys beautiful smiles tells it all :)
Thanks! it was a great short stop on our way to Mt Gambier but as always, it is hard to fit everything in. So many things and so little time !LOL Have you met all the other South Australian Hive people? There seems more in that part of the world compared to here in Brisbane.
A great trip feels the same to me... everything is so great, so little time. No, I haven't, and would love to meet anyone around here soon. I know a few from Australia, but not in Adelaide in particular.
Oh, I was in Brisbane last week, what a city (I was there at night, again, so little time and everything quick)
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