Victor Harbour

Brian, Jan, Sandra and I departed from Portland mid morning on the 23rd of September 2006. Brian and I drove at a steady pace arriving at Penola shortly after midday. We sat in a lovely little coffee shop and thoroughly enjoyed the coffee and cake. As always, after the snack the girls were off to have a quick look at a couple of 'lovely' old shops. This was a hint of what was to come. Brian and I talked secret men's business and congratulated each other on how well we drove and how sweet our cars were running.

On the return of the girls we hit the road, and that's what Brian and Jan nearly did! Further up the road Brian and Jan were run off the road by a couple of locals in an old farm ute.It was only a matter of centimetres between the curbing and a line of treated pine posts and the left hand side of Brian's Porsche. As we know Brian has never been one to hold back, and he certainly didn't this time! The window was down in a milli-second and Brian was into them....

Next stop was Keith. The weather was warm and we sought a cool place to have lunch. A quick bite to eat,a wee stop and we were off.

We pulled up in Tailem Bend to refuel and continued on towards Adelaide.
It was a pleasant drive through the Adelaide Hills. Stopped at Hahndorf for a cup of coffee and a bite to eat; I was disappointed with Hahndorf. Stacks of people walking from shop to shop looking to buy a tea towel or a shiny spoon as a keep sake, very touristy. Our accommodation for two nights in Adelaide was at The Chifley. A great place to stay as it is situated in the centre of the CBD. The four us did heaps of walking to the numerous shops.Brian and I went along for the walk. The meals were fantastic!! The Porsches didn't move for two days. One place that was interesting was the Japanese Gardens;..... "constructed to symbolize the bonds of friendship between the sister cities of Adelaide and Himer."

The following day we headed off to Victor Harbour via a car museum which was located somewhere in the Adelaide Hills... Sandra and I simply followed Brian and Jan as I have a reputation of somehow becoming lost. The museum at Birdwood was great and the food and cold drink was refreshing. Loved the cars and the vintage motor bikes. We could have stayed there longer but we wanted to get to Victor Harbour and have a look around.

The accommodation was ok. The location was excellent, we were in walking distance from a restaurant that we later found out served beautiful meals. During the days we visited a couple of museums. These we found interesting as Victor Harbour once had a major whaling industry. The trip on the horse drawn tram to Granite Island was enjoyable and cold. I think that if I was to do the trip again I wouldn't stay in Adelaide, I would drive straight to Victor Harbour as I know there was plenty that we didn't get time to see. The further west towards the York Peninsula and around the Spencer Gulf is apparently worth having a look at.Could be a worthwhile frenzy??

Our return journey back to Victoria was really relaxing. The cars rested on about 130kph continuously with the occasional squirt (a term used me and my biker friends).And yes I did see Brian end the life of the innocent "chook. " The trip through the Coorongs was fun as there were very few towns to slow down for and as I just mentioned you could consistently travel at a reasonable speed;definitely travel that way again. Filled up the cars with Vortex before we left Victor Harbour; I arrived back in Portland with a fraction under a quarter of a tank left.

This mini frenzy was very enjoyable, relaxing and rewarding.As always, when you have good cars,good roads, great friends as company, you have the ingredients of something that we all wish we could do more often.

 

Photos courtesy of Brian & Jan.

 

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