Around the world in 300 days

Our cell for the night

The exercise yard

Nic with Larry the Giant Lobster

For our third night on the road we camped at Mount Eccles National Park. Mount Eccles is an extinct volcano and you could still clearly see the edge of the volcanoes cone, very dramatic! Just as we were relaxing David pointed out there was a koala high up in the tree right near our tent. Then to top it off he began grunting (the koala, not David) to another koala just a few trees away! We had dinner, Nic made a fire and for the rest of the evening and night we could hear the two/three koalas grunting away to each other, scrambling up and down the trees and even having a koala fight!

The following day we drove straight to Mount Gambier, known for it's volcano and brilliant blue lake but not much else! It was a pretty place but quite commercialised. We headed to Mount Gambier Jail, where we'd be stopping the night. The place stopped being a jail in 1995 and became a hostel. We'd booked ourselves into a lovely pokey ensuite cell complete with prison bed! It was an interesting place to be staying.....

So after our stint in the cells and a little exercise in the courtyard, we were given our freedom and made a b-line to get across the border to South Australia. We ended up having a long day of driving via a place called Kingston SE known for Larry the Giant Lobster and finally finishing up in Hahndorf. The Lonely Planet Guide describes this place as a German village theme park but it wasn't that bad! We stayed in a cabin here and enjoyed a pint of German Beer and a curry!