Oops! Shouldn't have mentioned proof reading, should have done it on my own work. The Kangaroo Island Ferry leaves from Cape Jervis NOT  Port Jervois!
Anyway, moving on, as we did from Victor Harbor (without a horsedrawn tram ride), we followed the coast to Goolwa then up to Strathalbyn and around the top of Lake Alexandrina. We used the little free ferry at Wellington to cross to Wellington East.  I just love these chain ferries.

We followed the Lake edge down along through the Coorong. Michael thought that we were on a back road until he realised that it was in fact the Princes Highway. If you closed your eyes (not the driver), you'd think you were on a dirt road the corrugations were so bad!   

We saw a beautiful pink lake and lots of bird life; Cape Barren Geese, Egrets, Herons, Pelicans and Ducks.

We stayed the night in Meningie, at the caravan park right on the shores of Lake Albert. Once again lots of birds.

                                

There is a great little op shop in Meningie and if I remember correctly they have raised over $200,000 for the local hospital over the last 6 years, my $6 helped.
The next day we drove around Lake Albert and used another chain ferry at Narrung, to cross the 'Narrows' where Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert meet.

The lighthouse on the headland on the other side of the lake is Point Malcolm Lighthouse, the only inland lighthouse in Australia. It was built in 1878 and was used to aid the paddle steamers crossing the Lakes with cargo to and from Meningie.

We rejoined the Princes Highway and continued south, through Meningie again, following the Coorong down to Kingston SE. (SE for South East, apparently there is another one elsewhere.)

We spent the night in Kingston SE, despite the choice of 4 free camp areas we stayed in the caravan park on the seafront. We had glorious views and a fantastic sunset.
Our last days in SA were to be spent in Mt Gambier, so we headed off. On the way we decided to pop into Tantanoola Caves. What a fantastic surprise! We have been in some amazing caves in USA and Europe but this cavern took our breath away!

We recommend this place, it's a 'not to be missed' site, and it's only $10.

We had 2 nights in Mt Gambier, here there is a lovely little caravan park in the middle of town, walking distance to everything. We had a good rest and did the tourist things.
We went out to the Blue Lake. The lake is in a dormant volcanic crater and the colour changes from a dark blue in winter to a vibrant bright blue in summer. It's due to the filtration of the limestone I think, the colour change starts in November so it's just starting now, and you can see the different colours around and across the lake.

  

Also in Mt Gambier is the Umpherston S inkhole, also known as the sunken garden. It was originally 'beautified' in 1886 by James Umperston. He started work on the garden in 1884 setting out to create 'a pleasant resort in the heat of summer', originally there was a small lake too, and he used to have a boat to row under the limestone rocks, the lake has dried out but the gardens are still glorious and home to lots of birds and bees. At night possums come out to play too!

So that's it for now and South Australia, next blog from Victoria. We'll be going up country, away from the  coast for a while, looping around and coming back to the coast in a few days to do the Great Ocean Road enroute to Melbourne. So we'll leave SA with a fantastic sunset from Kingston SE.