Day 26 (Sun 26/9) – Victor Harbour

Woke up to rain but turned into a glorious day. No one in office still (manager was unwell yesterday) to pay. Cycled ~ 20 km of the Encounter Cycleway from near our park up to Middleton via the Mitre 10 in Port Elliot (for plumbing fittings – no luck, and other necessaries). Looks like a great place for surfing, judging by the number of surfers out and the size of the waves. Stopped for lunch in Port Elliot (Ricardo’s – superb pizza, altho’ 9″ would have been better than 12″ for the purposes of being able to continue to function on a bike!). No photos unfortunately, as left camera back at camp! Little penguin guided walk on Granite Island 6.30 pm. Penguins were great although too few in number (apparently numbers have declined from 2000 in 2001 to ~140 now). Beef madras curry for dinner (beef from the butcher in Penola unbelievably tender despite my cooking!) and a very good bottle of Majella merlot to go with it.