Day 23 (23/9) Coonawarra vineyards then on to Robe

Checked out by 10.30, found somewhere to park the van in Penola and for the second time in 3 1/2 weeks got out the bikes! Pedalled off in search of more vino. Mapped out a route to 4 more cellar doors, starting in the heart of Penola at Koonara then on to Hollick, Majella, and finally Raidis (which didn’t open til 12 pm). A most enjoyable morning, although somewhat wobbly on the bike by Majella and seemed like quite a long way back to Raidis (it was the headwind not the wine, I’m sure). Seemed that we had purchased a total of a dozen bottles when counted up later. No wonder the knapsacks seemed a bit heavy.
Difficult choice re heading directly south to the coast via Mt Gambier or cut across and hit the coast further north. Plumped for the latter and went to Robe, partly because two people we spoke to while tasting suggested we wouldn’t miss much if we skipped Mt Gambier. Of course the stranger we ran into in the Robe Visitor Info told us we’d missed quite a lot of good stuff by taking the route we did, but oh well! Pretty little seaside town and the van park we stayed at “Sea Vu” was great. Obviously a lot of care and thought put into the place with gardens full of flowers, attractive sites and cute signs re how to manage your pet dog in the park. Late walk into town then back for a realtively small meal of leftovers (for me anyway – nothing to do with the amount of wine tasted that morning at all – just a bit under the weather!).