For the Easter long weekend Michael and I headed to Goolwa as his parents have a Farr 7.50 there which we can use. This is the second year we have done this and it is always lovely and relaxing. After heading out at about 11 on Friday we stopped at Currency Creek for a walk. The last time we were at Currency Creek was the day Michael and I got engaged and it was not as enjoyable as we didn’t have proper walking shoes.
This is the train line which runs over Currency Creek. You walk right under the bridge on this walk. Last time we were here a train went by which was really cool to see. It was also scary though as one of the works on the train was just hanging off the edge of the train. I really couldn’t have done that without freaking out.
After walking along the path further the reeds clear up and you can see the creek. It was a lovely day and it was nice walking along the path listening to the water running down the creek.
There is also this cave here but both times we didn’t have a torch with us to light it up. It looks interesting and I have no idea how far the cave goes.
There was also this really cool burnt tree. It is almost completely burnt out down the bottom but the tree is still alive and growing up the top. The gum trees in Australia have adapted to survive after fires and it is really amazing that they can do this.
After walking along the trail for 20 minutes it opened up to this view of a waterfall. You can walk all the way down and sit right on top of the waterfall it’s lovely. It would be so nice to spend the day there with a good book.
After the waterfall the creek becomes smaller but is still very pretty. You can walk for ages it seem but we decided to head back as we wanted to eat our lunch.
We arrived at Goolwa a little after 1pm and started to unpack the car. It was a lovely day and this is the view from Dyarchy in the marina. There wasn’t much wind and Michael had some Uni work to do so we set up for staying overnight in the marina.
After we had finsihed setting up and Michael had done some Uni work we headed to the beach for another walk. It was a bit cold but it was a lovely day otherwise. The beach was reasonably busy for Goolwa with lots of cars and people about.
We took a selfie of us at the beach. It was a lovely walk and the beach holds lovely memories for us as this is where we got engaged.
Saturday morning we had some motor troubles and waited for Michael’s parents to help us. It seemed to be fixed after talking to Clive and we decided to go somewhere. It was another lovely day and there was a nice amount of wind so we could sail. I’ve been trying to improve my confidence with steering and ended up doing it a lot of the time.
Here is another picture of us sailing up the river.
In the end we were still having motor troubles and we weren’t sure if it was going to start in the morning so we anchored in Duck Hospital just of Goose Island (near Clayton). Here is the sunset from where we were. It was lovely and so peaceful.
Here is a picture of Goose Island. After the wind stopped it was blissfully quiet and if you weren’t talking you couldn’t hear anything. That is the best part of sailing on the lake although spending a night on Earrame on the sea is also nice listening to the ocean all night.
The next morning we woke up and slowly got ready to leave. There was no wind so we weren’t in a rush to leave as we didn’t have far to go. We were still having motor troubles but managed to get out and sail home. It was fun trying to get back into the marina with no motor or lots of motor but we got back in safely without any damage to us or the boat.
We decided to head back on the Sunday as Monday was meant to be very windy and also wet. At about 1 in the morning the rain and wind started and did not let up all morning. We decided to leave pretty early as we were stuck on the cramped boat and couldn’t go for walks. We got home about midday and unpacked and enjoyed a relaxing evening at home.
That was the end of our weekend away. I’m going to try post more of these as we want to document our lives a bit more. I also want to post short book reviews and other book related posts. We will see what happens.
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