Cleaning and maintenance was called for as we may have neglected it a little bit !!
We had a warm Easterly wind blowing , heating things up , but we kept on plugging away at it . Finishing at lunch time , we ate and headed down the street , stopping at the foreshore park for a while . The park overlooks the marina and the many crayfish boats and a few private boats . The cray boats come to the dock and unload their catch straight onto a conveyor , that takes it into the factory for processing .
We drove around to the Priory and Russ Cottage to get a couple of photos . St Dominics Priory is now a hotel - quite a shift in usage !!
Russ Cottage is a restored building , that was built in 1870 , and contains furniture & artefacts from the era . You get to look in the windows only , as they cannot afford to have staff there all the time .
There was also a hand operated rail trolley from 1884 on the verandah .
We drove back toward the marina , but went around Ocean Drive , for some views of the coast and The Irwin River Inlet . The wind had picked up from the south again , cooling things down , but also sand blasting nearly everything . We pulled up at one lookout , looking back at the marina .
From here we went to the rock wall on the southern side , near where the kite sailors were yesterday. There is a reef not far from the coastline , that keeps the water relatively flat .
The water was a good temperature for swimming , but the windchill was a bit much , so we went for a walk along the beach next to the foreshore - at least it was a bit protected from the wind . From here we went to South Beach , and sat in the ute whilst looking at some kite surfers again . The sand was blowing across the carpark quite rapidly , so we headed back to the RV for a beer & salsa .
Not overly exciting , but another day in our adventure none the less .
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