I took a two-hour boat cruise on the Glenelg River today with Jim. Juliet and I are conscious with twins that they need some individual attention.
I have never really done anything solo with Jim, who is less outgoing than Maggie, and this holiday seemed a good time to remedy that.
The Glenelg River flows into the sea at Nelson, 35km from Mount Gambier. It’s a fairly large estuary and the river is tidal and navigable 40km inland.
The cruise goes from Nelson to Princess Margaret Cave, stopping there for 90 minutes so people can tour the cave if they wish.
Much of the countryside is largely unspoiled, forming the Lower Glenelg National Park. The river carves through an impressive gorge for much of the distance.
There are shacks along the river at Nelson, which is in Victoria, and at Donovans (pictured, South Australia. These are leased from the State Governments and can’t be used as permanent dwellings.
People can hire houseboats, which we might do one day. The river traffic is much less than the Murray and I saw no snags.
Jim enjoyed the cruise. He kept a lookout for pirates on the way there and claims he saw tigers in the forest.
The boat was fully booked, thanks mainly to a group of more than 30 Jewish people. It’s unusual to see Orthodox Jews in country Australia, so they were probably passing through on holiday.
Jim was full of questions at the start of the tour, including wanting to know why some people (the Jews) were wearing hats on a cloudy day.
It was surprisingly cool, just 22 degrees after 38 yesterday, although the official maximum was 26.7 at one minute after midnight.
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Sounds like you had a good day.
I think it is great that Jim and Maggie have the opportunity as individuals…not twins.
When I was a child being a twin was awful. As an identical twin, there was no way to compete in a school environment where my sister, who was much more scholastically gifted..especially as we were always made to sit together in class, we were seen as the “twins”. If one twin let the other one down academically, the pressure to be the same was enormous.
Like I said Micheal, your day was nice and I am sure the Jews had a blast too.