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Midwinter on the Fleurieu’s southern edge: walking up from Blowhole Beach

 

 

The featured image was taken at 4.19 pm on 20 June 2023.

We were standing on a rocky headland, adjacent to (and southeast of) Blowhole Beach; the photo looks south-southwest, across Backstairs Passage to Kangaroo Island.

With sunset less than an hour away, there was not enough time to “explore” the actual Blowhole Beach, but we were able to potter around the rocky shores immediately east of it, before heading to the 4WD track – our safer uphill option, should darkness fall before we had “conquered” Cobbler Hill.

 

 

 

Looking east, from just east of Blowhole Beach – east end of K.I. visible. 4.18 pm, 20 June 2023. Photo copyright Doug Spencer.

 

 

Closer view, 4. 51 pm. Other details as per previous image.

 

 

Before we reached the cold-sweatier, upper section of our trudge up Cobbler Hill, we had a lovely time, sharing the latter part of “golden hour” with some rather more “iconic” fellow-Australians.

 

 

 

‘Roos with a view, Deep Creek Conservation Park, 4. 32 pm, 20 June 2023. Photo copyright Doug Spencer.

 

 

 

Western grey kangaroo enjoying “golden hour” in Deep Creek Conservation Park, 4.32 pm, 20 June 2023. Photo ©️ Doug Spencer.

 

 

 

 

4.33 pm. Other details as per previous image.

 

 

When we reached the picnic ground atop Cobbler Hill the almost-darkness offered something totally unexpected at nightfall on such a cold winter’s day:  an Indian-Australian gathering of family & friends, thoroughly enjoying a picnic/barbecue/curryfest.

They very kindly invited us to join them, but fish awaited us in “our” cottage.

So, after a very pleasant encounter, we (just) resisted curry-temptation, and headed to our Deep Creek home, a few minutes distant.

Future Deep Creek posts involve wilder parts of the Conservation Park…and show what happens there in a properly wet winter.

Click this for more info on this walk, including map.

Another map is here.

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