Von Adelaide nach Robe...

Adelaide, Hahndorf, Naracoorte, Robe

Adelaide was immediately likable to us, with lots of green spaces, cleanliness, and little hustle and bustle for a big city.

We wanted to go shopping immediately after our arrival, so we asked the first person we met for a supermarket. Kindly, he offered us a ride in his car since he was going the same way. That's how positively our stay in Adelaide began!

Our campsite was right next to the freely accessible Botanic Garden, so we had a particularly beautiful path straight into the center, walking through the park, with lots of birds including... and the first (almost real) koala of this trip;).

The core of the city center is the pedestrian zone on Rundle Mall. There are very appealing restaurants and bars nearby where you can enjoy a glass of wine. After all, the area is also known for good wines.

We happily took some time to visit the South Australian Museum. Here you can learn a lot about Aborigines, diverse cultures, as well as the history and nature of the country.

We made a short detour to Hahndorf on the way to Naracoorte, which is considered the oldest surviving German settlement in Australia. In 1839, fifty Lutheran families founded this settlement after fleeing from Prussia for religious reasons. The typical tradition is still maintained and well marketed here, which can sometimes seem quite kitschy.

In Naracoorte Caves National Park, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to extensive fossil finds, we visited one of the famous 26 caves. Here, in a replica cave, extinct animals are depicted to give younger visitors a particularly impressive sense of the atmosphere during that time.

Our next short visit was to Robe, a town with several small lakes. There, we camped in a very idyllic camping park at Lake Fellmongery (fellmonger means wool washer) with ancient pine trees protected by nature.

But now we're going to continue our journey to the famous Great Ocean Road along the south coast...