The final night at Mount Gambier was a quiet one for me at home with little Sammy, and Les had a roaring time at the speedway with his Albany mates.
THE SUNSET AT MT GAMBIER SHOWGROUNDS....see what I meant about having plenty of room here!!!
The next day we headed off on the short 175km drive to Koroit Victoria. It is a little Irish town only 20km from Warrnambool, this location is important as tonight is the beginning of the 3 night Warrnambool Sprint Car Classic which we are attending. Though I should clarify that I am only going to the first and third night (I need to pace myself) but Les is going to all three nights!!! Les has pre-purchased the tickets online as this is such a huge event it would be difficult to get good seats from the gate, in fact we will be arriving early each night just to get a car park even remotely close to the entry, there is plenty of parking...it's just that the later you arrive the further you have to walk......and it can be much much further!!
US AT NIGHT ONE OF THE ANNUAL WARRNAMBOOL CLASSIC 2014-YAY !!!
This is the Australia Day long weekend and there was a lot going on in Koroit every day. The caravan park is a gorgeous little one, it is right next to the botanic gardens and only a short walk to the main street. On Saturday there was a truck show next to us at the showgrounds, Les went there for a look while I walked into town for a mooch around the shops (I feel that I had the better time as I came home with a cool leather bracelet!!!) then Les headed off to night 2 of the speedway. On Sunday there were more events on around the area including live boxing and a Corvette Show. We then headed off together for the final night of speedway, it was a great night with a full crowd of 10,000 people. There was plenty of Mexican waves and quite a few beach balls being bounced around as well.
The speedway was a well organised event and we made a fast getaway every night but it still made for a lot of late nights after sitting in the sun for hours, hence we had a very late sleep in on Monday :) A lot of other people in the caravan park were also attending the event so we were all on the same sleep schedules.
Tuesday dawned very hot so we headed down to Port Fairy (only 20km away) for a swim as they have some amazing beaches. It was in excess of 40 degrees and most of that heat seemed to be coming from the northerly wind-it was like being in an oven. We had a great time, mixing some swims with reading the newspaper in the shade......what a hard life!!!!
The next day, our last day in Koroit, it had cooled down so we took off for some sightseeing. Koroit is on top of Tower Hill, though that hill is actually an extinct volcano. This whole area (including the Mt Gambier SA area) is full of old volcano's. This volcano has filled with water and combined with the ocean in the background it is a wonderful view.
TOWER HILL-THE EXTINCT VOLCANO THAT KOROIT IS BUILT ON
KOROIT IRISH HOTEL
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