Go the pies!!!

And I'm referring to the meat encased in pastry kind :)
Packed up from our motel to travel to Swan Hill. It was to be a long 7 hour drive. Rolled into downtown Naracoorte to seek out food . Found a bakery cafe. Chose pies for breakfast as the option was toasted sandwiches and those pies smelled really inviting. I a potato pie and Brian a steak pie. Then we selected cakes to take with us for the evening. We were booked on a Sight and Sounds Tour at Pioneer Settlement at Swan Hill at 8 pm so the cakes would be a great supper.
Drove to Mount Gambier to see the Blue Lake. As we began our drive we traveled through a place called Penola. Its claim to fame was that it was here Mary Mackillop worked with Father Woods attempting to ensure all children could receive an education regardless of wealth. Together they began the Sisters of St Joseph school. There is a series of sculptures in honour of Father Woods who often prepared his sermons under the red river gums. They are made of red river gums.

Mount Gambier is built on the slopes of an (lucky for us and the local inhabitants) extinct volcano. The Blue Lake has crystal clear water that has been filtered through under ground limestone. I could try to explain it fully but it's well done on this website
http://www.mountgambiertourism.com.au/documents/splash/Mount_Gambier_Visitor%20_Guide2011.pdf
....If you are interested
Did a quick Griswald style race around to several lookouts, took some quick photos and then hit the road again for the long drive to Swan Hill.
We crossed the border into Victoria on the northern fringe of Myora Forest Reserve around 2 pm South Australian time ( and it wasn't til about 3 pm. EDST that we remembered we needed to change our watches back. There had been a sign to change the time when we entered South Australia from NSW but Victoria forgot to tell us to change them back haha)

Deviated from the Highway for a food stop at Horsham. They actually charge here to park in the street even though there was hardly any demand for the spots. Closest place to where we parked (which funnily was in McLachlan Street lol) was another bakery so again we ate pies ( hence today's title lol) . This time I had a mushroom pie and Brian a pepper pie. There wasn't that much choice left actually cause it was after 4 pm.
Drove off again for the last 3 hours of the journey to Swan Hill . By the time we finally The sprinkles of rain had turned to downpour. Changed into warm clothes for our tour , so excited. Just as we were leaving the hotel my mobile phone rang. It was the lady from the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement tour. She had bad news :(((. Due to the rain they couldn't run the tour as the cart would get bogged. She said it was a large group so the weight of the cart train would definitely bog. I wanted to suggest she just rid of everyone else and just take Brian and me haha.
Went into town and got KFC for dinner. Now we are eating our cakes so it's a yummy supper.
We head to Echuca tomorrow, hopefully the paddle steamers run regardless of the weather :)) From there we are aiming to get as far as about Narrandera . Then on Friday it will be the journey to Terrigal. This has all gone far to fast :(( Oh well it's only 10 weeks 'til our next adventure .
Love Kerry-Anne and BRIAN. xxx
PS I have found the best ever hair product on this trip available in all the country towns we have stayed in...the secret product is WATER!!! It makes your hair amazingly soft and it straightens so easily after drying (the hair that is , not the water haha).