Second Honeymoon

For our first anniversary, Glen shouted me to a few days away at Victor Harbor. Karen called it our second honeymoon but I'm not so sure, might be a bit soon for a second honeymoon! Anyway we left at about midday on Monday 2nd April and arrived at Victor a couple of hours later and were greeted with absolutely gorgeous weather.

We stayed at the Beachfront Caravan Park in a really nice waterview villa cabin.  The last time I stayed in a cabin at this caravan park was with Natasha when I was 17 and our accommodation then was pretty basic but comfortable.  This time was camping like I'd never experienced before. The cabin had Foxtel, a great big shower, air conditioning, a fancy toilet where there was a handbasin in the top, and the best thing of all, a dishwasher!  I'd never used a dishwasher before, now I really want one!

Anyway that first afternoon we went for a few walks.  The beach was only a short walk across a path so we sat on the mountains of seaweed and relaxed while patting the occasional dog that was being walked by its owner. We then walked to the town centre (about a 15 minute walk, not far) and looked around a bit before grabbing some Chinese takeaway for dinner and heading back to the cabin to relax in the air conditioned comfort.

The next day, our actual anniversary, Glen gave me a beautiful silver bracelet that he'd had engraved.  On the front it says 'To my wife Melinda' and on the back it says 'On our First Anniversary'. We then headed off to Granite Island, walking across the bridge as the horse-drawn tram wasn't working (a shame, never been on that before).  We had lunch at the Granite Island Cafe and as we sat outside having our lunch we noticed a dolphin just off the shore having a play and a feed.  So gorgeous!  We then did the walk around the island before heading back to the cafe for a coffee.  This time as we sat outside we saw a seal having a feed.  Amazing seeing these animals out in the wild! We then headed to the Penguin Centre for the 2:30pm feeding session.  Definitely my kind of trip, I loved seeing the penguins, sooooo cute!  I took about 50 photos just of the same penguins lol. We then headed back to the town centre for a little more of a look around, stopping at the local chocolate shop to buy some goodies and then stumbling upon a book exchange.  I could have spent ages here and a lot of money but walked out with only 2 Kate Grenville books while Glen bought a Raymond E Feist book.  It was then time to return to the cabin to relax for a couple of hours before dinner, when we went to this Italian place called Nino's.  I definitely recommend this place if you go to Victor Harbor, the food was great and pretty reasonably priced.

The next morning we checked out and headed on home, sad to be leaving behind such a peaceful place. I could definitely get used to being so close to the beach and such beautiful animals!  I leave you with just one of my penguin photos.