Today I was going to reach the Southern Ocean. I had been looking forward to this section for a while now and I must admit today didn't disappoint.
I had the obligatory walk through the roads and the paddocks. They also managed to throw in another Heysen on me where the trail leaves a road, travels 2 kilometres around some paddock to then go back to the road 1 kilometre down from where you left it. The trail then comes within a couple of hundred metres of the suburb of Encounter Bay.
I was tempted to side trail to the nearest cafe but it turned out to be 2.2 kilometres away a 4.4 kilometre round trip. Just too far for a coffee. The trail then starts to follow the coast proper and I slowed down a lot to continue to admire the views.
The trail follows the cliffs from King Head to Newland Head before heading inland a little through the Newland Head Conservation Park. I headed for the Waitpinga Campground where Belinda had to book me a spot online. No one else there except me and every mosquito in South Australia. I had to spend the last of the daylight hours in the tent after they found me. They eased off a little after dark.
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