Robe

At Robe, we checked into a holiday park where Trixie had booked a cabin. Surrounded by woods, the cabin was quiet and very pleasant. The holiday park also had a friendly kitty named Batman.

We ventured into town and saw the sights, including the beautiful limestone coastline, a ruin of an old prison, and a landing site where Chinese laborers bound for Victoria landed and then walked to Victoria to avoid a 50 pound landing fee.

We then ate dinner at a local pub. The pub grub was great - we had crayfish cerviche and salt and pepper squid. After dinner, we retired to the cabin where we ate cheese while Trixie was glued to the Ashes Test on television. I can see myself returning to Robe and spending a couple of days exploring the coastal trails.

On our last day on the road, we ate breakfast at Mahalia Coffee. There, we played with Hugo the kitty. Hugo stared at us through a glass door until his humans opened the door, at which time he made a beeline for us. According to the cafe staff, Hugo has used up a couple of his nine lives; he has been bitten by snakes twice, and he nearly died from one of the bites. He now mostly stays close to home.

My Atlas Obscura entry for the Robe Chinese Monument: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/robe-chines…

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