We made it! Those of you with us several years ago when we lunched here with Johannette and Sias will no doubt recall with pleasure that day.
But to get back to the start of today...
Graaff-Reinet was chilly but sunny (as usual) but we were headed for the southern coast of Africa where the sea was likely to increase the temperatures so we reckoned that we'd seen our last really cold morning of this trip.
The road from GR to Outeniqastrand runs almost dead straight SW for 90% of its distance.
As you can see from the satellite pic above the terrain changes dramatically once the southern coastline of SA is approached.
Without difficulty we found our way down to Johannette and Sias' wonderful home set on high ground overlooking the ocean. We hadn't seen each other since 2006, when they visited us at Noosa. Soon we'd renewed our acquaintance and Mary and I happily settled in to the luxurious accommodation they'd prepared for us, with hospitality typical of the people of South Africa.
Heaps of interesting activities are planned during the next week or so, including a couple of nights in a cabin at Tsitsikamma, a forested coastal park just east of here.
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