With a population of less than 1,700, Kingston SE is a town that appears bigger than it is.
Situated at the southern end of the Coorong, it prides itself as being where the beach starts.
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| "Kingston - the beach starts here" |
Which is not entirely correct. To the north is over 200km of beaches, as part of the Coorong. To the south, the seaside towns of Robe and Beachport, with their own stunning beaches. It would be more accurate to say "Kingston - beaches everywhere!"
The central retail district of the town seems to have had a lot of money thrown at it. Street beautification works, is how they describe it at home. And according to the council website, this was only completed a couple of years ago.
The town was first settled in the 1860's and like most old towns, it lets you know about that with heritage signs all over the place.
The town has pretty much all the conveniences you need - 2 banks (1 part time), pubs, bakeries (more on that later), Op Shop (plenty of those), Home Hardware, a chemist (doubling as a Tatts agency), and a string of home wear shops.
It also has street art. Lots and lots of street art.
At the foreshore there is a stone "arch" commemorating the cleaning up of the foreshore back in the early nineties. It must have been pretty bad back then.
Also on the foreshore is a shop that sells something (forgot what it was).
Near the public toilets / rotunda / caravan park there are a number of art murals and art installations.
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| I quite like this one. |
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| I think this might be a photo background opportunity for traveling influencers. |
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| Those fish are piranhas. I think. |
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| This is the view from the street. The piranha mural is on the other side of this. |
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| This is a mulloway (Which makes me think that the fish above are not piranhas) |
As you walk past the Shire offices you will see this representation of the CWA, found in most rural towns around the country (the CWA, not the mural). The council is quite proud of this one.
This mural is found outside the butcher (and next to the museum). Also on the council website.
This final one is apparently augmented reality, and involves downloading something to experience properly. I'll let others do this.
The final two are attached to businesses:
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| At the now closed ice-creamery |
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| Right below the Not-So-Great Shark (see yesterday) |
Dinner tonight was back at the Royal Mail. Back on the road tomorrow.
PIE REVIEW
The "Bakery" is located opposite from Larry the Lobster, the giant crustacean I photographed yesterday.
The pie chosen today was a pepper pie. Beef mince with a peppery flavour,
The flavour was as you would expect from a pepper pie. The meat was tender and without gristle.
What caught me by surprise was the price.
The last two pies reviewed were between $5.20 and $5.60. And they both had fancy toppings.
Today's pie was $7.70.
Which means either the last two days were really cheap pies, or today's bakery was taking advantage of their position being right across the road from the Big Lobster.
A suspect a bit of both here, if my online research is anything to go by.
I know we're not talking about sheep stations here. It's only a couple of dollars. Still ...
The pie was good. I would put it second on the list, just below yesterday's pie.
Podcast of the day: The Bugle: The Pollsters Have Given Up
- as far as satirical news podcasts go, this would be one of the best. Andy Zaltzman at the helm with guest podcasters from around the planet.
Total km travelled - 843
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