True to our practice on previous trips, Sundays were going
to be non-travelling days, days of rest indeed. So we stayed put in Port
Augusta and decided to visit the Presbyterian Church in the morning. The
service was led by pastor Barry Rossiter and was attended by a very small number
of people. Apparently the bulk of the congregation was on holiday elsewhere. In
his sermon, Pastor Rossiter made a comparison with present-giving at Christmas
and God’s gift of Jesus Christ. It was well-put and the children present
listened attentively and seemed to get the point. The hymns were familiar on
the whole. We had coffee afterwards and a bit of a chat with various people.
In the afternoon we went for a bit of a Sunday
explore and a Sunday walk along the beach. It was a bit surprising to discover
that there were mangroves growing in the upper tip of the Spencer Gulf.
Latitude and climate would make this possible, but one just does not associate
mangroves with an arm of the Great Southern Ocean.
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