Blogs from Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Time flies when you are enjoying yourself. So long since I got a Blog in that I cannot remember when it was. We have been very very busy the past two weeks. On getting to Adelaide we just spent one night at the BIG ROCKING HORSE - photo attached. It is not a caravan park or park over, but kindly Lyn (my cousin) and her husband Frans let us stay as we pleased. The Rocking Horse is an Aussie ICON. Everyone you talk to knows of it right down to Melbourne. Apart from the horse there is a very nice restaurant (open during the day), a souvenir shop and a zoo with local wildlife. From there we drove about 400 km north to the Flinders Ranges and spent 5 days driving and traveling around in the ... read more

Nous sommes passés hier dans les Adelaide Hills où des incendies ont ravagés des centaines d'hectares ces dernières semaines. Ca fait bizarre de voir toute cette nature calcinée alors que nous étions juste à côté. On pense aux gens qui ont beaucoup perdu dans ces incendies. On a pas pris de photos volontairement, je vous met juste des belles photos de nature que nous avons prises à proximité.... read more

Thursday 11th Today we left the great little camp (not to mention the great wineries) and headed for Adelaide. We had seen on a map that there was a platypus sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills (not far from Mount Barker) and since we had not seen a living platypus, we gave Tom Tom some instructions to take us to the park. The first turn off from the highway came up a bit quick as I had a truck right on my tail. However, our well mannered Tom realised after a couple of promptings that I couldn't 'Do a U Turn when possible' on a busy main road. A short time later he gave us instructions which we followed diligently and crossed Mount Barker, then zig zagged our way through parts of South Australia rarely seen by ... read more

Mount Lofty which is the highest peak in the Mount Lofty ranges is a popular tourist destination among local and international tourists. These mountains provide the much needed respite to the citizens of Adelaide during hot summers. Mount Lofty was first climbed by a European named Collet Barker in the year 1831 even before the city of Adelaide came into existence. The summit is around 710 meters above sea level and is around 20 minute drive from Adelaide. The view of the Adelaide city from the peak of the Mount Lofty is truly amazing and breathtaking. Not only Adelaide can be seen, other surroundings can also be seen easily during clear skies. On clear days people on the peak can see as far as Kangaroo Island. The authorities in South Australia knows the tourist potential Mount ... read more

So ... today is Easter. We are currently WWOOFING in Summertown in the Adelaide Hills and the hosts have gone away for the weekend so house sitting for us it is! Did the usual chicken feeding and letting out of the older chickens just before 9 - then dog walk time! Back to the house after this to chill for a bit, and try and keep warm! Grandad and Brenda popped up at 11ish to drop off some Easter eggs and hot cross buns and we gave them a tour of the property. We then had lunch and stuff and found ourselves being a little hyper and dancing our little butts off which helped us to keep warm!... read more