Marg & I had decided we’d drive over to the Fleurieu Peninsula, in South Australia, to wile away a week or so of the school holidays. So, early on Tue 12/Apr/11, after a night of torrential rain across suburban Melbourne, we hit the road. With nothing booked & very little planned we were looking forward to some interesting times. It was not yet the SA school holidays so we didn’t expect too many problems picking up accommodation as we toured around. We took the Western Highway, being the more direct route and were soon through the wet weather still plaguing Melbourne. The drive took the best part of 10 hours with the odd stop here & there. We had thought we might spend our first night in Langhorne Creek, the centre of the local wine precinct,
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