McLaren Valley SA

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Friday 23-4-10 we got away about 11am & followed Paul & Kenny to Lakeside Caravan Park at Mclaren Vale ($26 a night) . We set up & went to the pub for lunch, & then we all had a rest. Collin & Jenny arrived at 5.30 just as we were going to dinner at Terry, Sandra & Ally’s place at Morphett Vale. At the moment they are renting a house together while they subdivide their land & Ally will build next to Terry & Sandra. Ally has 4 kids , so it was nice catching up with them. We had a BBQ & it was a nice night. We got back to camp at 9.30pm & all the couples were in bed, so we had an early night. Saturday 24-4-10 Jenny had arranged a mini bus to take us around the Winery’s , it picked us up at the park at 11am & off we went. We went to Dowie Doole & Gemtree where we had a wine & cheese tasting for $5 each, then we went to Woodstock, Hoffmann’s & Dog Ridge Winery, where the film The Boy’s are Back was shot. We then went to Red Poles for lunch & finished the avo off with D”Arenburg & Alpha Box & Dice winery’s , We had a very pleasant day & I am glad we took the bus, everyone was very merry. We finished the night off with cheese & biscuits & had an early night. Sunday 25-4-10 Everyone was a bit under the weather so we had an enjoyable day at the park, Di made pizza’s for lunch & Kenny did the salads, Den & I had a rest & then we all had a BBQ tea & I did salad & veggie bake. Monday 26-4-10 we got up early & packed up it was sad to say goodbye to everyone, they want us to join them in Darwin in July, but I don’t think we can. It was a really good weekend.

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