Blogs from South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 208

Hello again and thanks for returning. Thanks to all those who made it to the fundraising dinner on the 16th. We raised over 1000 dollars on the night for the two charities: Carry for Kids and RSI Action (more on these another time), and further donations have been ongoing. (We hope to get an online donation system up and running soon). It was great to see so many of you there to wish us well. We hope you enjoyed the evening and the perfect weather. We were pleased to see enough people to hoover the pig and lamb up, but we still had some deserts left at the end of the night! Sorry for the maps blowing down - i have now created a small map to indicate the route incase you didn't get to see ... read more

Flew to Adelaide for a few days to have a look round. Found it allot more laid back than the other city's I visited on the east coast. I suppose that’s one of things I liked about it the most that it wasn't as busy as the other places I’ve been to. Took a few pictures of the city centre the botanical gardens and the adelaide oval for you to look at. Going to the Barossa Valley tomorrow to do a wine tour, Yay......... read more

G'day mate, We headed up to the Barossa Valley as Rob was feeling a little better. We started in an area called Tanunda where you bought wine passes for $99. This entitled 2 people to go to all the vineyards, collect 6 bottles of wine to the value of $20-$25 a bottle and lots of tastings! We started at Jacobs Creek which was pretty cool and very modern. We tasted many different wines, it's a really good idea because you get to try loads of different types of wines you normally wouldn't, as you're not wasting any money. Obviously if you don't want too much, you can poor it away and if you didn't i think after the first place you would be hammered. From here i got a late picked riesling which is sweeter than ... read more

The Exeter pub, in trendy Rundle St, which is a hangout for yuppies and artists during the day and ...oh so cool... students anytime, has some of the tastiest house reds by the glass in Adelaide. And when you daydream about Paris, you can stare at the empty and dusty bottles of Bollinger that line the top shelf above the front bar. If like me, you have been a graduate student, scribbling and watching every penny, and then spending blindly on beer or booze, when the angst of writing a thesis gets to you, you need to shop around for a tasty wine and place to relax. It is best to stick to wine if you are visiting though, as I did meet a date at the Exeter, and got a little piqued, she was already ... read more

Ah! the Mighty Murray River. 36degrees. Bright sunshine - all day. Willy willys. Dust and flies. We left the peaceful and clear waters of the Murray headwaters and headed further westward. Hume Weir is very low. Picked up some fuel and groceries (no fruit - they shoot ya if ya carry fruit around here) in Wodonga. Stayed on the banks of the Murray in Barmah State Park. Swam, caught shrimp and fished all day. Sandy banks and clearish water. The River Red Gums just drop huge branches without any warning. Wednesday 13th Feb. Headed off again towards Nyah State Forest, you guessed it, on the banks of the Murray. Camped overnight and fished some more. Stopped where the Murray and Murrumbidge Rivers meet. Very peaceful, some fish, murky water and our very own sandy beach again. ... read more