Blogs from South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 222

Hello everyone, I'm now in Adelaide, we flew down on Friday from Alice springs and were pleasently surprised when we got free sandwiches on our flight little things make us very happy especially when its free or cheap food (hence the reason theres a sponge cake in a bag by my feet- only $2 (less than a pound) and it will last at least 2 meals-bargain!!). Anyway yep we're here in Adelaide, nice little place, tree lined streets and old buildings. It is a little chilly though!! I've had to invest in some shoes that actually cover my toes as i only had my boots and i think melbourne is going to be just as cold!! Getting back to my blog title...have you guessed where we've been....yep wine tasting we went to the Barossa valley ... read more

Hi to All! Well, we've done it - finally tied the knot! Thanks to all our family and friends for helping us celebrate the most amazing day of our lives last Saturday. Word's truely can't describe how perfect it was. We had the perfect weather, the perfect locations, and we're perfectly happy. (How sickening for you to read!) Honestly, we have absolutley no complaints, only to say that the day went by way too quickly and we wish we could have partied on the whole weekend (although Kate's feet might have thought otherwise!). Thanks to our photographers and our family and friends we have hundreds of photos and several hours of video to be able to always remember that day. But as for now, we are in the throws of packing up our house to ... read more

Introduction Hi everyone, It was an amazing walk today - amazing spectacle and amazing serenity and amazing pain! The location, Onkaparinga gorge. Five grueling hours. What a way to spend Mother's Day. You can find out more about how to get there at some of our other blogs about Onkaparinga Onkaparinga gorge, url=http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Onkaparinga/blog-40664.htmlEchidnas, waterholes and ruins at Onkaparinga, url=http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Onkaparinga/blog-62330.htmlAwesome Onkaparinga and also the route maps (one how to get there, and the other the walk itself). We started the walk at gate 18 of the Onkaparinga Conservation Park just behind the ... read more

Kangaroo Island From Adelaide we did a one day trip to Kangaroo island, used to be inhabited by many kangaroos. Now there are more koalas. So many that the government started birth control and sterilisation programmes to reduce the number of koalas. So we saw koalas, kangaroos, walaby's and seals. The coastline was also nice and the remarkable rocks, so called for their funny shapes. Vanuit Adelaide hebben we een dagje Kangaroo Island bezocht. We wilden weer met een huurauto maar dat is erg moeilijk en duur vanwege de monopoly van Sealink op zowel de tours als alle andere vervoer. We hebben besloten om onze trip naar de Red Centre, Alice Springs, naar voren te halen zodat we meer tijd aan de oostkust hebben, dus we hebben maar 1 dag op het eiland. We vertrekken ... read more

Well, the clock's-a-ticking and there is heaps left to do. I guess going fishing last Sunday when Amanda had lined up a whole heap of work on the Kamper and Prado, wasn't such a good idea. Not to worry, while the water was a bit rough, any day fishing is better than any day helping the wife organise the Kamper. Opened up the Kimberley Kamper for the first time last weekend, since before Easter and everything was mouldy from moisture. I wonder if having the beast on the back lawn next to the sprinklers was such a good idea, but too late now. At least we are getting some of the wet stuff from the heavens and the Kamper is getting cleaned every so often, daily at the moment. Damn near forgotten what that wet stuff ... read more