Birthday girl Hi Helen, It was a great day at the Duff's place and it was lovely to be part of your special day. We didn't bring anything, but we ate trifle, slices, cream puffs, biscuits, lemon tarts ... apparently there was even a Mars bar slice around somewhere as well (a family speciality). All the best, Dan and Diana xxx
Hi A. Polly Yes it is good to be out walking again - even though it is all dried up out there. I saw Reuben is a speed demon on the dirt track now - too cool! Dad makes us go fast and steady but we don't have to run (yet). Dan
semaphore my home I Like riding my bike up and down, back and forth semaphore to north haven pig face hill is a favourite spot of mine it is the best check it out yeah!
Tomato Source Hi Polly, Rito organised the ingredients and jars. The tomatoes were from Victoria and, I believe, it was all organised through the Adelaide Fresh fruiterer at Prospect. To make 70 x 420ml jars of sauce there was 4-5 cases of tomates washed and de-seeded, 15 large red onions diced and cooked in water until soft, 12 cloves of garlic delicately diced (no chopping board - only in your hand), leaves of 1 dried oregano pack; 8 thin chillies thinly sliced, 1-2 cups salt, 500 g butter, a litre or more of olive oil (I didn't see this part I was just judging by what was left in the drum). The washed basil in the jar had a piece of flower as well as a leaf and we used 3-4 bunches for 70 jars. It is Rito's special recipe, but he said he made it up only 4 years ago. Love, Diana
great! where did you get all of those tomatoes? Bellisimo!
it would be nice to have the exact recipe as we are about to harvest the remains of our crop after the hail.
Unbelievable!!! What an unbelievable amount of tomatos and tomato sauce!!
Are you going to eat it all yourselves?
You can always send some over!!
BR.
Bas
Hi Garry and Wendy The maps that make the Route maps in our blogs are what is available in Travelblog. There are 3 settings, Map, Satellite or Hybrid. These are hybrid. It looks like a combination of Google and UBD.
pink flowering plant Using your photo I think we have identified this plant . It is erica baccans, a non-native. If you come across it again please could you bring in a specimen for our herbarium at the Adelaise Hills Natural Resource centre in Norton Summit.
Also - the bamboo in the creek is not actually bamboo, and is a menace, despite its whistling properties!
The Sixth Creek project which I am a part of is working hard to rid our creek of introduced species and to bring it back to how it used to be. Its slow work but you would notice on some sections the willows and blackberries have already gone. Cheers wendy
Wendy the local Hi Wendy and thanks for your comment. Lucky you to live so close to this area. I am not sure what the pink flowering plant was. We had never seen one like it before. There was only one are that they grew in - and I remember a group of a dozen or so plants. Its leaves and stems reminded me of the Norfolk pine, and the small flower 1-2cm was inside out like a cyclamen. Perhaps it is introduced?
The granite outcrop is on hill that has the Big range road on it, at about the point of the Mawson Road intersection, but in the valley (see second route map). We saw it on the steepest part of our climb on the opposite side of the valley. Do it again - only if in training for another tough walk I think - it was very tough. We will certainly continue to explore Montacute. Thanks again for your comments. Diana and Dan
Sixth Creek Cherryville resident Have just come across your blog entry from last November, when you walked off the Heysen Trail up the 6th Creek fire track. I live in that valley and my land crosses and includes a few hundred metres of the creek itself, so I was interested to see your pics. What is the pink flowering plant? And where was the granite outcrop?
That walk is steep, very steep. Would you do it again?
Highly recommended!! I agree, this is a fantastic experience! I rather enjoyed reading your blog entry Diana, sense of de-ja-vu as I did a similar kayaking tour with Phil back in March. Went through the ship's graveyard and a little through the mangroves, hard to say which aspect I liked the best (or was it the dolphins?). Sue, you should do it, if you haven't already (since you commented in September... and now it is December), I did it with 5 friends, some experienced, others not. We all enjoyed it. If you have experience already just hire the kayaks and do it self-guided, otherwise join a tour. It's amazing that such a place exists so close to the city! Jeremy (www.jeremyc.com)
Hi Ken Thanks for your comment. There was a spare bed for you. I am sorry that Jasper's Dad died. I hope things feel normal soon. Next time Jasper is in Adelaide he might like to come walking with us. Love from Dan.
Hi Nanna Thanks for your comment. Do you remember the emu that stole Poppa's cigarette when he was sitting in the car making those silly hooting noises? I saw lots of emus and kagaroos near the resort - and there was one emu at Wilpena that tried to steal my postcards as I was about to post them.
Love from Dan
Thanks Thanks - I really enjoyed your trip to Wilpena!
It reminds me of the time I took a group of Year10s there from Port Augusta High School - a long time ago!
We did St Mary's Peak too
Well climbed folks. These mountains and all of their surrounding granduer are the pride of South australia and I never cease to be totally enraptured whenever I am able to visit.Last trip was for my birthday.Hopefully there has been some rain as the kangas and emus were looking for food.
The Gorge I used to live on a farm nearby and left Australia in 1983. I now live in Scotland. Thanks for the photo's they are great to look at. Brings back great memories.
Brian
About us
We are a family who use our Sundays to discover, explore and enjoy the serenity of the world around us while getting some exercise.
We live in Semaphore, a beach-side suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Although Adelaide and it's suburbs are quite flat, there is a range of hills that run North-South that provide for many interesting walks.
Here are some quotes that say some of what it means to us to go out bush walking.
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
- John Muir
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Diana
Birthday girl
Hi Helen, It was a great day at the Duff's place and it was lovely to be part of your special day. We didn't bring anything, but we ate trifle, slices, cream puffs, biscuits, lemon tarts ... apparently there was even a Mars bar slice around somewhere as well (a family speciality). All the best, Dan and Diana xxx