Blogs from Limestone Coast, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

We were on a mission this morning to arrive at Bleasdale Wines in Langhorne Creek at opening time so we could grab some half bottles of their sparkling Shiraz which is only available at the cellar door. We arrived just before 10am and the tasting room was already open so we walked in and purchased 18 half bottles (12 for me, 6 for Cathy) and then continued on our way. I think it was probably the wineries easiest sale of the day! From Langhorne Creek we headed back to Wellington and returned across the Murray on the ferry. We timed it to perfection as the ferry was just about to leave, but there was room for two more cars so the ferry operator lifted the boom gate and ushered us on. We turned south at the ... read more

On a glorious autumn day and being afforded the luxury of not having to share the road with all the others escaping city life for the Adelaide Cup Holiday Long week end we hit the road early Friday morning. Expressway after expressway and with a coffee stop in Willunga we arrived in Normanville at midday. After setting up the caravan what better way to celebrate the start of our Limestone Coast break than with fish and chips and a beer. Isn’t this what you do at the beach? And we know … this is not the Limestone Coast but first we were to spend the weekend with our friends, Sheila and Brian in the Normanville Caravan Park. We were glad we got there early as by the end of the day the place was packed. With ... read more

Jan 14-17 Adelaide, South Australia One thing I can say for sure about this country is that it has some very pretty cities, and Adelaide is another one. We are staying at the youth hostel here and as always, it is in a great location. We have spent a day and a half wandering around the city looking at old, stylish, sandstone buildings. There is also a walking mall through the main section of town where we spent quite a bit of time window shopping. While walking around town we also saw lots of cyclist who were training for a big professional race (the Down Under)which is scheduled to start on the day we leave. One of the cyclist is Lance Armstrong but if we saw him, we didn’t know it. Then on Sunday we hoped ... read more

A peaceful morning spent visiting Goolwa, the last paddle steamer stop on the Murray River (from which you can catch a steam train to Adelaide) - Goolwa is actually on the mouth of the Murray. We visited the visitors centre to find out why the Sunday Market wasn’t on ... and discovered this was because it was Saturday (which also explained the lack of Saturday markets yesterday!!) We were walking round an art gallery (and being very non-impressed) when we got chatting to the chap overseeing the exhibition - he recommended some places to go, which saw us driving out to the Coorong Barrage in the Coorong National Park looking for seals, which we never saw (should never have insulted the art!) - but we did see some wonderful birds and got chatting to a couple ... read more