Blogs from McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Hi People, We woke up about 8am; it was the longest lie in for what seems in ages!! Rodger and Kay’s spare room was so comfy!!! We both slept so soundly!! We planned to get the train into Adelaide and have a look around, book up the ocean road tour and get tickets to the England VS Bangladesh game on the Monday!! Kaye laid out an amazing breakfast of cereal; toast and fruit (peaches off the tree outside) and then Rodger drove us to the train station. He told us to take as long as we want, just ring him as we get the train back and he would pick us up!!! (So spoilt) It’s easy to get from Seaford (Rodgers area) to Adelaide (about 1 hour) as they are both the last stops on the ... read more

Hello les amis!! Je sais cela fait quelques temps que n'avions plus mis de posts sur le blog! Bonne nouvelle, nous allons faire les vendanges pendant 2 mois à partir de la 2ème semaine de février! Le premier rdv dont nous avions parlé pour un job a débouché sur un autre rdv une semaine plus tard. Et c'est bon, on a signé notre contrat coooool!! Autant vous dire que ça va être chaud, tant au sens figuré qu'au sens littéral: - au sens figuré parce que les vendanges sont rémunérées au rendement donc on a intérêt à être méga efficaces, en mode compet lol, - au sens littéral parce que tout simplement il peut faire très chaud, et travailler toute une journée sous un soleil tapant, ce n'est pas quelque chose qu'on a l'habitude de faire. ... read more

31 Wine Country – South Australia 20 April 2012 Got a bit messed up with the photos, etc, hence entry no30. Anyway, picking up from No 29, forgot to mention for those of you with a map, Nuttbush is about 40km west of Port Augusta, SA. Our route took us there and back into familiar territory as we passed through PA on our way north in our camping trip in early August (See blog no 16 Darwin to Darwin) This time we headed SE until we passed through the Clare Valley and reached the Barossa Valley where we camped for a couple of days. As it was Easter Weekend, everywhere was full and we were lucky to get a spot at Nooriupta in the heart of the Barossa. Drinking, eating and restocking was the order of ... read more

Have just spent a three days at Christies Beach getting in a bit of walking in with our back packs on....something we haven't done a lot of...... First day did a walk along the esplanade with the backpak on. Great ......overcast very calm and warm....perfect for walking. Stopped and started....walk....coffee....photo's....coffee.... walk...took about 5hrs Second day did another walk along the esplanade.......went further this time .....weather still great.....walk ....coffee...photos....coffee ....walk....photo's.....trust me its all part of the training......took about 6hrs Third day we decided to drive to Mclaren Vale and walk the Coast to Vine...shiraz trail.............It was a great walk all the vines are all still green....still had great walking weather....about 20k's in all..........we found a labrinth that was built out of ston... read more

Happy Australia Day to you all! Today's a public holiday here in Oz, and a controversial one at that, seeing as it celebrates the landing of Captain Cook onto Australian land and taking it from the Aboriginal people. The indiginous people have had a few things to say on the matter (not least a few protests to be had, which led to the Welsh Wizardess, PM Julia Gillard being unceremoniously dumped into a waiting car, minus one very expensive shoe, to escape the backlash of said protesters). All other Australians can think of nothing better than to thrown an inflatable thong (no, not what you're thinking - thong is Aussie for flip flop. Takes some getting used to when people say 'my thongs have given me blisters' etc...) into the ocean to claim a world record, ... read more