Well sincerest apologies for the lateness
of this post, maybe we should go to fortnightly, we might stand some chance of
being on time!! It has not all been due
to our laziness and finding like a thousand other fun things to do, but we have
been to lots of places with no internet/phone coverage!
So what have we done???
Well Tash found another great spot to camp.....NOT!!!
We had an amazing 5 nights in caravan park
luxury (my how our lives have changed!!!) at West Beach in Adelaide (not far
from Glenelg).
It is on the bay (and not
really a beach as I keep getting told, as there is no surf!!!) with extensive
seafront walking/cycle paths going in both directions up the coast and along
the River Torrens into Adelaide central.
We cycled in all directions, but I quickly realized that I need to curb
Lyndis spending as trying to cycle up hills on narrow cycle paths whilst
carrying 6 bags of shopping is a little challenging!!
We had an amazing time at WOMADelaide and
got to see friends and some amazing acts including Buika and Tin Pan
Orange.
The time just disappeared and we were soon
off again, this time to the Clare Valley (another wine region, and the heart of
Australian Riesling). Settlers from England,
Ireland and Poland first moved into the region in the 1840’s and established a
rich and varied heritage. There were so
many wineries to choose from including Annies Lane, Pikes, Kilikanoon and Tim
Adams, but we chose to have a look at Sevenhills.
It was established in 1851 by Jesuits, who
were fleeing political and religious persecution in Silesia. They bought land, planted vines and named it
after the 7 hills of Rome and provided sacramental wine for Catholic parishes
all around Australia. They now produce table wine, as well as still supplying
sacramental wine, but it is the only Jesuit owned winery in Australia! The grounds were so beautiful and peaceful. So we bought a couple of crates of Riesling!
From here we headed into the Yorke Peninsula
with its distinctive ‘boot’ shape. It’s
got some magnificent surfing beaches and jagged shorelines and loads of
farmland and shipwrecks! Copper was
discovered near Kadina in 1859 leading to a mining boom (which attracted skilled
Cornish copper miners, who still have the biggest Cornish festival in the world
each year!).
We had an overnighter in the little fishing
village of Ardrossan – home of the blue swimmer crab. Off we went down to the
jetty and picked a couple of blokes we thought looked like swimmer crab “pros”
and stalked them for the next 3 hours with Tasha getting expert tuition, alas
nothing was caught but a great day out was had by all.
We then drove right down the bottom to
Innes National Park. It was here that we
learnt our first very valuable lesson …….. do not drive a vehicle laden with
water and petrol through sand!!!! Unless it is 4 wheel drive it will not go!!!!
After a lot of digging and a little word upstairs we got out and then took the
rest of the day to de-stress. Other than that the park was beautiful, very
barren had great surf and incredible winds. Also Tash got to eat the best
scallops she has ever had.
We are off to the Flinders Ranges tomorrow and so will be out of phone/internet range for another while xxxxx
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