AUSTRALIA....PART 5 OF MANY.

16.3.08.
9.05AM...AM I GONNA RELAX TODAY?CAN'T GO ANYWHERE...DON'T WANNA DO ANYMORE DAMAGE TO VAN.
9.25AM...KETTLE ON...GAZEBO STAYED ROOTED ALL NIGHT.
9.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH.
11.00AM...LISTENING TO RADIO...SOME STATION PLAYING TUNES FROM 1982.
12.10PM...ICE LOLLIES FROM CAMPSITE SHOP...HORRIBLE PRICE.
1.15PM...OH NO...BIT OF A GUST...GAZEBO ON MOVE!
1.30PM...JOHN...NEIGHBOUR...BRINGS OVER SOME LARGE METAL PEGS.
3.15PM...HIPPY DISH WITH SPUDS.
5.00PM...BEERS...WOW ITS A GREAT LIFE!
6.30PM...DISMANTLING GAZEBO...VAN GOTTA BE AT GARAGE AT 8.30AM...SO GONNA GET THINGS SORTED TONIGHT.
8.00PM...NU FINISHING BRANDY...I'M FINISHING THE WHISKEY...DID I GET TO RELAX TODAY?


17.3.08.
7.00AM...ALARM...DIDN'T NEED IT...ALREADY AWAKE.
7.20AM...SHOWER.
7.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.10AM...ORGANIZING VAN.
8.30AM...LEFT NU ON CAMP BY SWIMMING POOL.
8.40AM...DROPPED VAN OFF AT GARAGE.
9.05AM...HAVING WALKED BACK TO CAMP...DUMPED MYSELF ON COUCH IN TV ROOM...SWEAT OOZING.
9.10AM...INTERESTING NEWS...THEY'VE FOUND HMAS SYDNEY...12K OF PERTH...SUNK IN 1944...WHICH IS GOOD?...BUT BECAUSE OF THIS BREAKING NEWS!...THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE ENGLISH SPORTS SECTION!
10.10AM...WALKED TO CENTRE OF TOWN...ABOUT 2K.
10.55AM...LIBRARY...ITS COOL IN HERE...GOTTA PHONE GARAGE AT 1.00PM.
12.20PM...CAFE...NU HAD A CHICKEN YIROS...I HAD A LAMB YIROS[PITTA BREAD/SALAD/MEAT]...I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY HAVE THE GAUL TO SELL SUCH RUBBISH!
1.05PM...PHONED TO SEE IF VAN READY.
1.10PM...LEFT NU WITH CUPPA TEA AT CAFE AND STARTED WALK TO COLLECT VAN.
1.45PM...PAID BILL...DON'T ASK.
1.55PM...PARKED VAN ON BIG W CARPARK.
2.10PM...BACK AT CAFE WITH MY BELOVED.
2.40PM...IN BIG W...RETURNING FRIDGE THAT DIDN'T COOL...MUTE WHISTLING KETTLE...ALSO EXTENTION CABLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE RIGHT CONNECTION ON IT...THEY LOVE US POMMES IN OZ!
3.50PM...WE ARE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
5.00PM...PORT PIRIE.
5.25PM...WE ARE BEING BITTEN TO SHREDS...THIS PLACE IS INFESTED WITH SAND FLIES.
6.00PM...WE MOVE THE VAN OFF THE GRASS ON TO A TARMACED AREA.
6.30PM...WALKED INTO TOWN...FISH AND CHIPS...CHIPS UNDER DONE...FISH...TERRIBLE!
7.40PM...BACK AT OUR VAN...HEAT UNREPENTED.
9.00PM...HEAD ON PILLOW.


18.3.08.
6.45AM...I JUST WANNA GET OFF THIS PLACE...THIS IS WORSE THAN BALLADONIA...DON'T EVER COME TO PORT PIRIE.
7.10AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.30AM...SORTING VAN...YESTERDAY WHEN IT WAS AT THE GARAGE...THE CLENING BOX TUMBLED...WASHING POWDER EVERYWHERE.
7.55AM...SHOWER.
8.15AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...GOTTA FINISH MILK...IT WON'T LAST THE JOURNEY IN THIS HEAT.
8.50AM...HERE WE GO...250K TO ADELAIDE.
11.00AM...STOPPED OFF IN TWO WELLS...NEED A FEW FOOD ITEMS...CHEESE/TOMATO FRENCH STICK TASTED GOOD.
12.20PM...ADELAIDE...NEWSAGENTS...GOT ENGLISH NEWSPAPER.
1.10PM...EVENTUALLY FOUND CAMPSITE.
2.00PM...SETTING UP CAMP.
2.25PM...GAZEBO IN PLACE.
4.00PM...WALKING BEACH...LOADSA SHELLS.
5.10PM...TI ME TO EAT...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...BACON SHRIVELED UP TO NOTHING!
6.40PM...BIT OF A CHILL IN THE AIR.
6.55PM...MOVING TABLE INTO VAN...GOT MY PAPER TO READ.
7.25PM...KINDA COMFORTABLE...NU READING ON BED...ME HAPPY AT TABLE.
7.50PM...FANCY A BRANDY DARLING?...YES PLEASE[I KNEW SHE'D SAY YES]...I'D BETTER HAVE A WHISKEY THEN.
8.00PM...PEANUTS/CRISPS.
8.15PM...SNAKES?...A CHEWY JELLY SWEET IN THE SHAPE OF A SNAKE...MANY FLAVOURS...NU AND I ADORE THEM...ALSO JELLY BEANS...NO NEED TO EXPLAIN THEM.
8.25PM...ANOTHER ROUND OF DRINKS...WE ARE WELL COSY IN OUR LITTLE VAN...AND I JUST WANNA SAY/WRITE...THER IS NO OTHER PERSON I WOULD WISH TO SPEND THIS EXPERIENCE WITH...SOMETHING TELLS ME I GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
9.05PM...ANOTHER BRANDY MY LOVELY?...YES PLEASE!
9.20PM...GOOD NIGHT!


19.3.08.
8.20AM...STILL TIRED...BUT GOTTA GET UP...WANNA TAKE 10.00AM BUS TO ADELAIDE CENTRE.
8.40AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.15AM...NU DECIDES WE SHOULD DO CLOTHS WAS...GET IT ON THE LINE AND IT'LL BE DRY BY THE TIME WE RETURN.
9.25AM...CLOTHES IN...TWO LOADS.
9.45AM...WASHER FINISHED...OH...ONLY ONE WASHER AS COMPLETED ITS CYCLE.
10.10AM...EXPLAINED AT RECEPTION...THEY SAID THEY'D SEND SOMEONE OVER TO SORT IT.
10.20AM...MAINTENANCE MAN ARRIVES.
10.30AM...CLOTHES HALF WASHED ARE LUMPED INTO ANOTHER WASHER...WELL WE'VE MISSED THE 10.00AM BUS...DON'T THINK WE'LL MAKE IT FOR THE 11.00AM EITHER!...LOOKS LIKE THE MIDDAY BUS.
11.20AM...HANGING WASHING OUT.
11.40AM...UNSURE ABOUT TAKING NOON BUS...NEED A CUPPA TEA.
12.20PM...AFTER A LOTTA THOUGHT OVER A CUPPA WE DECIDE TO TAKE THE 1.00PM.
12.55PM...BUS STOP.
1.35PM...ADELAIDE CITY CENTRE...HUNGER AS CREPT UP ON US.
2.30PM...I ASKED FOR A STEAK SANDWICH/CHIPS...I GOT THE THE SMALLEST PIECE OF STEAK OUT WITH FRIED EGG/BACON AND TOMATO...OZ FOOD JUST GETS WORSE...NU HAD MEATBALLS IN SPAGHETTI...SHE LEFT IT AFTER THREE MOUTHFULS...THIS APPARENTLY IS MEANT TO BE A POSH UPMARKET RESTAURANT!
3.30PM...SEARCHING FOR THE MUSEUM OF ABORIGINAL ART.
3.55PM...MUSEUM OF ABORIGINAL ART...WELL WORTH A VISIT.
5.05PM...THE ELEPHANT...AN ENGLISH STYLE PUB...NEWCASTLE BROWN?...NOT REALLY!...IT HASN'T GOT THE TASTE...SOMETHINGS WRONG...TOLD BARTENDER...HE JUST SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS.
6.20PM...WAITING FOR BUS BACK TO CAMPSITE.
6.45PM...THE BUS TURNS UP AT LAST...THEY WANNA GET THERE TIMETABLES SORTED...SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE 20MINS AGO!
7.15PM...WOMAN BUS DRIVER EXPLAINS THAT WE CAN GET OFF IN GLENEGL FOR 25MINS...THEN SHE'LL COME BACK ROUND AND PICK US UP...WE THOUGHT GREAT.
7.20PM...WE DECIDE WE WANT A TAKE AWAY...NOODLE BOX.
7.45PM...GUESS WHAT...WE MISSED THE BUS...GOTTA WAIT ANOTHER HOUR...NOODLES TASTED GOOD THOUGH.
9.20PM...BACK AT CAMP
9.35PM...NU IRONING WASHING.
10.15PM...I'M REFLECTING IN ANOTHER WONDERFUL DAY?


20.3.08.
8.30AM...BLEARY EYED...NEED A CUPPA TEA.
8.45AM...CUPPA TEA...WEATHER NOT SO WARM TODAY.
9.05AM...SHOWER.
9.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
10.05AM...SORTING COOL BOX.
11.00AM...ON THE WAY TO CENTERE OF ADELAIDE...NU SAYS WE'LL MISS THE ABORIGINAL DANCERS...I PROMISE TO DANCE FOR HER LATER...I MEAN ANYONE CAN DANCE...YOU WANNA SEE ME IN THE MORNING SEARCHING FOR MY SPECS!
11.40AM...WALKING TO IMMAGRATION MUSEUM...GOT MY TROUSERS ON...FIRST TIME THIS YEAR...THE WEATHER AS COOLED.
2.30PM...WALKING OUTA IMMAGRATION MUSEUM...A MUSEUM WELL WORTH A VISIT...A THOROUGHLY INTERESTING PLACE...LOTTA FILMS...LOTTA ARTEFACTS.
3.00PM...THE ELEPHANT PUB...NEEDA PINT.
4.10PM...HAVING TWO KEYS CUT FOR VAN...THE ONE WE INHERITED IS ABOUT TO BREAK IN TWO...WAS GONNA GO TO CHOCALATE FACTORY...BUT ITS TO LATE NOW...CLOSES AT FIVE...BOUGHT NU A CURLIE WURLIE INSTEAD!
4.50PM...ON TRAM HEADING FOR GLENELG.
5.30PM...PUB...HAPPY HOUR.
6.45PM...STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...BEST YET...AND THE CHEAPEST...GLENELG IS A SMALL VILLAGE/TOWN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ADELAIDE...LOVELY PLACE...WELL WORTH A VISIT.
8.20PM...BUS BACK TO BASE.
8.40PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
9.00PM...SNUG IN OUR VAN.


21.3.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO GET UP...READY TO ROCK?...ER NO!...10.AM GOTTA BE OFF SITE...MOVING TO WALKERVILLE...OTHER SIDE OF ADELAIDE FOR FOUR NIGHTS.
8.20AM...SHOWER...NEED SHAVE...CAN'T BE BOTHERED.
8.45AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.20AM...PACKING GAZEBO UP...ACTUALLY WE'VE MODIFIED SO IT SITS QUITE NEAT AT THE BACK OF THE VAN.
9.50AM...READY TO ROLL...THE CAMPSITE WE ARE MOVING TOO IS ONLY 20MINS AWAY APPARENTLY?
10.40AM...LEVI CAMPSITE...WALKERVILLE.
11.05AM...BOOKED IN.
11.25AM...COOKING BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO...WONDERFUL.
12.10PM...BACK IN VAN...WE ARE OFF TO MOUNT LOFTY.
1.05PM...MOUNT LOFTY...THE HIGHEST POINT IN ADELAIDE...COLD UP HERE...NU HAPPILY SNAPPING!
1.50PM...MOUNT LOFTY WILDLIFE PARK...EMU'S...WOMBATS....KANGAROOS...DINGOES...EXOTIC BIRDS...I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CALL THEM WILDLIFE PARKS BECAUSE ALL THE ANIMALS ARE TAME...YOU CAN WALK RIGHT UP TO THEM AND FEED THEM IF YOU WANT[I DIDN'T]...ITS A BIG PARK AND YOU CAN EASILY GET LOST...NU AND I ARE GOOD AT THAT...IT WAS WELL WORTH THE MONEY AND ITS PROBABLY THE BEST 'WILD' LIFE PARK I HAVE BEEN TO SO FAR.
4.40PM...BACK IN VAN.
5.10PM...TOOK WRONG TURN...ENDED UP ON WRONG SIDE OF ADELAIDE.
6.05PM...BACK AT OUR NEW CAMPSITE.
6.15PM...SETTING UP GAZEBO...ITS GETTING SIMPLER...BASICALLY NU AS REALISED ITS BEST TO LET ME SUPERVISE...SHE'S BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND A MAN KNOWS BEST!
7.05PM...BOUGHT A COUPLE PIECES OF STEAK EARLIER...SO I'VE DONNED MY PINNY.
7.40PM...STEAK/NEW SPUDS/SALAD...I THINK I'VE LOST MY TOUCH...IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN...THE TASTE WASN'T RIGHT.
8.30PM...NU HAVING SHOWER...I'M TIDING THE VAN.
9.30PM...GONE A BIT COOL...TIME TO GO INSIDE VAN.
11.15PM...WENT FOR A WEE...NU FOLLOWED ME ACROSS...SHE WADDLED BEHIND ME...SHE LOOKED EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED...SHE IS ALL I EVER WANTED...SHE IS WONDERFUL...SHE IS ALL...THANKS!


NO OFFERS AS YET FOR GAZEBO....


BYE FOR NOWZ.