AUSTRALIA....PART 6 OF MANY

22.3.08.
10.45AM...SLEPT WELL.
11.05AM...KETTLE ON.
11.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
11.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA.
12.05PM...SHAVE...STRUGGLED WITH BLUNT RAZOR...SHOWER.
12.40PM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
2.00PM...NU RELAXING/READING...I WALKED INTO TOWN...NEED SPUDS...GOT FOUR LITRE BOX OF WINE/BOTTLE OF BRANDY/SIX BOTLES OF BEER AND A TOMATO.
3.10PM...BACK WITH NU AT HER BECK AND CALL.
4.00PM...NICE WINE.
5.00PM...VERY,VERY NICE WINE.
6.05PM...PEELING SPUDS...PREPARING CABBAGE AND CARROTS.
7.00PM...EXCELLENT MEAL...BEST WE'VE COOKED YET...DID PORK TO PERFECTION...3 SLICES OF BREAD WITH GRAVY...AWESOME!
8.00PM...STILL GOT HALF A BOX OF WINE LEFT...STILL TASTING GOOD...RADIO PLAYING SOME TUNES FROM FORGOTTEN ERA...ALL IS WELL IN OUR WORLD.


23.3.08.
9.10AM...UP WE GET...GONNA DO SOMETHING TODAY...TORN BETWEEN BAROSSA VALLEY[WINE REGION]...OR GLENEGL[SWIMMING/BEACH].
9.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER.
10.30AM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
11.20AM...DEBATING WHAT TO DO...THE SUN IS OUT...WE BOTH FEEL LETHARGIC.
12.05PM...STILL DEBATING.
12.40PM...AFTER ANOTHER CUPPA WE DECIDE ON THE BAROSSA VALLEY.
1.35PM...IT WASN'T AS NEAR AS IT LOOKS ON THE MAP...NOTHING EVER DOES.
2.10PM...SPOTTED A SIGN...'CHEESE PLATTER' ...NEXT TO A SIGN SAYING'TREVOR JONES WINE'...I NEED CHEESE!
2.25PM...WINE TASTING...NU HAPPY...I'VE GOTTA TAKE IT EASY BECAUSE I'M DRIVING.
2.40PM...CHEESE/CHUTNEY/BISCUITS GOING DOWN WELL.
3.05PM...NU'S BOUGHT TWO BOTTLES...EXPENSIVE ONES AT THAT!
3.20PM...BACK IN VAN...DRIVING THRU JACOBS CREEK...WE ARE GONNA DO THE CIRCUIT.
3.50PM...STOP OFF AT SOME WINE STORE...THEY ARE EVERYWHERE...BOUGHT MYSELF A 4 LITRE BOX OF DRY RED.
4.05PM...DRIVING ON...TRAFFIC PILING UP BEHIND ME...I'VE BECOME A SUNDAY DRIVER...AM I GETTING OLD?
5.30PM...CIRCUIT COMPLETED...WELL NICE SCENERY...IF YOU DO COME TO OZ...COME TO ADELAIDE...ITS CLEAN AND KINDA SMILES AT YOU...AND THERES A FAIR BIT TO DO.
6.10PM...SITTING IN GAZEBO...CUPPA TEA.
7.00PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE.
7.45PM...RED RED WINE TASTES SO FINE!
8.20PM...RED RED WINE SO DIVINE...I MIGHT BECOME A POET...NOT SURE YET!...PEANUTS AND CRISPS...WE ARE HAVING A PARTY...RADIO PLAYING...EVERY TUNE AS SOMETHING...THEY ARE DOING THE OZ TOP 500 SONGS OVER EASTER...ACDC SOUND GOOD ALL THE TIME...FOR SOME REASON KYLIE SOUNDS ALRIGHT TOO!...THEY LIKE DURAN DURAN HERE...I THINK THATS THE THIRD SONG I HAVE HEARD BY THEM...HAVE OZ FOLK REALLY EVER CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC?
9.00PM...RELAXED...BUT NEVER CONTENT...WE'VE RUN OUTA NUTS AND CRISPS!


24.3.08.
8.55AM...DON'T WANNA MOVE...HAPPY TO SLUMBER.
9.10AM...KETTLE ON.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...SHAVE...I HAVE A NEW BLADE...SHOWER.
10.10AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...THEY NEVER REALLY FILL ME.
11.00AM...BUS TO CENTRE OF ADELAIDE.
11.20AM...BUS TO GLENELG...JAM PACKED...TRAM OUTA ACTION...TRACK NEEDS FIXING...WHY DO IT OVER EASTER BANK HOLIDAY!?...VERY ENGLISH!
11.50AM...PUB.
1.00PM...TBONE STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...BOTTLE OF COOPERS STOUT...NEAREST BEER YOU CAN GET TO A PINT OF BITTER.
2.30PM...WALKING BEACH FRONT...WEATHER COOLED.
3.40PM...PUB.
4.45PM...BACK ON BUS TO WALKERVILLE...WHERE CAMPSITE IS.
5.35PM...PANCAKES...OUT OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE...WISH I HADN'T BOTHERED.
6.40PM...TIME TO FINISH WINE...RADIO PLAYING...THEY'VE FINISHED THE TOP OZ 500...WE WERE NOT HERE FOR THE FINAL COUNTDOWN...SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER ONE WAS...ITS ALL SO IRRATATING!
9.00PM...ANOTHER DAY SORTED...GONE CHILLY.
10.00PM...HALF ASLEEP...NEED TO SLEEP.


25.3.08
7.50AM...ANOTHER DAY...ON THE MOVE AGAIN.
8.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.20AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...FANCY PORRIDGE.
9.10AM...PACKING UP ZEBO[GAZEBO].
9.40AM...VAN LOOKS MORE PACKED THAN USUAL.
10.00AM...SAID OUR FAREWELLS...OFF WE SET.
10.30AM...DRIVING ON RING ROAD AROUND ADELAIDE...LOADSA TRAFFIC LIGHTS...GOTTA FIND A13.
11.10AM...A13...HOW MANY MORE TRAFFIC LIGHTS!
11.40AM...CHRISTIE BAY/BEACH...NU WANTS TO HAVE A LOOK.
12.25PM...SHOPPING CENTRE...NEED POST OFFICE...SUPERMARKET...BREAD/CHEESE.
1.10PM...SITTING IN VAN ON CARPARK...FRENCH STICK/CHEESE/CAN OF SPRITE...TASTE BUDS TINGLING.
1.50PM...OFF WE GO...WE GONNA TAKE THE A15...COASTAL ROAD...ITS VERY BLUSTETRY,GUSTY,WINDY...TAKING IT STEADY.
3.00PM...DRIVING DOWN LAZY LANES TOWARDS FERRY POINT FOR KANGAROO ISLAND.
3.30PM...SPOT SIGN FOR KANGAROO ISLAND FERRY...NO MORE SAILINGS TILL TOMORROW...8.30AM.
4.00PM...SEARCHING FOR CAMPSITE.
4.15PM...TWO SEASONS CAMPSITE...ITS A BIT BLEAK...YOU CAN HEAR THE SEA...ONLY TWO OTHER PEOPLE STAYING THERE...IT'LL DO.
5.00PM...NU COOKING...TOMATO/ONION/MINCE/PEPPER/PASTA...I'M MAKING THE CUPPA TEA.
5.45PM...VERY PLEASANT MEAL...DID TO MUCH PASTA MIND.
6.40PM...ON JETTY...WATCHING THE CRASHING WAVES...QUITE ROMANTIC!
7.35PM...GONE COLD...BACK IN VAN...BRANDY IN HAND.


26.3.08.
6.00AM...ALARM.
6.15AM...KETTLE ON.
6.25AM...SHOWER.
6.40AM...LOVELY CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
7.00AM...VAN IN A MESS...HAVE TO SORT IT LATER.
7.30AM...FERRY PORT HERE WE COME.
8.05AM...IN QUEUE TO BOARD.
8.30AM...BOAT ONTHE MOVE.
9.05AM...BACON/EGG BUN...CUPPA COFFEE...PRICEY BUT WELL NICE.
9.30AM...BOAT ROCKING...NOT KEEN ON FERRY TRIPS.
9.45AM...SEMI DOZED/HALF ASLEEP.
10.40AM...ANNOUNCEMENT...10 MINS TO KINGSCOTE[KANGAROO PORT].
11.00AM...IN VAN WAITING TO DRIVE OFF FERRY.
11.55AM...BROWNLOWS CAMPSITE...OLD BUT TIDY...VERY GREEN...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS...MAY STAY LONGER.
12.30PM...ZEBO IN POSITION.
1.00PM...CUPPA COFFEE.
1.30PM...EVERYTHING COMING OUTA VAN...NEEDS A GOOD CLEAN.
2.00PM...ONE CORNER OF THE BED IS LOOKING WEAK...NEED A PIECE OF WOOD TO STABILISE IT.
2.10PM...SEARCHING CAMPSITE FOR WOOD.
2.20PM...ITS FUNNY BUT TRUE...I ALWAYS FIND WHAT I WANT.
2.35PM...ASK CHAP IN SITE OFFICE IF HE AS A SAW I CAN BORROW...HE SAYS HE'LL POWER SAW IT FOR ME...JOLLY DECENT CHAPS THESE OZZIES!...THANKS MATE.
2.55PM...BED STABLE...NU REPAIRING MATTRESS...LONG STITCH.
3.25PM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER...I'VE DELEGATED MYSELF TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK IN VAN...WELL ITS FOR THE BEST...THEN I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS...PLUS I KNOW WHAT WE NEED IMMEDIATLY AND WHAT CAN DISAPPEAR FOR A WHILE.
4.10PM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
4.30PM...HAVING A BEER.
4.50PM...IN VAN.
5.15PM...PELICAN FEEDING AT KINGSCOTE BAY...NU CAMERA HAPPY.
6.05PM...WISTERIA LODGE...STEAK NIGHT...WE ARE A BIT EARLY...DOESN'T KICK OFF TILL 6.30PM.
6.50PM...GLORIOUSLY LARGE STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...NU HAVING FISH...KING GEORGE WHITING...BOTTLE OF ROSE.
8.05PM...BACK IN VAN.
8.15PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
8.40PM...SITTING AT TABLE AT BACK OF VAN...TO COLD OUTSIDE.
9.00PM...READING NEWSPAPER...TERRY PRATCHETT AS ALTZHEIMERS...SAD...WONDERFUL SATIRICAL INTELLEGENCE...I COULD HAVE BEEN TERRY...PROBABLY NOT...I COULD HAVE BEEN KEN FOLLET...AN IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE...PROBABLY NOT...FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN BY MITCH ALBOM...I WISH I HAD WRITTEN THAT...I COULD HAVE BEEN JK ROWLING...BUT I'VE GOT A WILLIE BETWEEN MY LEGS!


27.3.08.
9.30...ITS BEEN RAINING ALL NIGHT...IT DON'T HALF MAKE A NOISE AGAINST THE VAN.
9.45AM...KETTLE ON.
10.05AM...SHOWER.
10.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.45AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/CORNFLAKES.
11.35AM...WE SET OFF FOR PENNESHAW.
12.20PM...PENNESHAW?...POST OFFICE/SUPERMARKET/3 RESTUARANTS...WE THOUGHT IT WAS A MAIN TOWN!
12.40PM...HAVING A LOOKAT THE BEACH...CAN'T FIND FRENCHMANS ROCK...APPARENTLY WAY BACK...18 CENTURY...WHEN THE FRENCH NAVY ARRIVED THEY ALL CARVED THERE NAMES ON THIS BOULDER.
1.50PM...BACK IN VAN...ITS A WET DAY...WE ARE GONNA TAKE A SLOW DRIVE BACK TO KINGSCOTE...NU LIKES A SLOW DRIVE.
3.10PM...KINGSCOTE...ATM...SUPERMARKET.
4.05PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH TODAY...NIETHER OF US FELT LIKE DOING ANYTHING.
5.30PM...HIPPY DISH WITH POTATOES.
6.30PM...CHATTING WITH FELLOW TRAVELLERS...DRINKING WINE.


28.3.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO MOVE...WE ARE HEADING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND TODAY.
8.15AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.25AM...ZEBO BEING DISMANTLED...WE ARE GETTING INTO A RYTHM...SO ITS GETTING EASIER...PLUS THE VAN IS SORTED TO OUR LIKING...SO WE ARE FINDING IT EASIER TO PUT THINGS AWAY.
10.00AM...OFF WE SET...DARK SKIES ABOVE.
11.10AM...SEAL BAY.
11.15AM...GUIDED TOUR OF SEALS SLUMBERING...PUPS PLAYFULLY FIGHTING...NU HAPPY SNAPPING...BOUGHT TWO BOOKS...THIS VAN WILL SOON BE A MOBILE LIBRARY!
12.05PM...OFF WE SET FOR FLINDERS CHASE.
1.00PM...FLINDERS CHASE...A CAMPSITE SET IN A WOODED AREA.
1.30PM...KOALA WALK...ONLY SAW ONE KOALA...LOADSA WALLABIES.
2.30PM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
3.00PM...HAVE MET TWO OZZIES...ROSS AND HELEN...HAVING A BEER OR THREE...NU ON CHAMPAGNE.
5.00PM...ITS GETTING COLD.
6.05PM...IN CAMPERS KITCHEN.
6.40PM...PORK/CAULI/SPUDS/GRAVY...WONDERFUL.
7.30PM...STILL GASSING WITH ROSS AND HELEN...THEY WANT US TO COME AND VISIT THEM AT THERE HOME IN GOOLWA...FINISHING WINE.
10.00PM...I'M A BIT WOBBLY...TIME TO HIT THE PILLOW.


NICE WINE.


BYE FOR NOWZ.