Adelaide Part 2

Gday All.

We arrived in Adelaide, after much detouring , Sight seeing, and getting (Betty our GSP ) quite angry at times. We immediately went to our friends Danny & Lynda's home, whom I hadn't seen for 4 years. Lynda had prepared a lovely dinner cooked for our arrival. There was alot of chatter and catching up at the dinner table and into the night before leaving for our Motel, then catching up the next day for some relaxing retail therapy.

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Jen. Lynda, Pauline & Carol having a rest before we finish our shopping.

Before a few days of sight-seeing.

Off on a little sightseeing

Carol, Pauline, Lynda & Danny
at Mount Lofty Summit.

The Flinders Column.
Some information about The Flinders Column.

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Sadly the very low cloud cover prevented any scenery photo's up here.

All nearing the car to head back down the Mountain.

The sun come out as we were comming down the Mt Lofty.

A walk through the park along the Torrens river; Adelaide.

A beautiful old Rotunda.

Along the the Riverside.
Another view of the Riverside.

Close up of one of the black swans

Some of the beautiful trees throughout the parklands.
A friendly tourist passing by stopped and ask if we would all like our photo taken and of cause I accepted without hesitation.

A Close up of a couple of the lovely trees in the park

Colonel William Light.

Lynda, Danny & Pauline reading one of the plaques below.

Colonel William Light

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Another Plague

beautiful Cloud formation.

A closer View.

Sunset. Time for a few last drinks and dinner with Danny & Lynda at the local club before we headed off the next day to the

Barossa Valley..

Night all Part 3 to follow ..

Trip to South Australia. Part1

Gday all,
Hope all is well in your part of the world, I am very well,and back from my holiday were a lot of fun and laughter was shared along the way .I said in my last post that only Carol and Myself were off on holiday.Well As I was walking out the door I decided to check my answering machine. Carol had rung, and ask me to ring my Sister Pauline,. On doing so, and after talking for a few minutes Pauline excepted to to come along with us.So off I went to help her pack her case I think we we were on our way within half hour. First stop, Shepparton to Visit My Dear friend Merle before heading to Carols for the evening ,for a fresh start the next morning.

Now on with a few photo's, I have so many 812 in all I wont bore you with them all. I will pick out a few from each day and post a few in Parts. Hope you all enjoy my photo's. PT2 to follow at a later date.

Myself and Merle
Jen and Pauline.

A Last minute check before we leave Carols

All packed ready to leave Carols.

Echuca

Having lunch overlooking the murray river

Carol
Pauline and Carol A little retail therapy in Mildura before heading towardsAdelaide
Nearing Victoria ~ south Australian border . Fruit Quarantine station
where all vehicles are stopped and searched for fresh fruit and veg.
No fresh produce allowed to be taken over border .
Car Search. Nothing to declare as I was aware of this happening

A little of the fruit & veg, that has been confiscated from other Vehicles

All clear on our way again. Under the arch into South Australia

Next Stop Paringa .A little of it reads.The largest black stump in Australia was sighted while near Chowilla Station 56ks up stream , The 600year old River red Gum had fallen in the river in the 1917 floods

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The Funny dunny A piece of stump

The black stump

This photo was taken looking through the windscreen during a torrential downpour. A couple of hrs from Adelaide. so end of photo's for the day.

Cheerio for now Keep smiling.

I Promise to visit you all in the next few days