We wandered our way towards Adelaide through the Clare valley to Gawler then back up the coast road where we camped overnight before heading to our Adelaide booking.
ADELAIDE 14th December
We are staying at Brownhill creek Tourist Park, lots of birds and trees, the weather has turned wet and windy though. Adelaide has lots of old stone houses which are very attractive. We went into the city on the free bus (for oldies) and spent a very pleasant day wandering around. The number of shops would satisfy the most hardened shopaholic, it would also have to be one of the best malls we have been in.
Although we had intended to spend two weeks in Adelaide and a further week on the Fleurieu Peninsula our plans were changed due to our car needing re-registering. It required a pink slip and we couldn’t get that done in Adelaide until it was well out of rego so we will have to cut short our stay here and pack up and move on towards Vic where we can obtain a RWC which can then be faxed back to NSW. Even that has not proved to be easy as most towns were booked out but we finally managed to arrange for the inspection in Hamilton not far from Portland.
Our last day here we visited the quaint village of Hahndorf 20km out of Adelaide. Hans Heysen’s home “The Cedars” is also on display. There is a walk through the bushland where at various points a photo of one of Heysen’s paintings is displayed at the very site he actually painted his picture. We did endeavour to do the walk but driving rain prevented us from going too far, even so it was quite an experience to stand and view the landscape which inspired so many of his famous paintings. The poor quality photos are due to the mist and the after effects of my camera being immersed in the river at Karijini NP.
Inside photos of the house were not permitted but we did take a couple of the outside and one of his old car and caravan, which was built in 1931 and which Heyson used to tour and paint through the Flinders ranges.
Heysen’s studio is open at all times to the public and there are tours at set time for the house, both were a fascinating insight to the lives of the Heysen family at that time.
Hahndorf itself has a very long main street with lots of interesting shops and very old stone buildings, they had a German band playing when we arrived but by the time we had parked and arrived at the place they had packed up.
The rest of the Adelaide region will have to wait until some future time and we will now spend the Christmas New year in Portland.
MOUNT GAMBIER -19TH December
We managed to get new tyres fitted on the Jeep ready for the inspection but for the same reason have had to keep moving. Fortunately we have visited Mt Gambier in years gone by so don’t feel too cheated.
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