Into Adelaide

Today we drove into the city of Adelaide. It is a beautiful city... it was actually planned!! The whole city is surrounded by parks, gardens and sporting fields.
After going to the museum and art gallery, where we had a guided tour, we went for a drive out to Glenelg. Tessa and Carly had been there when they were on their travels. It is a lovely place. No cars along the beachfront, only people walking or cycling. The quirky building below is part of a block of flats on the waterfront, with lots of stuff around and on it. We had coffee and watched the sunset over the water again....beautiful.

Hahndorf again

The photo below is the outside of his studio. The building below is one of the many beatiful old buildings in Hahndorf.

This is the interior of his studio with one of his famous original paintings.

The cream caravan beside the old car, is what Hans Heysen and his son David went to The Flinders Ranges in when he painted many of his wonderful paintings.

Today we met up with Jane for lunch...an old uni friend of Dave's. We had lunch at The German Arms Hotel in Hahndorf. It was yummy. We didn't go for the heavy German sausages...too filling for lunch. After lunch we went to The Cedars...Hans Heysen's property in Hahndorf. He is long gone, died aroun 1968, but his grandchildren still own the 10 acre property where he did many of his paintings. We had a tour of his studio and home where we saw lots of his original paintings, His daughter Nora was also a very good artist, and some of her works were also there.

After The Cedars, we had a bit of a walk around the shops in Hahndorf, then went to Jane's to see her new home, and some paintings she did for an exhibition she had...in Rome I think when she worked there. She also cooked pasta for dinner...all in all a good arty day.

Hahndorf

Today we arrived at Hahndorf, after having driven up through the wine region of McLaren Vale. As it is Autumn, the vineyards were in tones of yellows, oranges and browns. We stopped at one called The Lazy Ballerina, where we had a taste of a few wines. We continued on to Hahndorf. It is the largest german town in Australia, and is really quaint and beautiful. We booked into the local resort/caravan park, then went into town for coffee and cake and a stroll along the street. The shops are original little old charming buildings from early days of settlement in the area.

Normanville

We left Goolwa this morning and headed along the Fleurieu Highway to Normanville. On the way we went down to Cape Jervis, which is where you catch the ferry over to Kangaroo Island. The landscape changed dramatically along the way. Most of the way from Goolwa was green dairy country until we got down to Cape Jervis, where it was very dry, brown and barren. The views over to the island were lovely. As we drove north again it wasn't long before the countryside was green again. The caravan park at Normanville was really nice. It was right near a lovely beach with a jetty. Dave had a bit of a fish there, but there were no bites.

At Normanville there was a very quirky artist, whose studio was called Seagull Droppings. He made furniture out of driftwood and old timber he got from an old boatshed. He also did paintings, mainly of the beach and the local scenery. We first saw a sample of his work in a pub at cape Jervis, where he has made the fabulous carvings of fish and whales.

As we were on the western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula, the sun set over the ocean. The first night we were there we sat by the beach taking lots of photos as the sun slowly went down. It was beautiful.

To Normanville

Amazing Breakfast of Porridge, sultanas and cream-then we packed up and headed down to Victor Harbour, and on to Port Jervis.The country became steeper and greener and dotted with prime Angus heifers.We reached lands end to a majestic view from a mountain top , of ocean to the left and to our right with a long sloping neck stretched out between ,in front of us.....quite remarkable.

Up The Coorong to Goolwa

This morning we packed up and headed up the coast. Every so often we had glimpses of The Coorong running parallel to the coastline. When we were almost to the top, there waas p place to puul over and take photos. The views were spectacular. When we arrived at Goolwa we booked into a quiet caravan park. There were geese and lots of ducks in the park and a few rabbits at night.

The next day we went down to Victor Harbour where we had a ride on the horse-drawn tram over to Granite Island.

To Goolwa

This morning we left Robe and headed up The Coorong. It was an interesting drive with lots of changes of landscape. We arrived at Goolwa and liked it, so booked into the caravan park for a couple of nights.