Although not as wet as the east coast of the country, it did rain a considerable amount in Clare last night. It was not torrential, but was certainly constant and saw the creeks filling up. Apparently this is pretty good timing for the grapes to accelerate new growth after winter. The rain was probably going…

After a few long driving days, we decided to mostly park the car today do some exploration on foot. This should mean a shorter blog today, but we will see. Our accomodation is in the main street of Clare and they have provided a fridge-full of goodies to keep us going. I cooked myself some…

We started today with a clear morning in Wallaroo. Finally we could use the balcony on our apartment without getting blown away. Unfortunately, we were also packing up to leave, so I took a couple of parting shots on the way out. It’s not Monaco, but there are a few nice boats in the fake…

Today wraps up our time on the Yorke Peninsula as we head to Clare and the Barossa for some wine and food tomorrow. Before we get into all that good life we thought we should complete our trek up the Spencer Gulf. Having done lots of work in the region 25+ years ago, I had…

We woke up to a beautiful clear morning today, but the wind warnings were still current. It wasn’t a cold wind, but very consistent. I guess that’s why the wind farm is here in Edithburgh. We checked out of our apartment which was pretty good on the whole except the bed was only long enough…

This morning we woke up to a howling gale as a line of storms approached and eventually passed through. By the time we were up and ready to head out the rain had cleared, but the wind was still blowing pretty hard, putting a bit of a hole in my plans for lots of drone…

We had just the single night in Ardrossan so we just wanted to cover off a few loose ends before leaving. The first of these was breakfast, something very important to me, not so much for Deb. There’s one coffee shop in town, so I had a Bacon and Egg roll and a coffee while…

We had a bit less on the agenda today, with the main object being to start our trip to the Yorke Peninsula. We left our apartment in the Adelaide CBD hoping to visit the Adelaide Central Market, but unfortunately these were closed, so we went to the Showgrounds for the weekend farmers markets instead, which…

With plenty on the agenda we were didn’t linger too long before getting up and on with our day. The first order of business was picking up our rental car. In a major contribution to our step count, we walked to Hindley Street to the car rental office. We stopped off for coffee and a…

Like everyone else the last couple of years have been a bit ‘hit and miss’ for holidays. While some have ventured overseas, we’d decided to leave that until next year. You may recall in 2020 we did some travelling around southern Queensland, mainly because we weren’t allowed to go interstate. It proved to be an…