Last few days in Adelaide

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

I only have a decent internet connection on my laptop for an hour or two more before my week long deal runs out, so I've been busy updating blogs and FB this morning. It's another glorious day and it's still not too hot - "bonkers hot" as Kelly calls it - although they are forecasting 40 degrees C on Sunday, by which time we'll be in Melbourne which is a little cooler anyway.

It was Australia Day on Wednesday and Kelly bought us tickets to go and see Barossa Under the Stars - Sting and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. We thought we'd make a day of it and headed off in the morning towards the Barossa Valley and came to the following small town:

That's pronounced Gre-nock, with the accent on the 2nd syllable.

The local brewery was closed for the national holiday, but we sampled their ales in the Greenock Creek Tavern:

Lovely spot it was too. Jo had burnt her legs the day before, hence the unusual attire for this photo:

We moved on from there to Whistler's Winery where they were holding an Australia Day party. We didn't stay for long, but just enough time for a glass of wine and quick look at their kangaroos - I was going to show you the video but problems uploading it.

Next stop was Maggie Beers' Farm shop:

Never seen Jo in a jockey cap before - especially not one that says "Warnie" and advertises McDonald's!

The concert was good - more of that on my headbang blog, but it was a late night for Kelly as she had to drive us home and then drive all the way back to her place.

Thursday Jo and I walked down to Brighton and had a nice day there and on the beach, then Kelly joined us for dinner in the evening. Here are the girls in our aparthotel waiting for the lift:

Dinner at the Flying Knife was good - and that's about it for now. Got some packing to do then we meet Kelly for dinner at the Asian Markets tonight.

More adventures in Adelaide

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

On Saturday Kelly drove us up to the Adleaide Hills and we had lunch at the excellent Bierhaus in Lobenthal, after which we tried a couple of wineries, walked round the very Germanic and pretty town called Hahndorf and then also visited Grumpy's Brewhaus in Verdun (all reported in my Ale Blog).

On Sunday, it was the final day of the Tour Down Under and we took the tram in to the city centre to meet up with Kelly and watch it. First of all we went a walk along Rundle Mall and came across this:

At the start of the race, Kelly joined us:

We walked the course and had a nice day.

Kelly was back at work on Monday so Jo and I decided to walk up to Henley Beach. It turned out to be a bit further away than we thought but we got there in the end and had a lovely lunch. We spotted these on the way there - one of them is real:

On the way back, we took our shoes off and paddled home:

Back at the apartment, we changed and then caught the tram and train to North Adelaide where Kelly was putting a couple of hours' work in at her gym. Here she is behind reception with her pal and soon to be landlady, Meghan (that's Meegan, not like our Meghan):

Here's the girls leaving the gym:

At Jo's insistence, Kelly took us round the rest of her local haunts. First, the house that she, Brad and Meghan are about to move into:

Swish eh? Compare and contrast with her current abode:

Garden needs some tending. Finally her original house - the one she looked after whilst Travis was out of the country:

This house was in a very nice part of town - Mawson Lakes - a bit like a holiday resort we thought.

Kelly took us to her work as well - in a rougher part of town:

Here's Kelly's little car too:

So that's me up to date. Jo and I got a bit burned yesterday so we're not rushing out this morning.