The flight from the Gold Coast was straight-forward and we jumped in an Uber at Adelaide airport to take us up to what we imagined would be the outskirts of Stirling. It transpired that "The Retreat at Stirling" was several miles away and we had no car so our plan to walk in to the town was immediately scuppered.
The accommodation was nice though - Jo was delighted to see that there was a bath, identical to the one in Surfer's Paradise, with armrests! We also had access to a fine pool - available all day Saturday and Sunday but it was Monday before we got round to using it, by which time it had to be an early start before the Aqua classes arrived.
Chris and Kelly picked us up later on Saturday afternoon and we high-tailed it to Uraidla for Chris' (pre-) birthday celebrations. Miller and Asher were there as was cousin Abby and her relatively new boyfriend Dan - although none of the younger ones were at the table when I took this selfie:
On Monday, we had use of one of the cars to pick the boys up from school. Asher showed us a toy gun he had made out of Lego and then took us on a private tour of his school:
Chris' brother Matt joined us in the evening as we all went down to a lovely waterhole spot:
We had use of one of the cars on Tuesday so Jo and I took a run up to the summit of Mount Lofty, stopping first of all to take in the vast Botanic Gardens, which were lovely but involved a lot of effort as we started at the top, went all the way down and then came back up the steep slopes in mounting heat:
In need of refreshment we went to the cafe at the summit and then surveyed the city and surrounds from above.
That was the end of our brief second visit to Adelaide for the following morning we were Uber-ing again to the airport to pick up a hire car for our 7 day road trip down to the Yorke peninsula.
