Adelaide - together again

Eyre Peninsular

Caves before Venus Bay, Port Pirie and lots of grain fields again

There isn't much to report from the rest of the trip - the Eyre Peninsular got hit by several bad storms. When I crossed the Peninsular from Elliot to Cowell the rain and storm was so bad, that I had to stop driving for about 30 minutes. The rest of the day I spent to find a night-spot for car and caravan that wasn't flooded or required wet gravel roads to get into...

Whyalla was my next stop. The battery in the caravan has stopped charging when driving, so I got some spare parts to replace the melted fuse holder in the car. I did some washing and again was soaked by torrential rain.

It was only the next day when I started driving towards the Clare Valley that the weather improved somehow. It was a beautiful drive over rolling hills with golden grain fields ready to be harvested and some vineyards around and just after the Clare township.

There was only a short drive left on my last solo day and soon I unhooked car and caravan on the Belair National Park caravan park for the first time since Perth. I did exactly 3197km on my own - phew!  Now I was looking forward to pick up the girls the next day from Adelaide airport.

Adelaide

view onto Adelaide from Mt Lofty Summit, building and street in Adelaide, Glenelg beach

Sarah and I had pleasant flight to Adelaide but unfortunately she caught some bug or virus and came down with a fever. Gone the plans to go to the big markets and see the main attractions of the city. We spend the rest of the day at the caravan park in the Adelaide Hills. Next morning, even though Sarah was still feverish, we decided to go to the Sunday farmers market and also spend some time in a museum. We didn't see much but what we saw we enjoyed. It looks like a beautiful city with narrow streets lined with old, overhanging trees. Driving the caravan through there isn't always that easy but it sure is great to see.

Hahndorf - the German town

a church on the way, Hahndorf impressions

We spend two nights in the Adelaide Hills and than drove to Stirling and Hahndorf, Sarah still not her usual self. Both are little towns with beautiful old stone houses. Hahndorf keeps up the tourist version of 'good old Germany' and you can buy anything from sausages, beesting, Kuckucks clocks, single herbal tea bags and Munich Octoberfest beer glasses... let's say we got our german fix with "Weißwurst, süßem Senf und Bretzeln" :-)