Days 7-9 and Days 9-13

Days 7-9



Port Pirie



We arrived at Port Pirie. I didn’t like it, but the girls loved the playground! We tried fishing but didn’t get any nibbles or fish. Jade tried to go for a mountain bike ride (a 125km round trip to get there) and then have his chain snap 2 pedal strokes into it. He tells me he had a big tantrum and threw stuff around, then got over it and came home defeated. His back is finally on the road to recovery and now he is trying to get rid of the headaches and migraines that came with it. Two nights were spent here and I wished them over quickly.

Days 9-13

The first day at the beach

Then we were on our way to Adelaide. I precariously drove the caravan through peak hour through Adelaide’s skinny streets. Phew! We made it to Brighton Caravan Park (17km out of the City) and stayed 3 nights, right on the beach. The weather was so glorious on Sunday the kids donned their bathers and jumped into the ocean. They played in the ocean and the playground till dinner time (every afternoon), glad to be out of the car. The next day we went to Haigh’s chocolate factory near the City. The yummy smell of chocolate was distracting, you couldn’t stand there and not have some. We did the tour and were able to try some of their yummy treats.

 



Tram ride



The next day we went into the City via the tram from Glenelg which was just up the road from Brighton and spent time sorting medical bills from Emma’s surgery the day before we left and Jade’s op a few weeks before. Then we shopped in Rundle Mall, the Adelaide Central markets and The Myer Centre. The girls were very satisfied with their purchases and couldn’t wait to get back to play with them and of course jump back in the ocean!





POST IT NOTE art in a cafe in Adelaide



Our last night was wild and woolly! The storm came on quickly and the wind tried to blow the caravan over. We have been using the rubber jigsaw mats outside the door of the caravan to step on and wipe feet but they were missing when I got up. The rain didn’t let up all night and by the morning, we decided to pack quickly, our tent neighbours advised they had “checked the radar” and it was going to get worse. Jade did all the outside packing in the rain and I did the inside. Done within an hour! The best time yet! Only to have the sun shining about 30 minutes later!!!! Back to the jigsaw mats, when I did get up I looked outside to discover 2 of the mats over near the rocks just before the beach. Three more were scattered on the grass area and 1 missing and just before we left I decided to do one last check on the rocks at the waters edge, because there was no beach anymore thanks to the stormy weather. To my surprise the last mat had been blown out and back in further down the beach. Phew, all mats safely back and we are now on our way to Mt Gambier before heading to Warnambool and then Melbourne.





Not your average flutist. Busker in Adelaide

We really enjoyed our stay in Adelaide and surrounds, the caravan park was great, a little more expensive than others, but worth it, one downside was the toilet block close to us was closed “for winter maintenance”. I pointed out it was no longer winter and could they be opened but advised they were supposed to have been inspected while the owners were away but no one had bothered to organise it. So we walked to the other side of the park, we all got a workout!