Hi To all my patient readers, After the tablet ceased doing what I wanted it to, here I am again.
We were up to the snake!! Of course we had to by more wine to calm our nerves! Needless to say, we keep seeing "snakes" every where now. Not any sightings have been proven. Thank heavens. Then it was back , ( for me), to Victor Harbor. a campsite I have been to before, the Uniting Church Camp, at Adare Park, basic, but clean , flat sites with enough trees to shade you when you want it. So here we are on countdown to Sth America and Antarctica, 3 days to go. We have been madly packing thermals and shorts. Madness trying to deal with two seasons. So far my luggage only weighs 13 Kilos, I must be leaving something out!! A small panic when I couldn,t find the binoculars, but they turned up, in a corner of the case packed there weeks ago so I didn't forget them. Also have to get more than one camera battery, as the cold shortens the life of them. Imagine the magnificent shot of a whale or anything and the battery dies! So I bought 2 more. Carol and Rob are looking after me really well, driving me to town for a haircut and waiting around. Tonight we go to dine with friends of theirs who I have previously met, that will be nice.
So there we have it, almost ready to leave for the great white continent. Probably won't have access down there, , so you will have to wait for march for the next instalment, hopefully with photos. Keep safe until March
Vicki
Monday, February 11, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
SA AGAIN! Part
Hi Folksf
Don't panic, I havn't got lost. I decided after taking charge of the new doigs donga, that I would travel back to SA and do the meet and greet with my fellow Antarcticans?
So I travelled across Victoria in fine style, , getting the hang of the new vehicle, doing plenty of swearing as I discoveredthe differences. STayed a night at Horsham, previously visited, then a couple of nights practising my "free" camping at Narrung, also previously visited. Thrn on to Adelaide with Carol and Rob. w attended the gathering at Glenelg, nibblies and wine, wearing name tags, and met a few of our fellow travellers. From there we moved on to Pt Parham, about 60 odd kms north of Adelaide, I spent 3 nights there as I was waiting for mail from the West to arrive at geoff and adeles, my sa postal address. Thanks guys. Carol and rob headed off a day earlier as they had iends to visit. We met up again at Langhorne Creek, my favorite spot, lovely free camp, oppositea joint wine tasting house. I actually belong to their club. great wines. Across the roadabout 200 metres isagood local pub with nice meals. Perfect spot to stay. I had a taste the afternoon I arrived, reminded them I was a club member, and as it was closing time, walked away with 2 neatly full bottles of my favorite bubbles. They apparently discard the opened botles after a couple of days. Nice one Vicki. Next day Carol and Rob arrived, and we went off to a few other wineries, for a taste or 2/3/4. Get the picture? Luckily Rob is a convinced beer drinker. All was well till we got to the almost final winery, to find we had let a small snake in thru the door with us,!! A bit of hysterics later, they were able to herd it out side again.
Don't panic, I havn't got lost. I decided after taking charge of the new doigs donga, that I would travel back to SA and do the meet and greet with my fellow Antarcticans?
So I travelled across Victoria in fine style, , getting the hang of the new vehicle, doing plenty of swearing as I discoveredthe differences. STayed a night at Horsham, previously visited, then a couple of nights practising my "free" camping at Narrung, also previously visited. Thrn on to Adelaide with Carol and Rob. w attended the gathering at Glenelg, nibblies and wine, wearing name tags, and met a few of our fellow travellers. From there we moved on to Pt Parham, about 60 odd kms north of Adelaide, I spent 3 nights there as I was waiting for mail from the West to arrive at geoff and adeles, my sa postal address. Thanks guys. Carol and rob headed off a day earlier as they had iends to visit. We met up again at Langhorne Creek, my favorite spot, lovely free camp, oppositea joint wine tasting house. I actually belong to their club. great wines. Across the roadabout 200 metres isagood local pub with nice meals. Perfect spot to stay. I had a taste the afternoon I arrived, reminded them I was a club member, and as it was closing time, walked away with 2 neatly full bottles of my favorite bubbles. They apparently discard the opened botles after a couple of days. Nice one Vicki. Next day Carol and Rob arrived, and we went off to a few other wineries, for a taste or 2/3/4. Get the picture? Luckily Rob is a convinced beer drinker. All was well till we got to the almost final winery, to find we had let a small snake in thru the door with us,!! A bit of hysterics later, they were able to herd it out side again.
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