Hi Friends,
A little late this week, I seem to be running out of things to tell you as I keep repeating my route. Since I last posted I have had a set of amazing coincidences happen.
It dates back to last year when my cousin Kim was travelling through WA in his caravan, he parked next to friends of mine from Donnybrook, in a caravan park in Kalbarri. They discovered I was related, and that was last year, when I got over here I called him to arrange a meeting, and it was organised for after my drs apointment. So I called a taxi, and the taxi driver was kim's late wifes brother!! How bout that? Long story short- next coincidence is Kim's wife died the same date as Doug!! I am really freaking out by now!
Any way, Kim and I have had a really great week travelling around the Fleurieu Peninsula, it has been handy as he is in a caravan, and therefore has a vehicle for us to go sightseeing, wine tasting, eating at some great pubs, etc. We have tried some great wines, bought a few, but somehow we kept drinking them! We also called on his brother Allan, in Goolwa, (is known as Chippy), he was a famous yachtsman in the late fifties and sixties in lightweight sharpies. Now he takes the most beautiful digital photos and prints them out on canvas. He has some spectacular prints of the Murray in drought and flood. I couldn't really comprehend the way the river has looked for the last 5or more years from the drought to what it looks like now in full flood!
We have parted our ways now he has gone on to Keith to see his father-in-law, and I have travelled back to Murray Bridge again, as I am joining Adele and Geoff, friends from my cruise around top of australia in 2008, on a houseboat up the Murray River!! I am real glad as the weather has been atrocious, it is cold and rainy and I can't get warm.
Apart from that whinge, I have really enjoyed some of the places we have been including Strathalbyn, very pretty place with a huge amount of preserved old buildings in the High St. About 6 gorgeous antique and bricabrac stores. Lucky I can't fit anything in, so I aren't tempted, much! I am concentrating on visiting every patchwork and quilting shop in australia, Not too bad so far! Anyway I am tucked up in bed writing this and finally warm! So keep well adn I will send you another story soon
regards Vicki
Did you get to the lovely patchwork shop in Victor Harbour? I have a piece of fabric that I bought from there when Iain and I visited in 2006, I do hope that it is still open as they had lovely things.
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