Australia here we come!

10/10/12

We were up early today and steeled ourselves for the drive across town in peak hour traffic to find Peter Kittle Toyota. We left the caravan park at 8.00am and followed Brendon's directions. Mary-Anne was following behind and cars kept getting in between us and holding her up. Without too many dramas we arrived at the Toyota Dealer at 9.15am. The traffic was very heavy and there must have been two million sets of traffic lights we had to drive through and they were all red.

We dropped off the Prado and jumped into Mary-Anne's Patrol and headed for the Barossa Valley. On the way we found a Jaycar shop with a Ray's Outdoors beside it. I bought a replacement computer fan for the 3-way fridge in the van and Mary-Anne exchanged a spare wheel cover for a larger size. At Ray's Karen bought a $130.00 arctic jacket for $25.00. (Must have been old stock.)

Our next stop was at the town of Gawler. We found the Information Centre and toilets in that order. In the Information Centre we discovered that the TV show ‘McCloud’s Daughters’ was filmed at an historic homestead not far from Gawler. It is now a B&B and a night stay will cost anywhere from $800.00 to $1000.00 a night.

We left the Information Centre and found a park overlooking Goose Island, a former market garden on an island in the middle of the river. There we had lunch in the shade of huge River Red Gums.

After lunch we drove to the small town of Lyndoch. We parked in the main street and went for a walk. The girls found a craft shop and spent all their money there. Nearby was a German Bakery. I had to shout vanilla slices and an apple danish cause the girls had no money left. From Lyndoch we drove around the Barossa Valley and saw many wineries with well-known names. We didn't stop at any because none of us are winos and it was raining.

We made our way back to Peter Kittle Toyota and collected the Prado after 2.30pm. Then we had the drive across town again to return to the caravan park.