Well Tam has piked out again so you are stuck with my ramblings for another blog.
After our fantastic trip to Uluru and Kings Canyon we headed for Adelaide with a renewed excitement for the trip. Unfortunately the weather soon took care of that. We arrived in Clare to pouring rain and a -1 deg night, not happy. It was great to have the chance to catch up with old work friends that I haven't seen for 9 years but unfortunately due to the weather we didn't get to see as much of Adelaide and South Australia as we had planned.
On one of the better days we took the kids into the Adelaide Zoo to see the Pandas Wang Wang and Funi. The Zoo was fantastic and was the first big Zoo the kids and I have ever been to.
After spending 4 days in Adelaide we started off to via McLaren Vale and the Fleurieu Peninsula. Again due to the bad weather we didn't have much of a chance to look at McLaren Vale but did find the time to stock up on a bit of Red from our favourite wineries to keep us warm for the days ahead.
The drive down the Fleurieu Peninsula was great and we decided to pull off and stay at a little place called Rapid Bay. For $10 a night you can stay in the community park right on the water, I have to say this was one of the best cheap/free campsites we have stay at on our trip. I can imagine that this place would be busy in summer. The next day we visited beautiful seaside towns like Victor Harbour, Port Elliot, Robe and others on the way to Victoria.
Unfortunately because of the weather all we could do was sample the local coffee and various treats from the Bakeries on the way through to keep the kids happy.
By this time we were wet, cold and had enough of the long drives. We were looking forward to getting to Lorne as this has great memories for Tam and I from our time before kids. We had an idea that we could try and stay in the cottages behind Lorne that we had stayed at 10 years ago. We gave them a call and not only did they have a cottage but it was the one we stayed in last time! Everyone was so excited to be staying in a house with beds for the first time in 6 months. The weather held up a bit for us to experience the Great Ocean Road and 12 Apostles.
I even got a chance to go up in a helicopter with the big kids for Father's Day which was a great experience.
We stayed in beautiful Lorne for 3 nights and had the rest we were all in desperate need of. We had the fire going all weekend, the kids watched TV and movies and recharged our batteries.
We can't wait to get to Melbourne and catch up with family so until next time, we pray for some sunshine and will see you then!
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