Adelaide and Surrounds

We decided that bidding on a caravan park near Adelaide and staying there for 10 nights would give us an opportunity to see a bit more than just staying 2 nights in Adelaide. So that’s how we got our 10 nights at Port Willunga Tourists park. It was great having the pool the boys swimming really picked up.

From there we did a big drive to the Big Rocking Horse, which was well and truly worth it. The boys loved it. Matt & Ethan climbed to the top while Nate jumped on my back like a koala and we climbed down.

They have a great little animal farm $1 per person to enter and $2 per bag of food. It was similar to Ballarat wildlife in that you walk around amongst the animals but it’s dried and not the enclosure. We saw lots of peacocks which can come and go as they please. Their was a mother peacock and 2 babies. So cute.

On the way back we stopped in Hahndrof had a look around. We looked in the lolly shop, aboriginal art gallery, Dutch souvenir & clock shop, puppet shop and we got some homemade ice cream. This is one of those towns to go back to childless.

The next day we thought we’d ride our bikes and have a couple of hours at the beach. We parked the bikes started walking down the stairs. It was so beautiful I thought I’d take a couple of photos of the cliffs that lead on to the beach. Only to notice a couple of nude men. I yelled out to Matt, he wasn’t happy that I made them stop. I told him to wait til I catch up and he looked at as if to say why can’t you just yell it out. I got near him and told him that I think it’s a nudist beach. He goes for a look (to really see if there’s any chicks) and yep it is. Then a gentleman walking past confirmed.

We jumped back on the bikes rode around to the next beach and thought we’d try to get into town along the bike trial we hit a steep decent so we turned around went back to caravan park for a swim.

We decided that we should drive into Port Willunga beach the next day. There was ruins of the old pier and some holes in the cliffs where the fishermen use to keep their boats.

The following day we had the ute booked in for a major service. So we dropped it off then caught the bus to the Noralunga shopping centre and we walked around it for 7.5 hours then caught the bus back. Boys loved catching the bus. Ethan has only ever caught one with school and Nate had never caught one.

The following day was named “Fun Day”. We went to the Beachouse. For $130 we had 4 hours of no stop fun. Ethan thought it was awesome, Nate liked it but a bit young for the arcade games.

After “Fun Day” it was mum & dad’s turn for fun day. We caught up with one of my family friends. It had been years since I had seen her, it was lovely catching up.
Then we dragged the boys around caravan yards dreaming what we would do if we had more money. Or maybe if we work for a bit what we might be able to upgrade too. Ensuite van, bunks where both boys will fit perfectly and 20 feet not 17. Then we would be super comfortable and may never return home.Then it was back to the pool.
Then it was Sunday the day we had been waiting for since leaving home. We get to see uncle Trent. A familiar face, a loved someone else to talk to. Someone we all love to be around. We picked him up from his motel then spent the morning at Glenelg. We had a real coffee the best one yet. Then we had to put him on his flight back to Tassie. Was harder to say goodbye this time as we don’t know when or where we will meet again.

We went back to the caravan park made sure we had everything charged up and filled up as we had to leave in the morning.

We both loved Adelaide so clean and tidy. Beautiful, shallow, safe beaches. And so easy to find your way around.

Ethan made a couple of friends at the caravan park which was good for him to play with a few other kids. But he got sad when we left.

We both came to the agreement that even though in a caravan park you have all the luxury’s of power, water, shower’s and toilets. We both prefer free camping as it’s easier with the boys. The toilet is never to far away, you spend more quality time together and you are more relaxed not worrying about who the boys are upsetting with their loudness. Who would have thought that we would completely change our minds.

Til next time on the Yorke peninsula
xo