Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Touching the Fleurieu Peninsula

Yesterday we realised one thing, we will be back to the Adelaide Hills, there is so much to see in this wonderful area that another full day would not do it justice.  So we decided to head out on a little drive and went to Strathalbyn, Goolwa and Victor Harbour.

On arrival in Strathalbyn, we realised why it had been voted one of the most picturesque towns in S.A. With a little drizzle in the air, we walked around and found the Strath Corner Bakery for a light refreshment and Coffee.

The town has a lovely park and a bridge named the Children's Bridge.



Mural on the Public Toilet
From here the weather turned a little on

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Folks, its time to head for the Adelaide Hills

After yesterday's friendly banter at The German Cake Shop Family Restaurant, we decided to head back there for some breakfast.  Walking down Main Street Hahndorf just after 8am on a Tuesday morning, was very surreal. All the shops were closed, and there was no people or traffic.  Now the long weekend has passed there are much fewer people here.

We got to our baker around 8:10 and thankfully he was opened and as we walked in the door we could see him dividing some cakes that he would later put on display for sale.

He recognised us as we come in and we had a discussion on how busy he was yesterday, he looked

Monday, 1 October 2018

Catching a quiet village and great friends

As we found Hahndorf very busy yesterday afternoon, and quite reminiscent of a Disneyland Theme Park, Katie and I were back down there around nine am before most of the shops opened.  The theory was we would get to look along the main street and get a real feel for what it is like out of School Holidays and the Labour Day long weekend.


This proved to be a good idea and for about one hour we felt like we were in a