New Year's Eve

 

New Year's eve was spent dancing the night away @ Munno Parra bowling club, near Gawler. The band "Kindred Spirit" played some great music & the lady singer could certainly belt out a song, considering her age NO SPRING CHICKEN!!!

 

Our line dancing friends Dawn, Dot & Julie helped us celebrate in the New Year

 

 

Dot having a sly BAILEYS!!!

Parham on way to Yorke peninsula

 

Free camp site about 90kms NW of Adelaide. The tide sure goes out a long way, must have walked out for about 1km, loads of people crabbing

 

Bob watching the washing dry!!!!

 

Michael's 60th birthday

 

We were invited to Michael's 60th birthday party @ Echunga in Adelaide hills. We met this couple when we housesat for them last August while they went to London

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL. Had a lovely day catching up with all the news

 

 

Glenis has been busy putting up Xmas lights

 

 

 

 

 

Xmas in Rundle Mall - Adelaide

Arrived @ Colins place in Adelaide in late afternoon & parked the van. Ray came & collected us as we are going to stay with him for a few days over Xmas. Col's not well enough to have visitors, but will leave the van here.

 

Caught the bus into town from Rays place in Mile End, only took 5 minutes very convenient to city.

 

Lovely old carousel in full swing in the mall

 

 

Myers Xmas decorations.

 

 

Adelaide girls choir singing Xmas carols

Maslin unclad beach

 

I like the way they call it "UNCLAD" fancy name for NUDE beach

 

Our new friends we met @ Rapid bay, Sharon & Guy from Sunshine coast, QLD

Thistle flowers

 

Found these thistles flowering along the side of the road

 

 

 

Sellicks beach & Port Willunga

 

Sellicks beach

 

 

 

Jetty pylons are all that remains of this coastal village's early days as a grain port

 

 

Storehouse dug into the limestone cliffs, when the jetty was a bustling hive of activity

 

 

 

 

 

We had a nice surprise when we got back to van after buying some fish & chips from the "Star of Greece" take away. Council ranger had been around & gave us a parking fine, for not parking in the correct manner!!!

Star of Greece was a three masted iron cargo ship that was wrecked here in 1888

 

Not sure about this photo of me in a cossie, look like a beached whale!!! Definitely need to make a NY resolution to loose some weight OMG!!!!

Myponga village

Myponga is at the centre of rich grazing & dairy country, where herds of Friesian cows can be seen in the paddocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Must get cold winters around here, the verandah on this house was stacked high with wood