Leaving Adelaide this Sunday

It's time to leave Adelaide, we are heading off tomorrow towards Murray Bridge (Sunday Country music dance) & then onto Tailem Bend for overnite camp. Making our way along the coast to Kingston SE, Robe, Bridgeport & Mt Gambier. Then its along the Great Ocean Rd to Drysdale (Victoria). We have a 3 weeks housesit there (near Geelong). After that we are heading up to Lake Boga (near Swan Hill, on Murray river) for 14 weeks. The owners are off to Canada & that will get us through winter.

It's time to leave SA have been here for almost a year & we have covered most of it. It will be sad to leave, as we have made some lovely new friends + leaving the old ones (especially Colin while he is not well) but he always seems to bounce back & has a happy outlook on life, despite all his health problems

 

Colin enjoying a Chinese meal, before he went into hospital the next day. On Thursday this week Colin had a plate put in top of his right leg, which has been giving him a lot of pain over last few weeks, looks like it was a hairline fracture that needed to be stabilised.

 

Jan & Bob tucking into yummie Chinese meal

 

Adelaide brick works markets. They have been given 28 days to get out, they have been trading there for 25 years. Woolworths have bought the site & done the dirty on all the traders!!!!

 

Inside the brick kiln

 

Goodbye Adelaide

Well it's time to finally leave Adelaide, heading out tomorrow.
One last visit to my friend Colin who is still in hospital.  While we were waiting for the bus to take us back to Marleston, we saw this helicopter landing on roof of Royal Adelaide hospital 

Bob, Jan & Colin (Collie Woffle) his nickname from Rose Bay RSL days!!!

 

This is my friend Colin who I have known for over 40 years. Col's not to well @ moment & in Royal Adelaide hospital, they think he has a hairline fracture in the top of his femur & we are waiting on results of MRI & if they are going to operate or not.

Bob & I will hang around Adelaide till early next week, as Col has an old cat "Buddy" that needs looking after.

This photo was taken when we came down to visit Col in 2006

Italian Carnivale - Adelaide

Headed out to the showground this morning to check out ALL THINGS ITALIAN!!! @ Carnivale

 

This pork on spit looked & smells delicious

 

Bright red Ferrari's, didn't know there was this many in SA !!

 

Cute Fiat Bambino

 

 

Picnic anyone!!!

 

Vespa's

 

Monster trucks are coming next weekend!!!

 

 

Lunch, not sure what it was, but was tasty & yummie!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This look says it ALL, Bob's idea to have a ride on the Ferris wheel, wind was blowing a gale @ the top !!!! A bit breezy!!!

Out & about in Adelaide

 

Bus ride into town & walk along North Terrace & we find all these grand old buildings @ Adelaide Law school

 

 

Adelaide University

 

 

 

Inside the Art gallery

 

Bob relaxing in sun on deck chair in grounds of gallery

 

World War 1 memorial, never seen one this grand before

 

 

 

Inside Scots church

 

Organ keyboard & pedals

 

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Bob & statue of Sir Douglas Mawson, Antartic explorer (he lived for 40 years in seaside surburb of Brighton)

Glenelg

Drive to Glenelg to check out the exhibition @ Town hall on Sir Douglas Mawson

 

Another lovely carousel

 

Merry go round

 

 

Buffalo (replica) this ship brought Lt Hindmarsh out to the new colony of SA & he proclaimed it in January 1837