Victoria Hotel Strathalbyn
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12th day Strathalbyn SA
... never get enough of them, the mastery and attention to detail in all they built back then is all inspiring.
We got to Dot & George's place and have already enjoyed some giggles and heaps of helpful info from them and fellow guests, Jo & Derek.
Loooved their buses, George & Dot's is coming ...
Last day of travel
... rested, and we simply watched a bit of telly before sleeping. Had an early breakfast, filled the petrol tank, and left the hire car at the airport. Bumped into Chris and Brenton who were on the same flights home, but didn't see them after Launceston. Had good flights home, via Melbourne, although the Melbourne to Adel segment was half an hour late leaving. But our transport was there waiting for us at the other end so all was fine. We were home by 1.30, surprising given ...
Scottsdale
... art gallery cafe for a truly scrumptious lunch. After checking into our accommodation we drove out in the afternoon to see the Legerwood sculptures. See photos. Later we headed to Bridport to look at the shoreline. Very pretty. Had an ice cream before heading back to our room in the federation style units at Anabel's before dinner at the steakhouse. Tomorrow we are off to St Helen's where we will stay in Queechy ...
Launceston
... revival style. We are staying in The Old Bakery, a heritage listed building built in 1870. Tonight we plan to eat at Murphy's Irish pub where Colin wants to have a Caffery's ale after a guinness pie, as he did in the UK. Tomorrow we are off to Scottsdale, heading towards St. Helen's on the east coast. Weather has been great so far. Didn't bring enough warm weather ...
Summers Here!
... see where the pathway of the water is. Fern gully was a favourate of James, this was a childhood film him and Sarah, his sister used to watch about fairies. We then came out to the lake where we sat to catch our breath so we can face the steep climb back up to the car park - we parked at the top car park thinking it was the bottom car park because it was at the foot of the summit, but it wasn't so we had a nice climb waiting for us. It actually wasn't too bad. ...