From Paris to London

After the nothing of the nullarbor it was great to finally arrive in Adelaide.



We stayed with Tom and Bernadette for about a week and a half, and they were really good sports, letting us sleep outside on their drive way, and generally use their house as if it were ours.

It was great having some proper locals to show us round, we cruised around town, went to some beaches, drank some beer, generally relaxed and watched loads movies from Tom's DVD horror collection. There is a really good market on a friday night that we went to twice, and enjoyed loads of free food samples of cheese, bread, fruit and even some swordfish.







They've got a couple of crazy dogs, Paris and London who created much amusment running around the house and garden always trying to lick your face.



We enjoyed a proper aussie BBQ (although minus the shrimps) cooked by a proper Aussie (Bernadettes brother)



We took a couple of days to head out to the Barossa Valley, a big wine district, to sample some of the local fare. As well as a lot of local independent wineries there are the big players as well, including Jacobs Creek, and we couldn't resist the chance to get a pic by the creek. All in all though, I think I prefer the $7 for a 4 litre box wine we've been drinking, although Lex disagrees! Also they have this weird Dam which is known as the whispering wall where you can stand at one end of it and talk to a person stood at the other end, the curvature of the dam bounces the sound waves across to the other side... very strange.







We also got Bruce a service which should keep him ticking over until we get back to Sydney, and for the first time in six months managed to hoover the inside of him. Normally we dont have a hoover, but Tom and Bernadette were kind enough to lend us theirs!



After a great week and a half, we had to move on. Tom and Bernadette were going back to work after a week off, and we've only got about 6 weeks until we need to be back in Sydney. So we're now heading down the coast, and we should be into Victoria in the next few days, and in Melbourne in about a week or so...