Once again the time is just going too fast! A month has now passed since I last wrote!! Where did that go? We have now crossed the Nullabor, SA and are currently in Victoria. Only a little over one month till we are home now!!
A few weeks ago now we stayed at Balladonia and then Eucla as we travelled the Nullabor, and did a huge drive on the third day making it all the way to Streaky Bay! Went to the Head of the Bight, but just missed the Whales by 3 days! It was quite challenging adjusting to the time difference of 2 hours forward, it took us a while to adjust. While at Balladonia we met up with a family we met at Monkey Mia, the kids had a great time playing together.
Streaky Bay was a lovely place, it was a bit windy while we were there. We also had some rain which we haven't had for a while. While at Streaky Bay we drove down south towards Port Lincolin to have the afternoon with a lovely family we met while in Katherine, NT. We had a wonderful day, had lunch and a drive around their beautiful farm. Hello to the Fatchens!!
While at Streaky Bay we also went to Baird Bay and we all went swimming with wild seals and dolphins, it was absolutely amazing, the water was rather cold though. Dominic only stayed in for 3 seconds! Benn lasted the whole time, swimming with 7 dolphins at one time. After 6 nights at Streaky Bay we then moved on to Port Augusta, reminded us a little of Port Hedland. We stayed two nights, great coffee shop and playground for the kids. Last Thursday afternoon we arrived in Adelaide. The first two days I came down with a virus, very dizzy and couldn't get up on Friday at all. Saturday I recovered just enough to make it to the Adelaide Zoo, which was great. The highlight was the Pandas!! While in Adelaide we drove down to Victor Harbour when on the famous Horse pulled Tram across to Granite Island where we saw Fairy Penguins in their natural habitat. We also visited Benn's Uncle Paul in the Barossa Valley, which was wonderful, it is such a lovely place. Visited a few wineries too!
After Adelaide we travelled to Penola, were Mary MacKillop started her schools. A beautiful place also with many wineries. From Penola we travelled to Warrnambool another fantastic place. Here we stayed 3 nights and visited our friends that we met at Alice Springs, we have managed to stay in contact since we first met, so it was wonderful to catch up. The kids are such good friends. We were all sad to leave Warrnambool and drove to Point Lonsdale in one day, visiting the Gibson Steps, Bay of Islands and 12 Apostles on the way. We arrived at Point Lonsdale late, but are having a lovely treat staying in house, very nice to have the space! Thanks to Benn's Aunt Annette!!
