Today a busy day. We are planning to visit the Dutch shop office in Aldinga to pick up our Dutch specialties order and to go back to Colin for our kite. The first update that morning is good, the Australia Post tracking system informs us that the kite has arrived at the post office in Adelaide north. Also the weather has turned warmer which we all feel good about.
We pack up and drive slowly up the coast to Adelaide. Our first stop is Second Valley which was an alternative overnight option for Rapid Bay.
It’s a nice spot but we’re glad we stayed overnight at Rapid Bay. Still we decide to check out all aspects of this nice place.
Then we follow the same road back over the hills and past the pine trees.
Still in tourist mode we follow a sign that promises a nice view and it does. What we didn’t realise is that it took us up and up over several dirt roads. It was worth the effort when we reached the reservoir and the nice views.
Then we come closer to our first stop.
Aldinga Beach, where we get our Dutch store order. Unfortunately they had no pepernoten, which, so close to Sinterklaas, we had hoped up. However we’re good again on kruisdrop, kaneelstaaf, frites saus and frikadellen.
By now the Australia Post status is upgraded to “driver committed to delivery today” which is great, so we’ll see our kite again today. It feels like Christmas!
Then we decide to stay in Aldinga for lunch, and why not on the beach like everyone else.
And so we park on the beach, have lunch, swim and frolic. The dogs seem interested to go for a swim too until they feel how fresh the Southern Ocean is.
Then we get the word. Our kite has landed. We pack up and make it up to Colin’s. The road is horrible. Some genius – I bet the same dude who planted all these mini round about’s – decided to build a fast road through Adelaide that only goes one way (in the morning into the city and at night out of the city). Instead of leaving one lane free for poor tourists like us we had to weave through little roads with roadworks going on everywhere. Lucky we were not on a schedule.
Then we met Santa Claus – no beard – but who cares as long as he’s baring gifts.
And we say goodbye again.
Then the last windy road towards Cudlee to camp behind the pub.
We stop along the road to give telephonic road side assistance to our daughter Niki who got stranded with her mower in Sydney, so we make it just in time at the Cudlee pub for a Coopers Pale Ale and some takeaway schnitzel (Marjo) and a burger (Axel).
A great day.
Posted from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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