Today we headed up to Loxton with my parents to visit some of my aunts and my uncle who couldn’t make it down to Adelaide for our family afternoon-tea last week. We were happy to also see that my cousin and his family had managed to get away from the farm for a while to … [Read More »]
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Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 25
I spent the day today (actually, the morning and evening – it was too hot after lunch), helping my parents build part of a fence at their place. It was mostly just assembling the steel railings and positioning the fence frame in preparation for screwing on the steel sheeting once it had been cemented in … [Read More »]
Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 24
Today we packed up most of our gear and drove down to Murray Bridge to my parents’ place to stay for a few days.
Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 23
We had planned a quiet day today, but I got a call last night from one of my close school friends from Murray Bridge who works fly-in-fly-out on some large construction projects up in the Kimberly region. They had just got back from holidays and he was flying out Wednesday morning for work, so if … [Read More »]
Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 22
Headed down to Adelaide Zoo for the day today – to see the new entrance precinct and the Giant Pandas. The weather was fairly warm, so we went well prepared with hats and sunscreen and plenty of water. I bought Leanne lifetime membership to Adelaide Zoo some time ago, so we get in for free … [Read More »]