Back off to Whyalla markets in the morning to grab Morgie's scarf before the hop to Adelaide hitting a balmy 22 degrees and sunshine in the city. Staying in a nice park bordered by playground and nature reserve just across the highway from the Botanic gardens and zoo. Had booked into the zoo and to see the Pandas. Not quite sure what to expect but was very pleasantly surprised by the whole zoo and the Pandas. We expected to see black and white lumps laying on rocks but they were quite active, eating and generally moving about their cage. Having the controlled numbers was great as the school kids moved on pretty quickly and the pandas settled down instead of pacing so much. The red pandas were really cute too.
Morgie got to have her photo taken with an orangutan just because she likes them now. Off to Rundell mall for a bit of a stroll and general church experience. We are all quite taken with the city and relative laid back attitude, great food, architecture and parkland that we are planning to come again. We now have a bucket list (well at least to achieve before the kids move out) of places to visit again and things to do there several pages long - just for places we have been on the trip let alone places we would like to go in Australia and my 12 months house swap in Italy. Am giving Tasmania the miss this time round - much to Morgan's dismay (she had hoped to get to every state in Australia) preferring to spend a bit more time in Melbourne and avoiding the bitter cold some parts of Tassie will be offering up this time of year.
Jack is obsessed by models at the moment so managed to drop into the local model shop. After Gordon and Jack had been told NO to spending several thousand dollars on fantasy machines Jack selected a couple of models to take with him. To his disappointment he was only allowed to make one that night - he is a child obsessed once he starts, if only he could apply as much concentration to his homework.
Next day was the tour of Haighs chocolate factory - Gordon kept telling the kids they would be able to dip their fingers in where ever they wanted but as I had advised they weren't allowed within cooey of the chocolate though there were enough free samples handed out to make us feel quite ill. To my surprise the majority of the smaller chocolates are all hand dipped and any texture is hand applied. It is mighty fine chocolate and makes Cadbury taste pretty bad so didn't let the kids get too much of a taste for it.
Off to the markets after that to stock up for the week ahead - again food heaven though managed to restrain ourselves. Very happy to be able to get good quality fruit and veggies again - we are having a bit of a fruit and veg fest after the scarcity in the first six weeks.
Off to experience China town tonight before doing another wet pack up - it has just started spitting - and head off to Cape Jervis.
Morgie got to have her photo taken with an orangutan just because she likes them now. Off to Rundell mall for a bit of a stroll and general church experience. We are all quite taken with the city and relative laid back attitude, great food, architecture and parkland that we are planning to come again. We now have a bucket list (well at least to achieve before the kids move out) of places to visit again and things to do there several pages long - just for places we have been on the trip let alone places we would like to go in Australia and my 12 months house swap in Italy. Am giving Tasmania the miss this time round - much to Morgan's dismay (she had hoped to get to every state in Australia) preferring to spend a bit more time in Melbourne and avoiding the bitter cold some parts of Tassie will be offering up this time of year.
Jack is obsessed by models at the moment so managed to drop into the local model shop. After Gordon and Jack had been told NO to spending several thousand dollars on fantasy machines Jack selected a couple of models to take with him. To his disappointment he was only allowed to make one that night - he is a child obsessed once he starts, if only he could apply as much concentration to his homework.
Next day was the tour of Haighs chocolate factory - Gordon kept telling the kids they would be able to dip their fingers in where ever they wanted but as I had advised they weren't allowed within cooey of the chocolate though there were enough free samples handed out to make us feel quite ill. To my surprise the majority of the smaller chocolates are all hand dipped and any texture is hand applied. It is mighty fine chocolate and makes Cadbury taste pretty bad so didn't let the kids get too much of a taste for it.
Off to the markets after that to stock up for the week ahead - again food heaven though managed to restrain ourselves. Very happy to be able to get good quality fruit and veggies again - we are having a bit of a fruit and veg fest after the scarcity in the first six weeks.
Off to experience China town tonight before doing another wet pack up - it has just started spitting - and head off to Cape Jervis.
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