Monday, April 13, 2009

Australia - Fun Times in Adelaide and Barossa Valley

We arrived in Melbourne and then went on a quick flight to Adelaide where Susan's good friend, Bethany greeted us. While visiting Adelaide for the next 3 nights we enjoyed some downtown living in an apartment including good food, an afternoon at the beach, local sites and most importantly great times with Bethany, Ella (on her lap), her Mom, Carol, and Dad, Peter (picture).
We temporarily left Adelaide for more fun times in the Barossa Valley enjoying the company and hospitality of Susan's friends Peter and Lesley for 2 nights. While there, We took a nature walk, saw kangaroos in the wild, visted a sculpture park, and got a tour of Peter's wonderful winery, Hare's Chase.
While in the Barossa we visited some area wineries and spent quality times with Susan's friends Michael and Susan from California. We enjoyed being with them as well as their cousins Peter and Christie who own Turkey Flat and hosted a tour of their impressive winery facility.
We returned to Adelaide for a night at Bethany's before boarding a plane the next morning for our next adventure - Alice Springs in the Outback.
Sorry - all our great pictures besides the one above were lost due to some dreadful technical computer or human error.

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