Adelaide all day. After a hearty breakfast of pancakes with mixed berries, cream, maple syrup and ice cream (an interesting Aussie mix) time to walk it off sightseeing. First was a stroll from the hotel through the north Adelaide park to the gardens by the Festival Theatre on the river, passing the Adelaide Oval on the way. Over the river they have built one curved pedestrian bridge and are in the process constructing a mirror image one. Then via the Festival Th...

Victor Harbor to Adelaide Despite interesting cloud and sun patterns over the sea from our room when we awoke, looking inland it was a different story, low cloud and drizzle. Once we had crossed the peninsula though, it brightened up and more blue sky developed. The journey from the Fleurieu Peninsula to Adelaide was pretty with more vineyards and farmland until we met the suburbs of this relatively small city. Our first destination was Mount Lofty which Mary h...

A day in Victor Harbor The weather has continued to frustrate our plans, but not enough to stop us enjoying our trip. We woke to overcast skies and a temperature of 13C again but undeterred we set off to explore Granite Island, a 62 acre island attached to the mainland in Victor Harbor by means of a causeway. We walked across and enjoyed a superb, if blustery, climb over the island watching crashing white waves on the shoreline and seeing some interesting flora....

Mount Gambier to Victor Harbor Before leaving Mount Gambier we made a visit to see the crater lakes that the town is famous for. There are three lakes contained within the rims of three separate craters from former volcanos. The most impressive is the Blue Lake, the water being a deep blue colour throughout the summer months. In March/November over the space of a few days the water turns blue and then reverts to grey in April. The water is some 80metres deep an...

Port Campbell to Mount Gambier Awaking to the view of Port Campbell bay and beach it encouraged us to be out early to view the last of the sights along the Great Ocean Road. The first of these is simply known as The Arch, it is just that. When we were there it was low tide and the Arch stood proud of the water line on a wave cut platform and was very impressive. Secondly, to London Bridge, this was a double arch but, unfortunately like the children's nursery rhy...