Started at Unley today - and despite sleeping in we got there in reasonably good time. Strolled along around the team cars and waited right at the start right behind the ABC set up so as Peter Walsh interviewed various personalities, we were watching the performance. Managed to beat the race to Victor Harbour which was a beautiful clear aqua shade and with a pleasant breeze. Wandered past the croquet and lawn bowls greens, where the participants continued with th...

Ross and Giles have gone for a training ride up Lower North East Rd. I can't believe that 10 months ago when I booked this place, I managed to book somewhere literally 100m from the course. It goes past our entry street on Friday. I think that's a good thing! This cottage is like a time warp. Just reminds me of the houses elderly Aunts used to have. It is quite deliberately, and I suspect conveniently, set up in a retro design. Except for the TV. It is enormous ...

We had a fantastic time on KI. This is the view from our front window in the cabin we stayed in. Quite a severe looking landscape and prone to wind in a big way, but quite endearing upon closer inspection. Caves, cubist rock formations, masses of seals and sea lions, kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, lighthouses and laconic goannas who just take their time crossing the road, holding the traffic up upon their whim. Mind you traffic equates to two cars - one full of Ge...

Today we started to think about our Adelaide trip. This is the fourth time we have made the trip across for the Tour Down Under. We are scratching to think of a different way to get there: the Hay plain is really the most direct option to get to Adelaide. It has a tendency to monotony, however, which does our heads in somewhat. I should say that our trip will be via Kangaroo Island, which is not far from Adelaide, but we have never made it to the island itself be...