We had absolutely nothing on the itinerary today except to arrive at Lacepede Motel in Kingston, SE on Lacepede Bay. Question: How do you suppose that name is pronounced? Answer: See tomorrow's posting. We took off from Adelaide around 10 am and maneuvered our way out of town through the suburbs, finding more altitude and much larger hills than we've seen before. Not far out of town we stopped Hahndorf, a very popular visitor destination. This little Germ...

Australian Wine Country - Actually, it is difficult to avoid wine country. Almost all of rural South Australia is wine country, quality wine country. Today we rented a car. Yikes! Steering wheel on the right; driving lane on the left is the standard. Scary . . . just one boo-boo and head-on collision!! One must have a driver or a rented car to visit the wine country so . . . hold nose and jump in! Stan is a great driver, thank goodness! I attempted...

Organized tours usually have little appeal to us, but we made an exception this time and joined an all-day (6 am until 10:30 pm) tour of Kangaroo Island. All our research called it a "must do." Kangaroo Island is the third largest island off the coast of Southern Australia and is about 90 miles long and 40 miles wide. It has only about 4000 inhabitants. It is native home to some of Australia's animal life. We boarded a coach this morning and drove an hour do...

To quote a favorite acquaintance from our travel adventures, Sean, day manager of J. Hanlon's Pub, Dublin, Ireland, "Now this is a proper holiday!" The beach! We have been in Australia four nights so far and today was our first time on one of their world famous beaches. We took the tram to the end of the line, Glenelg Beach. There are plenty of beaches around Adelaide, but we heard this was the nearest and one of the best. And it was! The harbor town of Gl...

Ok, I have not mentioned this before because I usually far over-talk how much we walk, because we ARE enthusiastic walkers. But I'm just saying, we are walking our butts off. I have not even asked Stan how he is holding up, but my butt is sore, my ankles ache and my shins even hurt. I'm not sure how he is feeling but sometimes as we are walking back to the cottage I think I hear him whimpering. It is hot here. I mean August Florida Panhandle Beach hot which m...