Thursday 26 September 2013

South Australia

We arrived in South Australia on the 3rd September 2013 and stayed in Glen Osmond (near Adelaide) then went to Kangaroo Island. We left for Queensland on the 26th September 2013.


Thursday 26th September 2013
Kangaroo Island to Queensland - Up All Day and Night
Today we woke up at 5am to get back to Adelaide, we took a mini bus from Kingscote to Penneshaw and then the ferry back to Cape Jervis and a coach ride to Adelaide. The best part of the journey was the [...]
















Wednesday 25th September 2013
Kangaroo Island - Wild Kangaroos and Pina Coladas
Today was our last day on Kangaroo Island and the weather wasn't as good, personally I think it was sad that we were leaving ;) So we had a great day with a 2L box of Pina Colada[...]













Tuesday 24th September 2013
Tour of Kangaroo Island 

Today we got up early to go on a tour of KI, for the first three days we'd stayed in Kingscote, there is no public transport on KI and everywhere is too far to walk to. Anyway we got up early:[...]












Monday 23rd September 2013
Kangaroo Island - First Time Backpacking 

Today we said goodbye to our lovely unit and hello to our first time backpacking! It's great that we've been here since July and haven't backpacked at all yet. We are proper travellers ;) but really it's ironic that this was the first place we'd had to pay for but the worst place we'd stayed in. Not that it was bad or anything, it was very[...]










Sunday 22nd September 2013
Beaches on Kangaroo Island  

Today it was terrifically sunny. We went back to the first beach and hung out:[...]















Saturday 21st September 2013
Wild Seals on Kangaroo Island!

We had to get up so early because we were going to Kangaroo Island! We were very excited, after the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock and Sydney Opera House, Kangaroo Island is in the top five best places to go in Australia (according to my guide book)[...]







Wednesday 18th September 2013 
 The house we are living in is on a hill next to a reserve, so we have been seeing lots of nature [...]







Sunday 15th September 2013
 Today Nick took us to the Barossa. The Barossa is a famous wine producing region near Adelaide [...]

















Friday 13th September 2013
Windy Point Restaurant

This evening Nick took us out for the most amazing dinner. This is what the view from the restuarant looks like: [...]











Wednesday 11th September 2013
Adelaide Royal Show

This morning we saw the koalas and this evening was just as good! My Grandpa's cousin Nick (so my first cousin twice removed..) picked us up and took us to the Royal Show in Adelaide. [...]








Wednesday 11th September 2013

Wild Koalas in South Australia

We've been living here over a week and have only heard koalas and seen koala poop [...]











Monday 9th September 2013

South Australian Museum


Today we went to the South Australian Museum, but first here's a picture of my mozzie bite:[...]
















Saturday 7th September 2013


Botanic Gardens - Adelaide

Today was a beautiful day: [...]











Thursday 5th September 2013

My 22nd Birthday in Adelaide


Today was my 22nd birthday! It was strange to be without my family and friends, at first everything we did didn't seem very birthday like because every day here is like a birthday! [...]

















Wednesday 4th September 2013

Adelaide
 We arrived in South Australia to do our second Australian house sit. We stayed in Glen Osmond which is about 15 minutes drive from Adelaide [...]