Narooma to Adelaide

Day 1          -         Narooma          to          Albury

·      30 mins late leaving O well

·      Via Cooma 2 Jindabyne

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    Country all along looked great

·      Lunch with Carol & Allan Barkley – we should see more of them!

    On via Thredbo, Khancoban, Tallangatta

·      Hume weir still quite full even tho it’s March

·      Arrived @ 7.30 at Maree Ryan’s – great 2 see a Livo Girl

·      Dinner @ Springdale Heights Tavern

·      Good food (Turkey cranberry salad for the Apiarist, Open Steak Sandwich for the Educator)

·      Bottle of Sauvignon Blanc which went down VERY well

·      As always it was nice to talk with Maree and even tho she is undergoing challenging times the evening was extremely pleasant. The evening was made better by Marg Livo arriving after the finish of the Richmond – Essendon Practice Match

Day     2         -         Albury          to         Bottle Bend

·      Breakfast @ Borellas Café with JAF, Maree & Joel Ryan, Julie & Clare Miller, and Robyn Nicholson. 

     With all the Livo girls in one place the conversation was plenty! All enjoyed a loud, exuberant and opinionated discussion!!!!! And drove past the Beekeeper's childhood home.

·      Headed west on the Riverina Highway and when driving through Howlong who should appear but Squirt!!!! You can run but you can’t hide! Nice to meet and speak with him and not surprisingly he hasn’t changed.

·      West then though Savernake, Berrigan, Finley, Deniliquin (lunch), Euston, Kerang & Swan Hill

·      Camped for the night 5 metres from the Murray River @ Bottle Bend. The night and stunning sunset paid for the Camp Directory # 6 book in full!

Day 3         -         Bottle Bend          to Adelaide

·      JULIE’S BIRTHDAY!!!!!

·      Lovely late morning. Plenty of time to enjoy toast and honey for breakfast while packing

·      Headed west and crossed the Murray into Victoria at Mildura. We passed through plenty of grapes and citrus although it seemed that at least some of the vineyards and orchards were feeling the effect of too many/ much competition.

·      Into South Australia after finishing the rest of our fruit and salad at a roadside stop where we shared our meal with at least 40,000 flies, according to the Educator. We are in Australia after all.

·      Coffee & cake at the Waikerie Bakery (love that name) before winding through the grapevines of the Barossa Valley.

·      Tasted and bought necessary supplies at Kaesler Wines. Great tasting room and a very nice hostess made the samples even better. Tasted all that were offered and could easily have bought one of each but didn’t quite have the $120 for the bottle of the Alte Reben Shiraz (but wished we did). We did buy 6 bottles of the 2008 Nashwauk Shiraz and 6 of the Clare Valley Rose. Nice!

·      Into Adelaide and booked into the Country Comfort Adelaide. Nice place in a lovely location.

·      Dinner at Sugar Cane – Vietnamese. Good food and company finished a good day!