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| Rest Stop Langhorne Creek |
Well off again; this 2011 New Year long weekend we decided at the last moment to hook up the caravan and take off to Langhorne Creek. This is a small wine region of South Australia on the northern side of Lake Alexandrina between Strathalbyn to the west and Wellington to the east, 1hour and 15 minutes from home.
We were lucky enough to have been given a Webber Q for Christmas, this was our main source of cooking and the most hassle free BBQing I have ever used, heat it up, place the meat on the grill & wait 10 min then turn it over and 10 min later it is cooked to perfection just brilliant. Once finished with the BBQ we popped on a pork roast, same deal except 30 min each side perfect outcome.
Friends from Christies Beach Allen and Merredith popped in to see us on Sunday with Allen's mother and his daughter Elizabeth who is on holiday from Brisbane, was great to see them and meet Elisabeth.
A nice relaxing time with some small walks that our dog Misty enjoyed, this morning we found a fence with about 20 foxes hanging on the wire, a little further was the Langhorne Creek cemetery with graves dating from 1861 to 2010.
Whilst camping we met a family from Armidale NSW that have been on the road for 6 weeks of their two year holiday around Australia, mum, dad and 5 children aged between 3 and 14 and believe it or not another due to be born in Adelaide in April 2011. The children are the best behaved and a credit to their parents, during the school year they will be home schooled using the Ace System. Another family pulled in on Sunday afternoon starting their 12 month trip around Oz mum, dad and 4 children, another couple were staying at Mannum however over Christmas and the New Year it had become too noisy with bad behavior therefore moved out till later in the week, all very nice people, all using different forms of camping from tents to motor homes and combination of tent and caravans.
Thank you Sheryle for a great weekend.
Keep the shiny side up
John
