day two Adelaide to Kingston SE (South East)

Up and out early. We headed back to Rundle St to do some shopping and picked up some clothes and shoes and gifts for the family birthdays coming up. It started raining which is pretty much how the rest of the trip went. It wasnt freezing but did put a big dampner on the day. Before we left the city we tiki toured around the gardens and parklands and I realised what a crappy part of town I had spent my time in. I would like to go back to A with N when he is older so we can have a good poke about at the museums and art galleries.

Our first stop was Stirling in the Adelaide Hills...groceries. Then we headed up to Handorf the German Village which was ok. N had a play in the playground and we mused at how much like Arrowtown it was. Lots of nice looking shops that would have been lovely to investigate but we needed to get moving.

Our journey commenced and we headed for Murry Bridge and then Meninge and on along the Coorong National Park which buts up against he Younghusband Peninsualr snad hills and the ocean. It was totally fascinating with acres of emptiness and no sign of any life...low shruby stuff and big blue/grey skies. We headed down a side road and discovered a lovely lake with lots of birds and smelly weed.

Emus on the side road

Cute birds

We rocked up to this cabin in the Kingston Motor camp early evening and settled in for the nite with a DVD from the camp shop. It was the Oyster Farmer...an Aussie film which was a little dull but some lovely scenery. Here is where we began our relationship with the 'Jayco' caravan park special. The light house in the back ground is from Cape Jaffa. It was loaded on a trailor and dumped here. It was the first of many light houses we saw along the way. One of many thousand that dot the coastline of Australia.

Before we embarked on our trip we visited the info centre and got some great booklets produced by SA tourist board. They have heaps of info and really good maps.