Hahndorf ........

Monday 6th December, 2010

Hahndorf is a small town in the Adelaide Hills which was originally settled by the Germans that migrated to South Australia in the mid 1800's.  It is a popular tourist spot now and has lots of shops including crafts, souvenirs, clothing, gifts, cafes and bakeries and hotels.  A great place to escape the city life and just leisurely wander along the street. 

Further up the road is Beerenberg, a local business that produces jams and sauces.  When the strawberries are in season you can go and pick your own here.  Seeing we may have to go back next weekend to see if we can get some cherries, we may also go here too, as we will have Katie and she enjoys picking the strawbs.

From the Lens...............the sheep like it here too

Cherry Run

Sunday 5th December, 2010



Today has a real tropical feel to it.  This is my kind of weather........overcast, warm and humid.
After being inside all day yesterday it was time to get out and about and so we thought we would go and do the 'cherry run'.

We headed up to Kersbrook but the little cherry kiosk was closed.  Then it was on to Gumeracha and Kenton Valley but they were also closed.  What is going on?  I am sure we have gone and got cherries this early in previous years, as we have had to go back and get more closer to Christmas.  Perhaps it's because we haven't had the warmer weather to ripen them.
We did see plenty of cherries on the trees though.

So no cherries, well what about a coffee then.  We remembered that Edward and Dominic from The Dome (a coffee shop in Tony's work) was opening at Hahndorf so we decided to go and take a look there.  While enjoying a coffee and lepinja in their lovely shop the rains came.  Thunder and lightning and a heavy shower passed over cooling things down nicely.

On the way home we thought that while we were in the area we may as well go and have a look at Inverbrackie, the place where the Federal government have decided to house the illegal boat immigrants.  Oh my, it is like a little village.  I thought it was houses built in a compound, but there are streets with houses, it looks like any suburb.  It is behind the Woodside Army Barracks and I think previously it was used for the Officers and their families.

From the Lens..........feeding time for the kangaroos in the bush

The Hot Weather Arrives

Saturday 4th December, 2010


Finally we have some hot weather.  The temperature today got up to 38 degrees and guess what we did?  NOTHING!!!

Spent the whole day indoors with the air conditioning on.  I wanted to go up in the hills and get some cherries but it was too hot to even do that.  Maybe tomorrow or next weekend, though tomorrow is going to be cooler.....only 33 degrees.

Who would go out and sit in the hot blazing sun watching a game of cricket?  Obviously some people do but as shown on the news tonight many said they were going to go home and watch it on TV.   As it was, Australia did not do too good.....they could only get one wicket for the whole day and England made plenty of runs.

From the Lens........... can't wait to get some of these

Disappointment

Friday 3rd December, 2010


Well it was not good news to wake up to this morning.   Australia did not win the right to hold the 2022 World Cup.....that honour has gone to Qatar.   We shouldn't feel too bad though as England put in a bid for the 2018 World Cup and they lost out to Russia.  We cannot make another bid now until 2034.......don't think I will be around for that one.....lol

The weather has warmed up nicely, maybe a bit too warm after the last few days.  Good beach weather.  The city was really buzzing tonight especially after the cricket was finished.  The Second Test is being played here in Adelaide, the first day was today.  Sadly, Australia batted first and didn't do too well.

A busker in the Mall

We put a few Chrissie decorations on the 'donut' to give the building a bit of a Christmas feel.  Tony did it last year for the first time and received a lot of complimentary remarks.  The 'donut' is the desk for the Security to sit at during business hours.

From the Lens..........Christmas Decorations on the 'Donut'

Waiting In Anticipation.....

Thursday 2nd December, 2010


The day dawned bright and sunny with more thunderstoms forecast for later in the day but they didn't eventuate.  My day was very quiet with not much happening. 

All I am hearing about on the radio is Australia's bid for the 2022 Soccer World Cup.   I don't think we have a hope in hell getting it.  We are not a big soccer nation even though we are apparently the worlds' most multi cultural country.  The decision will be made 1.30 am our time tomorrow morning.

Oh wouldn't it be nice to be living, (nah maybe being there for just a holiday), in the US or Europe.  It seems they are having lots of snow and the piccies I have been seeing are just beautiful.

From  the Lens...........Supporting our Indigenous Kids

Last Month For 2010

Wednesday 1st December, 2010


Well here we are, into the last month for 2010.  God knows where this year has gone.  It is also the start of Summer......hmmm wonder if we will ever have it.  Maybe when it decides to get hot it will come with a vengeance.  We are supposed to get some hot weather over the weekend so that's something to look forward to.  

Gotta go out later on this morning.  It is Graduation Day for Tanecia.  She is graduating from Year 7 and next year starts High School.

Attended Tanecia's Graduation......it was a low key affair.  Being a Student Representative, she along with another girl, Bonnie, had to get up and report on her class' activities for the year.

After the ceremony the school had a light luncheon for the students and parents and friends.  Jodi booked Taylor out of school and we met up at the Plaza.

Dianne and I went and had coffee first and then met Jodi.   For her graduation I bought Tanecia a Pandora bracelet with a graduation hat charm.  For Christmas I thought we would get her some more charms for it and so she came with me and chose a couple more charms.

Tony was supposed to go out for dinner tonight down at Glenelg with the Michael's from Davke Security.  He rang me and said that instead of going out for dinner they decided to go out for lunch instead and ended up going to the Sushi Train. 

That was ideal for me as I wasn't looking forward to driving to Glenelg later on tonight. 

While at the Plaza we had a thunderstorm and they said about 35 mm of rain fell in a hour at Elizabeth.  Another storm passed by in the early evening with some heavy rain as well.  They say our summer weather is now going to be a bit more tropical with more humidity.  I don't mind the humid weather and love it even more when the sun isn't shining.

From the Lens..........

Last Day Of Spring

Tuesday 30th November, 2010

Today is the last day of spring according to some.  Others believe it ends on the summer solstice.  Anyway whenever it is supposed to end the Weather Bureau has said that it has been our coldest Spring for 9 years.  We did not make our average rainfall for the month either.

Today was a little warmer than it has been but still only 23 degrees.  It was overcast for most of the day with the sun making an appearance later on in the afternoon.

Nothing much accomplished today, a few loads of washing and that was about it.  Tori and her friend came around for a few hours so that brought an end to me doing too much.

I forgot to post this on Sunday's blog but as we were driving up to Monarto Katie told us a joke......

"What do you get when you eat tinsel?"

"Tinselitis"

From the Lens..........."Is my tongue as long as the lizard's?"