Monday 9 January 2012

The final journey home through Victoria

 We stayed at Warnambool for 2 days after the big trip from Barossa and stayed in a cabin as Steve hurt his back towards the end of our stay at Barossa and putting the camper trailer up and down is physical work which he was not up to. We were told of a great park in Warnambool by the man at the tourist Info which had 2 great flying fox's. The one below is for kids of any size and there was a bigger one that was for adults and kids over 12. Liam, Jake and I enjoyed a few turns of the big one. Sometimes it comes in handy that the kids are big for their age!


 We drove along the Great Ocean Road to enjoy all the views. The boys couldn't believe how amazing the coastline was in their own state.

                                       London Bridge which has fallen down.
                                          Loch Ard Gorge.

                                           12 Apostles. What a view!






Feeding the King Parrots at Eastern View. We stayed here for 5 days until we could move back into our house. We were all really looking forward to getting home.

Clare and Barossa Valley

                                              What a foggy morning in Clare Valley.
 By the time we drove to Annie's Lane winery the fog had cleared and we could enjoy some beautiful views.

 Can't remember the name of this winery but the views were amazing and the boys enjoyed kicking a ball around that the winery provided.
            In the Barossa Valley this winery had very tame kangaroos that we all enjoyed feeding.

 One of our favouite wineries in the Barossa Valley is Yalumba. We visited this winery before we had kids and enjoyed it so much we made sure we returned this time.

 Our friends that we met and travelled with through central Australia to Darwin came to spend the day with us at the Barossa as they live in Adelaide. It was great to spend time catching up and enjoying some wineries.
 Allison and I tried quite a few as you can see by the number of bottles lined up as we had to make sure they tasted OK.
                               The view from a lookout at Barossa.

 The boys played crocquet at this winery while we tasted the wine but they played more hockey style.

 We played mini golf as the boys were sick of visiting wineries. There were dinosaurs and other animals statues everywhere which the boys loved.