Our journey from Adelaide City to Port Augusta began without a hitch. Before leaving Chris' magpies arrived for their breaky. She has a little family that visit every day and she can hand feed them. Some days they come right up to her door and call out to her.
The trip was broken up with a stop in Tanunda to stay with Chris and Rob's friends Di and Wally. After lunch at the club we were invited into Di and Wally's lovely home, with Lance and I accomodated in a luxurious sleepout.
What a lovely evening we had, playing Finska and having a huge BBQ meal. Finska is a game similar to pétanque however instead of boules you have wooden cylindrical shapes to knock down. Much fun was had over beer and champagne.
In the morning we departed for Port Augusta and 'The Shack'. During our time in P.N.G Chris had filled our heads with stories of 'The Shack', or what we would call the bach. Port Augusta is a few hours North of Adelaide and was once a Seaport.
Taking the scenic route we stopped at Seppeltsfield Winery for a taste and a wander. This is a large and beautifully set out winery and was worth the visit, of course we left with a couple of bottles of wine. A Vermentino or two.
Our next stop was for lunch at a vineyard called Paullettes. My map took us to the other end of a long road, so we found ourselves travelling a little longer than we needed. However this was not a problem and we arrived right on time after meandering through desolate terrain. A bonus was finding a mob of kangaroo sitting in the sunshine, and a really old village. Lunch was lovely; I had Jamaican jerk chicken with caramelised sweet potato. Then off we went to Port Augusta and the shack stopping for petrol on the way. And I just had to get a shot of the place where you can get air for your tyres.
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