Pt 2 - Day 56 - Back to the Mainland

This morning when we get up at 7am and it is just freezing.  Glen and I do everything we need to do as quickly as we can and I make some breakfast for the kids to have in the car so they just hop out of their beds and straight into the car.  We know that by the time we get to Adelaide it is going to be about 28C today, but it certainly doesn't feel like it at the moment.  We wave farewell to our friendly neighbours and head off on our 120km journey back to Penneshaw and the Sealink Ferry.  We stop at the visitors centre for the kids to get changed and sort some things before boarding the boat.

We arrive at the wharf by about 9:45, the boat departs at 10:30.  To our surprise we run into our Belgian friends who we met on the Great Ocean Road.  It is like a reunion, the kids are happy to see each other and we exchange stories of what we have done and seen on Kangaroo Island.  I am surprised we didn't run into them somewhere.  We have a very enjoyable trip back on the boat with them. Much calmer than the trip over and we are lucky enough to witness some dolphins playing in front of the boat.  What stamina those animals have.  When we arrive on the mainland we exchange email addresses and contact details with our new friends and head off on our merry way.

We are headed for a place just north east of Adelaide called Gawler, between Adelaide and the Barossa Valley.  The plan is to use this as our base and spend one day sightseeing in Adelaide and another in the Barossa.  We arrive by about 3pm.  I am so desperate to wash, I cannot wait until the morning, so I fill all the machines in the laundry, then fly down to the local woolies to do the usual shop, giving the family strict instructions to hang out the washing as soon as it is finished!!!  They all recieve major brownie points from the old dears in the park who think they are the best husband and children in the world for hanging out the washing!!!

This evening we just love the nice clean ablutions here with no timers.  Cody washes his hair for the first time in about 3 weeks I reckon!!!!  It is amazing how much you appreciate the little things when you have to go without them for a while!!  The weather is warm now, most of the washing dries by 8pm and tonight everyone is in their summer pj's!!  Surprising we don't get sick more often on this trip!!