Stopped en route at to empty the toilet tank and had a nice view of the Murray River from a lookout in Waikerie.
Morning tea was at pretty Sedan, at a travellers rest stop in town near the 6-way intersection.
Then we climbed the steepest hill so far to get over the Adelaide Hills, and the landscape changed dramatically.
Much more vegetation on the west side of the hills.
Soon we were at Blackwood at the home of L and P who we met this time last year leaving Dubrovnik, and then againin Kotor, and unexpectedly in Theth in the Accursed Mountains in Albania.
They so kindly put us up for 2 nights and we had great chats and much food and drink.
On Friday, G and I went into Adelaide on the train. The station is 3 minutes walk from our friends'.
So convenient.
I don't remember much about Adelaide from 30 years ago, but I remember the market!
And this time it didn't disappoint.
But first we had coffee, chai and cake at Handsome and the Duchess, tucked away down an alley, we'd never have found it by ourselves.
Thanks goodness for Beanhunter!
I also managed to pick up a couple of books from the second hand book shops there.
It was a good job G carried my backpack as it was quickly filled.
We also had lunch in the market at a cafe at the side.
The G and I went our separate ways - I toddled off to the Jam Factory. Gorgeous art space.
And then at the other end of town, Have You Met Charlie, Relove and Urban Cow all with interesting handmade goodies.
G wandered through some of the fine old sandstone buildings, like the court house and such and the museum, where he caught up with the Australian Geographic photographic exhibition, the one A and I had seen in Sydney a few weeks back.
After a cuppa at Madam Hanoi next to the station we were fortified enough to take the train back into the hills.
Saturday morning was an early start, we left L and P's at 7am and made it to Cape Jervis in plenty of time to get the ferry to Kangaroo Island. In fact the previous ferry was still loading! So we had time to make a cuppa before we set sail - one of the advantages of having a kitchen on board
G wisely handed over the reversing of the caravan onto the ferry to the loading guys. He made it look easy!
But that was nothing compared to a B-double full of sheep reversing onto the boat.
And just like that - three quarters of an hour later we reach Kangaroo Island.
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