Our tour begins

Our alarm went at 6am. We discovered our milk and yoghurt were frozen so we run them under hot water to get enough for John's coffee and my breakfast. (small packets of Weetbix and Cornflakes bought from home and a banana).

We packed and got down to the lobby by 6:40. Our guide/driver Rita picked us up at 6:50am. We were first on the bus. Then she drove to 4 more motels picking up a further 16 people and then we headed off.

Rita pointed out points of interest along the way - greenhouses providing much of Adelaide with food, a new suburb with lots of date palms planted at $20000 each! Which are now dying! And Adelaide’s gas power plant.

First stop was morning tea at Lake Bumbunga in Lochiel where we sighted a monster in the lake! The lake is known to change color from pink, to white, to blue, depending on the salinity of the water throughout the year. This time it was nothing special.

Morning tea was tea or coffee (or water) and a small piece of pear and cinnamon slice.

We gradually got to know the names of our companions. There was Don (NSW), Karen (Adelaide), Carol and Tony, Wendy (Sydney), Tina (QLD), Peter and Sandi, Barry and Ann-Louise (Sydney), Anna (Albany), and Christine and Dan (QLD)

Then onward toward Quorn. Along the way we had to choose our meal for Friday night in William Creek - I chose steak and John chose goat curry.Read more