23/10/21 Out and About: Hahndorf

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We didn't even try to go downtown in Hahndorf today. Every person and their dog was out enjoying what South Australians perceive to be 'warm' weather, and an inordinate number had chosen to do their enjoying in Hahndorf.

Beautiful day breakfast view from the camp kitchen.

 

We went for a drive through the back roads to Mt Lofty instead. This wasn't necessarily a bright idea because all the people who weren't in Hahndorf had decided to go to Mt Lofty, and some of them had dressed up in their most figure-hugging Lycra and decided to do so on their bicycles.  Half way up the mountain we slowed to a complete stop because a recalcitrant koala was sitting in the middle of the road and everyone, including the bicyclists, had stopped to take photos. Not us, though; having feasted on koalas at Mikkira we were not enamoured of a single mangy individual that may or may not have been a drop bear in disguise. We just got frustrated until everyone got the koala photography out of their systems and we could all move on.

An icy wind blew at the top of Mt Lofty. Hardy souls strutted around in singlets and running tights, having jogged (jogged!!) up the mountain for a spot of pre-brunch exercise. We huddled deeper into our puffer jackets and felt out of place.

Adelaide City, ringed by parkland with the sea beyond.  We haven't been into the City yet: plenty of time for that as we'll be around for a week or several.

 In the afternoon we went back to visit family again, and walked a little dog. Possibly the dog walked us: she knew where she wanted to go and we went where we were told, until we spotted a burst of steam from behind the railway station.

"Is that a steam engine?" Asked Roger.

"Woof!" Said the little dog, unimpressed.

It was indeed a steam engine: the Duke of Edinburgh, taking a train down to Victor Harbour and back with a stop at the Goolwa Hotel for dinner. The little dog graciously deigned to walk along the platform with us and check it out.

Fed, watered, and walked we headed back to our tent, but the day wasn't finished with us yet. At the caravan park we were stopped on our tracks by what was at first glance a giant meringue in the road:

Not a meringue but a clutch of geese tucked up for the night in the middle of the road.

Finally, having dealt with the meringue geese, we retired to listen to the rain pattering on our tent while we were cosy and warm inside. 

It was a good feeling.

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