Our last day in Adelaide! This morning we drove to Cleland
Wildlife Conservation Preserve. It was
not a zoo as the animals were in large areas.
The animals were friendly as they could sense that we had bought food to
feed them. It was interesting seeing
animals we would not see in the wild. We
were walking within their living areas with them.
Plus they had Koala’s. One of the Rangers brought a Koala’s
out for us to have a close-up view and we could pet it low on its back – they
are so soft. However we feel so lucky
that we saw them in the wild the other week.
Many Aussie’s have not seen them in the total wild like we did.
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| Colorful Parakeet like bird |
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| Australian Parrot |
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| Emu |
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| Boxing Kangaroos |
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| Echidna - Porcupine like animal |
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| Pet Koala |
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| Wallabies |
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| Feeding Wallabies |
Following this we went to the summit of Mt Lofty for a view
of the valley and city below. It was
hazy, but we could see Adelaide from above. Adelaide and its surrounding area
have 1.2 million people.
On our way back we went into the city - we drove into the
downtown part of the city. We stopped at
the St Peter’s Cathedral in downtown for a quick look at this old Gothic
Cathedral.
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| St Peter's Cathedral |
By now it is time for the Haigh’s chocolate factory! Wow was it great chocolate! Aussie’s best! It
was the middle of the afternoon when we returned to the house to relax before
dinner tonight. We had happy hour on the
5th floor balcony tonight – we have been staying in a 2nd
floor condo from where we saw the sun set the other night, but tonight we
watched from the 5th floor
level. It was another beautiful
sunset. Our hosts live at the perfect
spot in Adelaide.
Joining us for dinner was the President of the local Rotary
Club (the one we visited the other night) and his wife. We had a lovely evening visiting at a Greek
restaurant.
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| Adelaide Cricket/Football Grounds |
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| Sunset over the lake |
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| Dinner with our hosts and Rotary Club President |
Tomorrow it is packing our luggage again for a move to the Barossa
Valley, which is about 2 hours from here.
We will be meeting our new hosts at lunch. The Barossa Valley is known for its good
wines, so I am sure we will have plenty to taste over the next several days!!
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| Australian Pavlova - Eat Your Heart Out |
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