The Super Koala
On our way back from Adelaide, we pass one of the Ozzie ‘big things’: a 20 meter high Koala with a souvenir shop in its belly. These 'big things' are an Australian wide obsession – Annet thinks they are absolutely ridiculous, Peter laughs his head off and the Australians take them very seriously (honest). There are quite a few throughout the country. From the collection 'big' we have seen: the big shrimp, the huge banana, the gigantic Ned Kelly (legendary hero / bandit here), the recently moved (news item) enormous sheep. We still have a couple to go, one of which is the mega potato (also known as giant turt).
In between al this travelling, we now spend most of our time finding work and a place to live. Our teardrop is a little stretched now as it also has to fulfill a task as an office (it is already bedroom, kitchen, dining and lounge). 2 square metres snotmuch. So at the moment it feels a bit 'roofless'. The rental market is not huge, so it takes a lot of effort to find anything at all.
It's a long weekend again and we treat ourselves to a flight to Naracoorte. Reasonably long flight (550km) over the impressive Grampians. We've seen these mountains on our way to Adelaide as well, very nice indeed. On our way we stop to stretch the legs a bit on an airfield with a crew of 1. This local mechanic / pump assistant gives us a cupper in the hanger. We fill up and away we are. Eventually at Naracoorte Peter makes one of his by now famous crosswind landings. It is actually storming. The friendly pump assistant takes us to our motel. We couldn't remember which one we booked but he did! The perfect wireless internet in our room is a real bonus.
Pictures to follow (of course we travel light and didn't take the download cable for the camera with us, although we did take the laptop...)
In between al this travelling, we now spend most of our time finding work and a place to live. Our teardrop is a little stretched now as it also has to fulfill a task as an office (it is already bedroom, kitchen, dining and lounge). 2 square metres snotmuch. So at the moment it feels a bit 'roofless'. The rental market is not huge, so it takes a lot of effort to find anything at all.
It's a long weekend again and we treat ourselves to a flight to Naracoorte. Reasonably long flight (550km) over the impressive Grampians. We've seen these mountains on our way to Adelaide as well, very nice indeed. On our way we stop to stretch the legs a bit on an airfield with a crew of 1. This local mechanic / pump assistant gives us a cupper in the hanger. We fill up and away we are. Eventually at Naracoorte Peter makes one of his by now famous crosswind landings. It is actually storming. The friendly pump assistant takes us to our motel. We couldn't remember which one we booked but he did! The perfect wireless internet in our room is a real bonus.
Pictures to follow (of course we travel light and didn't take the download cable for the camera with us, although we did take the laptop...)
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