Day 24 – September 24 2012

This morning we had a rude awakening by the city traffic & aeroplanes flying overhead.  How we miss the lovely sounds of the birds in the bush. A cold morning & a quite cold day today (14C), time to catch up on all the big washing now we are near a real washing machine.  We also cleaned up the Karavan & the car a little bit, plus I attended to a few small maintenance items on the Karavan.  The bolts holding the flush toilet had worked a bit loose on the rough roads & needed tightening, the front right stabiliser wouldn’t wind down as it was jammed up with so much dust, so needed a little Inox lubrication & now it works a treat.  Little things like that.

I miss my Jackson & Austin, there are lots of children with such a lot of activities for them – they are in the heated pool even on a cold day like today.  The parents just have to come here in cabin/caravan/tent & stay put & let the kids have a good time.

After the washing was complete we drove into Glenelg to try & find the Hahndorf Gourmet Butcher then buy some of his famous Jaeger Bier Sticks.  We walked most of the main street before we found him, he certainly does have some very nice salamis, metwurst & smoked meats & sausages.  We bought some Weisswurst (white sausage) for dinner plus a few of the Jaeger Bier Sticks – they are very tasty.  We had lunch & headed back to camp & lazed away the afternoon walking by the sea, reading & relaxing.

The beachfront here at West Beach is being badly eroded & the council have had to dump a lot of large rock to try & stabilise the dunes, it looks like they are fighting a losing battle.   The West Beach Surf Club has no beach left to patrol, the sand has all been washed away & the beach stairs are closed as they lead directly into deep water & breaking waves.  The Weisswurst was very nice on the camp BBQ & finished off a very pleasant day.