Adelaide April 2010

After spending Easter with the family at Aldinga, we moved onto Adelaide . When I tried to book into a Caravan park being school holidays I had to try a few parks before we found a spot at Highway 1 park at Bolivar. We wanted a park to the north of the city as that's where all our family live.They all live near TTP at Para Vista and Ridgehaven .

 Highway 1 park was much better than people led us to believe it would be. The sites were nice and deep on river gravel which really reduced that amount of dirt that we dragged into the van. The only thing was there wasn't too much space between the vans. The amenities were nice and clean and quite modern. Generally the park was very neat and tidy .

While we were in Adelaide we spent time with family  on both sides. My daughter and her family are there and Lynn's sister and her family also live there.  Our time with my family included going to the Zoo ( see previous blog)  and then having  birthday tea for my youngest grandson. We also went to the Central Market one Friday night . It was very busy but the choice of great fresh vegetables and other deli items was enormous.

" birthday boy" Bradley

 Just before we left town we had tea at Lynn's sister's (Tanya) and we were able to catch up with his youngest nephew who is now 28 and a lawyer. We missed seeing Matt last year when we were in Adelaide.

 Ryan  saying farewell

Since the beginning of the year Lynn has been battling with leg ulcers and although wound care is one of my forte's, being able to get hold of suitable products  is another matter as most chemists only carry a very limited range. So having had a couple of courses of antibiotics when we were in the S.E I felt it was time to really get things back under control so I arranged for him to visit a RDNS to get a proper assessment and managment. By the time we left town things were improving quite a lot and we were given some supplies to continue on with.
 
 While we were in Adelaide we took the opportunity to revamp our camping gear as our aim for this year is to attend the Birdsville races . This involved getting a new tent, air mattress, camping chairs and table.