Singapore's "Changi" airport is an amazing place. This time we spent a day in the airport - in the transit hotel - and paid a visit to the butterfly house in Terminal 3
On arrival in Adelaide, Abi was waiting for us and we got a big wink from Declan, who has grown like crazy
Day 1 saw us heading into Adelaide on the train from Hallett Cove to collect the rental car from Budget
Declan walked with step Granny Liz along North Terrace
On the way we decided he needed a hair cut, and found this excellent hairdresser called Thuy
The end result was great, and Declan was very pleased
Our first visit to the beach. It was tough to stop Liz and she headed straight into it as soon as she could
Declan loved the water splashing around his toes and made sure everyone got wet
On a trip to the McLaren Vale wine growing region we had lunch at Woodstock Winery, the same place we had lunched the last time we were here
Abi got a chance to ride on another day, and Ozzie got a hug as he was prepared for action
I took several photos of her, but apparently Ozzie was not in a good mood and most of them were not approved by her ladyship
On 21st February we visited Hahndorf, east of the city, and had lunch in a nice restaurant, where Granddad got a hug
Then we moved on to a Farm where Declan got to feed kangaroos
- and lambs
- and to stroke an Alpaca. Guess which one is the Alpaca........
On 23rd February it was back to the beach to jump over the waves again
The tongue seemed to survive it's exposure to the salty water
Adelaide has numerous parks, and we went for a walk in Belaire National Park one day
We saw all sorts of wildlife, including this magnificent sulphur crested cockatoo
And a Koala Bear which watched as we ate our picnic
Australian trees are amazing - as are the skies. This was the slender crescent moon, imaged with a hand held Canon camera on 27th February
Including this magnificent specimen which reminded us all of Tree-beard from Lord of the Rings. See if you can spot the intrepid traveller, dwarfed by the tree
