Still on the Yorke Peninsula which is shaped very much like Italy, ie a boot. Edithburgh is situated on the heel of the peninsula. Again we find our caravan site situated very close to the ocean and a short walk to the jetty for fishing. However, the weather is still against us and the fishing is still not brilliant but we do finally snag our first whiting. Perhaps the close proximity of one of the largest wind farms in Australia should have given us a clue about the possibility of it being quite windy in the area ! Edithburgh is also a great base to explore the beautiful and scenic south east coast of the Yorke Peninsula.

Moonta Bay is located in the Copper Coast region of the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. We have been to the area before but then stayed at nearby Port Hughes. The caravan park could not have been better situated for the beach and the jetty – that is the good news. The bad news – there had been a recent flood and the local sand flies and midges had used the opportunity to multiply in their millions. Bob ended up looking like he had chickenpox. Siobhan did not get bitten once.

The weather is still not real good, cold and windy. We do manage to catch a few blue swimmer crabs – yummy.

Adelaide (the city of churches) welcomes us with more of the same – cold and windy. However, we manage to play The Grange, West Course – another Greg Norman course crossed off the list.

Some beautiful scenery as we follow and cross the mighty River Murray. Not quite sure about the pig mowing the lawn.

3 days travel now to Adelaide with stops on the way free camping near Hay and Pinnaroo. Just a quick reference to the weather – on Saturday the temperature was 39 degs and we had to have the generator on so we could run the air conditioning ; the very next day we needed the heating on as it was only 9 degs at night.

The week of golf at Young was relatively successful with Siobhan winning a day and the both of us winning the 4BBB comp among all the caravanners. The success was topped off with a win in the raffle – a lovely framed picture.

Whilst in Young the moon was apparently the closest it had been to the earth for 30,000 years. The photos do not quite do it justice.

Young will be our last week of golf. It known as the Cherry Capital of Australia and every year hosts the National Cherry Festival. The town is named after Sir John Young who was the governor of New South Wales from 1861 to 1867. On the way we pass through Goulbourn, home of The Big Marino. And stop at a town called Wombat -see the statue photo.

From the Hunter Valley it is a short hop down to Sydney and a stop in one of our favourite parks – the Lane Cove National Park. Whilst there, we solve a few technical issues at the Apple Store, have a lovely dinner with friends, Rory and Sheila and the family and play the Long Reef Golf Club.

One of our objectives for this trip is to play some of the Greg Norman Golf Courses that we have reciprocal playing rights with. The first one is The Vintage in the Hunter Valley. On the way we came close to quite a large bush fire but managed to get through safely.