Day 194 – Hahndorf to Adelaide

We had to pack up in the rain this morning, but hoped that the weather would change as predicted! On our way out we stopped in town again to have a look around, the girls loved the rose garden (which reminded them of grandma).

Our first stop was the Beerenberg farm, but much to our sadness there was no patch fruit picking today. Booo! So we had a look around and learnt a few things about strawberries instead before heading to Hahndorf Farm Barn. This was such a great place for the kids!

They got to pat the indoor animals such as the baby goats, guinea pigs, rabbits and even some little lambs. The outdoor animals had a special interest in the snacks we got given, to the point where the deer were chasing Izzy for her bag of food, they were so cheeky!

It was cool to see some donkeys, different goats, deer and a beautiful peacock roaming around. I love how happy all the animals looked.

Outside there were tractors to jump on, a cool playground and lots to see. One of the mums said that she would regularly drive her kids here from Adelaide for a fun day out.

Later we got to watch and learn about milking cows and the girls all had a turn at squeezing out some milk from the udders. It was actually very fascinating to learn about all the processes and there is so much hard work that goes into dairy farming. A very interesting morning indeed!

From here we headed towards Adelaide, which would be our base for 3 days while Chris flew back to Sydney for Metallica. The drive from Hahndorf turned very hairy very quickly as we felt that our breaks on the van were failing us down the very steep descent into Adelaide. At one stage the whole car was shaking because the car brakes were clearly doing all the work stopping the van too. It was horrendous and a very scary moment for Chris & I. Even the kids clocked on that something wasn’t right… we managed to pull over and sure enough the car brakes were absolutely boiling hot, while the van brakes were stone cold.

Chris checked the connections on the plug, cleaned everything as best as he could and we got to the caravan park, but it was something we needed to get fixed ASAP and with the weekend upon us I made lots of pleading phone calls. One guy said he should be able to come out and have a look Saturday morning… fingers crossed!

We dropped Chris off at the airport and went about exploring the resort that is West Beach in Adelaide – I think THE best caravan park for kids entertainment so far on our trip. It was of course a strategic move to help with single parenting for 3 nights.

We checked out the park, the outdoor movie theatre and got the most gorgeous sunset just outside our site. How lucky!