17th Jan
Hi  everybody, hope the  weather  has improved ,here is a little cooler.
Today is  our  boozy cruise on the Swan valley river.We  tried so many wines in the morning before arriving at the Sandelford wine estate and more wines to taste.After back on the cruise and yet more wines (what a hard life) ,next we stopped at the Waters Edge winery for a good lunch and guess what more wine tasting.We  even managed to get back to the hotel in one piece.
18th Jan
An easier day today , went around the shops today before our lunch cruise from Perth to Freemantle and back and a walk back to the hotel for a well earned rest.
19th Jan
Today took us to Rottnest island and whilst there we had a coach tour around the island.Then we had our fish lunch at the waterfront.
20th Jan
We flew today from Perth to Adelaide and on the way to the hotel the chauffeur  gave us a tour around the centre of Adelaide.We  are  in middle the Adelaide square mile where the Tour Down Under cycle race is taking place.
21st Jan
We took the city tour which also included the privately owned chocolate factory of Haighs and then onto a seaside resort of Glenelg.In the afternoon we met a friend who is visiting her son here and had drinks.In the evening we found a lovely Italian restaurant Assaggio's which was excellant.
22nd Jan
As if we had not had enough with the boozy cruise we now took a boozy coach trip to the Barossa valley.We went to Kies winery,Langmeil winery and Kaesler and the last one Wolf Blass winery which was very big where they  did 25000 bottles per hour.This is also the area wher Jacobs Creek wines come from.
23rd Jan
Cath's sister Anne came to pick us up from the hotel and took us up mount Lofty for the view over Adelaide and then on coast road to their seaside house to meet Paul her husband. Went to see the cyclists going past before making our way to the Mclaren vale area for guess what more wine tasting stopping at the Chapel Hill winery for lunch sitting out on the terrace with the most beautiful views.Went to a couple more winerys before making our way back to Adelaide.Cath give our thanks to your sister and brother in law for a lovely day.
Thats it for now, look after yourselves until next time.