The Flowery Fleurieu Peninsula

The past couple weeks have been jam packed with Australian goodness. In an attempt to suckle every last drop from South Australia's teet, we've been on a pie, beer and wine rampage. Not to mention the very Australian sites we've explored. Dan's uncle, Steve, was very generous and invited us up to his new cottage for the weekend in Victor Harbour on the Fleurieu Peninsula. After cruising on the beach in Steve's Jeep (pic seen below) with the waves crashing along side us we needed a break from the cold and went back to try (and fail) the Centurion. The next day we roamed around Victor Harbour and saw some adorable adjacent towns. Port Elliot was Alex's favorite as it was tiny and unpopulated, as he likes it, but mine was probably Horseshoe Bay (yes, there's another Horseshoe Bay) where we got a couple hours of fishing in. On our way out of Victor we scored our 3rd Ned Kelly pie, walked around Granite Island and watched dolphins frolic along the coast. 

Goolwa Beach with Steve on the Fleurieu

We finally got to Barossa Valley! Our dreams came true semi-last minute only 3 days before we were leaving Adelaide. Some of the biggies that we hit up were Penfolds, Jacob's Creek and Grant Burge...and at the last minute got to Torbreck, a little German winery with some fine Shiraz. Over the past month we have both come to the conclusion that we generally dislike Cabernet Sauvignon due to it's dry, less fruity, nature. Shiraz has become our new fave and we've sampled over two dozen from around the region since we've been here (quick shout out to Joy, who inspired me to hop on the Shiraz train!). 


Quick mention of our Halloween extravaganza which was not really an extravaganza whatsoever. We did, however, dress up with a jason mask, some bunny ears, and some fake blood. They don't seem to celebrate all-hallows-eve here but just walking to and from Paranormal Activity 3 over 7 horns honked in our honor! Needless to say we both consumed a whole bag of chocolate bars even though it was about 23 degrees outside.


We've ended our journey in Adelaide with a couple classics. One being the infamous Vili's Pie Floater. For those of you who do not know what this is it consists of a beef pie, pea soup and ketchup. I was not a huge fan and Alex is insistent that it would boom in the prairies of Canada due to its hardy nature but otherwise is unnecessary. Our 4th and final Ned Kelly was from Dulwich Bakery (pronounced Dul-ich) and was very good but still just couldn't beat the eggy goodness of Becks Bakery which came out on top. If you didn't think we could get much more South Australian, on our last day of work at Vili's, we mustered up the courage to go talk to Vili himself who was sitting having coffee. Not only did he greet us warmly but gave us signed Vili's caps for free to take on our journey through New Zealand. What a great way to end our journey here in Adelaide, Australia!

Watch Out! It's Bunnicula! It's Halloween!

SHOULD We Eat This Pie Floater?

The renovations at our relatives' place that we helped prep are plugging along. It is fairly disturbing to see a room that one was lounging in a few weeks ago being destroyed and replaced with an open, dirt-floored space. Fortunately for us and our relatives, they have a second house so are able to escape the chaos. Here is a super short video of the carnage, which is an update to the video posted in our Oct 20th blog entry: