Phew a few busy days to catch up on! Eventually got the car back with new water pump and fingers crossed it all works! Coco and I went for a walk in Belair National Park one of the few parks where dogs are allowed. We ended up walking for 1.5 hours as I got lost and took a trail that didn’t exactly go to the exit as I thought it would, despite this it was a lovely walk through a very nice park. It would be good to see it in winter when it is green. Margy and John decided to go horse riding one morning. My one and only experience of horse riding many years ago was not memorable for the wrong reasons hence my reticence to get on one again, but Margy being a very patient instructor talked me through the process, even got into a trot and that was it for me. At least I got on! John hasn’t ridden for a few years but he looked like he knew what he was doing. They even had a gallop up a very steep hill on the way home. As a reward the horses (Jazz and Spratt) got hosed down (they love it) and got to spend the rest of the day devouring the lawn (they love that too).
The next day was a big day, we spent the day in the city, visiting the Migration Museum (very interesting), the botanic gardens (very lovely) and Haigh chocolates (even lovelier). Many walks/trails and gardens such as the Mediterranean, herbs, cactus, waterlillies and fig walk make up the gardens. The garden comprises 84 hectares in the city centre, are very well maintained with lots of green lawns which is nice to see in such a dry brown State. Now to Haigh’s chocolates – well these are very delicious hand made (yes hand made) chocolates and we went on a tour of the factory and learnt all about the cocoa bean and the process to being a chocolate. We had samples - very generous samples and complimentary tea and coffee all for free, although its impossible to walk out of there without buying something! They are committed to the environment and help environmental awareness by being the first chocolatier to make the bilby easter chocolate. They also make frogs, native fish and more recently panda chocolates. Unfortunately you can’t buy their chocolates readily they only have stores in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. They can be bought online. We recommend them.
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