Category: My Diary

20190205 – Tuesday – Barossa Valley

20190205 – Tuesday – Barossa Valley Today was the day, or I thought it was the day, when J & P and Jeff and I were to celebrate our combined birthdays by visiting one of the wineries in the Barossa Valley. We have done this for some years now. But as is quite normal for […]

20190204 – Monday – Thinking

20190204- Monday – Thinking A change in circumstances is a change in thought. Selah, Pause and consider. Today is the day which comes once a year when Jeff and I, with our old friends J & P celebrate our birthdays together by having dinner at a winery in the Barossa Valley. And so I got […]

20190203- Sunday – Driver’s license, South Adelaide

20190203- Sunday – Driver’s license, South Adelaide It was Inc this morning Haven’t been here for a week or two now.   It is another lovely day, so I sat outside on one of the tables in the shade and ate my breakfast from my little esky. Well, at least I have something to look […]

20190201 – Friday – Tassie and girl’s night out.

20190201 – Friday – Girls night out! I was driving home from my most enjoyable stay at Bremer farm, with a few diversions on the way (through Milang and Langhorne Creek and finally, dinner at the Oasis).  I was pondering a big problem (for me). Selena had suggested that I come with her to Tasmania […]

20190131 – Thursday – Milang and the Oasis

20190131 – Thursday – Milang and the Oasis I left Selena’s with intention of going straight home, but then I remembered that Deb H had just moved to Milang and so I decided to divert to see if I could find her new home. I turned back towards Milang and drove from there to the […]

20190130 – Wednesday – Bremer Farm

20190130 – Wednesday – Bremer Farm I went to Brighton Beach, and found I had forgotten to take with me my little esky containing my breakfast. So, reluctantly (of course), I decided to buy my breakfast at the Brighton Hotel. I ordered an omelette and a mug of flat white and then worked on my […]

20190129 – Tuesday – Kingdom come

20190129 – Tuesday – Brighton again. I thought about my day at Brighton Beach yesterday, and how much I enjoyed it, so this morning I decided to bypass the Inc Cafe at Brighton Dunes and go on to Jetty Road and the Brighton Hotel. I parked in the disabled carpark right on the seafront beside the […]

20190128 – Monday – Brighton Beach, Swim Australia

20190128 – Monday – Brighton Beach, Swim Australia The happenings of today were a surprise to me. I had forgotten it was a holiday, and so I packed my breakfast as usual and drove to the Inc Cafe, which, naturally enough was closed. Undeterred by this, I sat at one of the outside tables and […]

20190127 – Sunday – Japanese Gardens for South’s picnic

20190127 – Sunday – Japanese Gardens, picnic with South I packed my breakfast but didn’t eat it as I wasn’t very hungry this morning. Then I drove to South Adelaide and entered through the main entrance, just to see if it was as beautiful as I remembered (because I usually enter through the side door. […]

20190126.1 – Saturday – The girls

20190 126.1 – Saturday – The girls Around lunch time on Saturday, Australia Day, I arrived at Bremer Farm. Kate and Selina had not yet arrived but Lorrely L had!  Lorreley had ridden her bike from her home in Callington to Bremer farm, on the off chance that she would find Selena home.  Since Selena […]