Day 51 - Friday 17 February - Adelaide Hills

DAY 51

FRIDAY

17 February 2017 – Cairns 69 v Wildcats 91– Game 1 semi final. WOOP WOOP! Awesome win

Adelaide Hills – Morialta Conservation Park – Lobethal

Happy for a quieter day today, we were in no hurry to leave the warmth of bed. I read for a while and then figured it was time to get up and get started. Showered and fed, we made plans for how to spend our last day here. Did a load of washing and then packed the car and headed for Morialta Conservation Park, this time heading in the right direction.

Using the GPS and Google maps we were able to navigate more successfully to the car park closest to the first falls trail and find one of the last bays. It was busy this morning. 

The weather was much cooler and it was quite overcast and we were looking out for rain.

We followed the clearly marked trail through the bush admiring the looming rock faces, creek beds, some running with water and the koalas and birds hidden amongst the trees.  If you kept your eyes peeled you saw a lot more than those just rushing on by.

Paul helped himself to the blackberries along the route before we finally reached the falls. There was a little water flowing from the top, but it wasn’t gushing over, still it was well worth the 30min trek.

We then turned back following the same path until we reached the Giants Cave stair case which we climbed to admire the carved out stone mass around us and on to take in the views further up.It was very impressive

We wound our way back down the hill and returned to the car park, setting the GPS to the Lobethal Bierhaus Brewery. 30 min of twisting, turning ups and downs and we finally pulled in and made our way inside. The place was very busy with lunchtime trade. Paul ordered his usual, a tasting paddle and then we made a decision on lunch. 

The food was absolutely delicious and by all accounts the beers were magnificent. Paul enjoyed talking to the owner/brewer, who gave him a beer on the house and heavily discounted the twelve beers he came away with. It was a great afternoon. 

We wandered the streets of the town and checked out the very cool Adelaide Hills Slot car Raceway with its giant Scalextric tracks and old boys happily playing. We talked to the owner for a bit about his set up and the model cars and bikes he had for sale before walking back down the road to the car and heading home.

Back down the windy roads we drove. I was feeling car sick from the constant movement and my stomach being thrown around. 45min later we were stopping for groceries and then heading back to the park for a rest. I was quite happy to zone out for a bit as I loaded the photos

and sorted the blog. Time disappeared super quick and before I knew it, it was 630pm and Paul was thinking about dinner.

I set up the computer ready for the Wildcats first semi final game against Cairns and we sat down to watch as we ate. The Cats were super impressive to start and really rattled Cairns and they never looked back from there, controlling the game for the entire match and running away easy 22 point winners. Watch out CAirns, Adelaide and Illawarra, we got this premiership.