I just got back yesterday from my very first holiday with friends here in South Australia. We decided on traveling to Victor Harbor, which is about an hour and a half's drive south of Adelaide. We went by bus, so we started off from the Adelaide Central Bus Station at 9.30 am, Sunday the 23rd. There were six of us who went together: Me, Nick, Fyra, Sha, Sammie and Nigel. If Lynn and Eric had joined, the Keluarga Adelaide would have been complete! Haha. Because 'Mummy' Lynn didn't come along, she sort of appointed me and Nick to become temporary parents. We actually did become sort of parents to everyone in the end, haha!
I saw this in the distance from the bus window. It was pretty amazing; Sammie called it a 'field of gold'. We really had no idea what made it so yellow. It wasn't till further into the ride that I got to see a similar field up close. The vibrant yellow colour was due to all these tiny flowers clustered together over a huge patch of land - that's what made it look so bright from afar. Pretty cool. Not sure what kind of flowers they were though.
The first thing we did after getting off the bus was to find something to eat! And what's a seaside holiday without some fish and chips? We ended up having lunch at The Original Fish Shop. The sign outside the shop said that it was the runner-up for some best fish and chips shop competition in 2003. The fish and chips was actually pretty good - the batter had a lovely, buttery taste. It was a bit on the pricey side though, for what you get. I'm not really surprised, as Victor Harbor is mostly a tourist's town.
Here we are standing outside the apartment we stayed at: Blue Seas on the Esplanade. It was a really cosy place, just nice for the six of us. Three bedrooms, kitchen, living room, a bathroom and a toilet. We had a really nice view from the living room of the ocean and Granite Island. The decorations inside the apartment were really cute too, and the beds and sofas were really comfy.
This is the beach right opposite the apartment. There's Granite Island in the background! The weather was pretty cloudy at this point, and windy. Not that cold yet though. The cold only started setting in much later. More on that in a bit.
Some of us didn't hesitate to start with their model photo shoots. Heh heh.
We walked back to the town, and on the way we stopped at this sort of flea market. It was really small, and they sold second-hand toys, bags, some jewelry and flowers. It started to drizzle about that time, so we continued while the stall owners had to quickly cover up their wares. By the time we reached the town and horse tram station, it was sunny. It was a nice place really, with a ferris wheel, some carnival games and rides.
This is Trim the cat! We found him in the Visitor's Information Centre. The statue is a tribute to Trim, who was a cat on the ship that first came to Victor Harbor. Apparently he was an excellent mouser who helped to keep the ship free of pests. Click on the photo so you can read more about him. The display also asked for us to give him a rub, as the friction will slowly expose the different colours in the bronze.
The carnival area also had a shop that sold strawberries and ice-cream! The one pictured above is called the 'Volcano' - vanilla ice-cream, yoghurt, fresh strawberries and cream covered in a three berry sauce. IT WAS DELICIOUS. It's so hard to find strawberries that taste good to me, and these were just amazing. The perfect combination of sweetness and sourness. The yoghurt tasted a bit weird at first, but I realised that the trick was to eat it all together at once, a little bit of everything. Such wonderful flavours erupting in my mouth. Ahhh.
Check out the tiny pony! I'm assuming it's there to give kids rides, but we didn't see anybody doing that. It was so small and cute. It looked kinda bored though. Can't really blame it, it didn't look like it had much to do.
The camels seemed a bit more happening though. I saw a couple of kids riding them before we came over to check them out. Is it just me, or do camels in general always emanate this chill, laidback aura? Like they really couldn't care less about what you're doing as long as you don't disturb them or anything.
This is the view of the Causeway from where we were standing with the camels. You can just see the horse-drawn tram in the middle of the bridge.
Wow, this post is much longer than expected! And I haven't even gotten to the good parts yet, haha! Part two of the trip will be posted up within the next day or so. I have to break it up into pieces so I can talk about everything. Hehe. Till the next post!
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