A visit to the Riverland

Over the weekend we visited Renmark in South Australia.

We caught up with rellies.

We had some 40+ days.

Today in Adelaide,3/1/20, is 42 and a high fire danger.

Much of the eastern seaboard  i Australia has been and is currently experiencing horrific bushfires.

One day I spent the whole day inside watching the cricket.

Here are some pics.

Happy New Year to my regular readers.

Very hot Noisy Miner Renmark

Lake Bonney

Apostle Bird

Australia v New Zealand

A Riverland Short Holiday

Last week we went on a short holiday to South Australia's Riverland.
We went with our good friends Anne and Dave.
We stayed at the Riverbush Cottages(Bluegum Cottage) between Renmark and Berri.
We have stayed there before and we can highly recommend this spot as a good place to retreat for a few days.

http://www.riverbushcottages.com.au/cottages

We dined a couple of nights at the Renmark Hotel and enjoyed the Bakeries of the area during the day.

Pastries from the Paringa Bakery for lunch and then eating them at Dix's Park on he Riverfront was a good start.

Then a drive up the hill through Paringa to Heading's Cliffs and the Look out and then the Woolshed Brewery at Wilkedene a bit further up the road.

https://www.wilkadene.com.au/

After relaxing a drive back through Paringa to Cammie's Antiques where we stocked up on local produce.
Dried Apricot Jam and Fruit Chutney are specialties there.

 http://www.cammiesantiques.com.au/

 Autumn is a great time of the year anywhere in South Australia.

Here are some pics.

Possums on Renmark River Bank.These come out nightly across from the Hotel

Possums on Renmark River Bank.

Reflections Renmark Riverfront

At Riverbush Cottages

Inside Blue Gum cottage

Inside Blue Gum cottage

Spiny Cheeked Honeyeater

Spiny Cheeked Honeyeater

Heading's Cliffs Murtho

Heading's Cliffs Murtho

Heading's Cliffs Murtho

Lunch at Dix's Park Paringa

Corellas at the Woolshed Winery

A walk on the Block. Renmark.

A walk on the block always opens up good photo opportunities.

Particularly for backlighting shots.

Two Days in the Riverland-South Australia

This last weekend we spent a couple of days in the Riverland.
We had a great day having a barbecue lunch to celebrate Australia day on 26th January.
The next day we had fun with our 2 nieces as they learnt to catch yabbies.
I took some digital pics but also used 2 of my Pentax 35mm film cameras.
Those shots are still awaiting processing of course.
Below are a few pics.
The tawny frogmouths were positioned on a limb above our picnic spot.
They were wary of us to start with but after a while they spent time preening themselves etc. but still kept a watchful eye on us.

Tawny Frogmouths. Parents and a young one.

We were in Margaret Dowling Park

Yabby. These are called "blueys"

Meat on a string and then when you draw the string slowly up you put the dab net under them.