Hope you like our car! We only requested the very basic (and cheapest model!) but when we got to the office they had upgraded us to this very swish little Subaru 4WD!! Not bad eh?! It's great to drive and an automatic so easy peasy! Connie drove the first leg yesterday so I was navigator! We left Adelaide and took the scenic route down to Wellington where we took our little car on the vehicular punt across the Murray River! As you can see Connie was suspicious of my navigation
al skills! The cheek of it! After our voyage across the Murray River (which took all of 5 minutes!) we felt the need to stop for hot chocolate (with marshmallows!) at Meningie a little further along on the other side of the river. Later on along the road we thought we had stumbled into Barbie Land when we saw numerous vivid Pink Lakes! We eventually saw a notic
e which told us all about it. Apparently it's something that occurs worldwide when you have a saltwater lake in shallow water and algae grows. The algae then releases carotene into the water for some sort of protection which then reacts with the salt water and creates the lovely pink colour! As the lake dries up during the summer months it gets an even more vivid pink! (Claire - if you're reading this - we took this photo especially for you! And
have rechristened it Claire's Lake!!) Our next stop was at Kingston where we met a very special resident - Larry the Lobster! There is a bit of a story behind Larry's immense size! When he was commissioned the measurements were put down in centimetres but, due to some miscommunication, he ended up being made up in metres instead!! Glad they let him stay though - we loved Larry! Our last stop for the day was Robe where we booked into the Robetown Motor Inn for the night. Lovely place, very convenient and a bonus was having wi fi internet access free of charge!
(JK for the K Team)
Hope you like our car! We only requested the very basic (and cheapest model!) but when we got to the office they had upgraded us to this very swish little Subaru 4WD!! Not bad eh?! It's great to drive and an automatic so easy peasy! Connie drove the first leg yesterday so I was navigator! We left Adelaide and took the scenic route down to Wellington where we took our little car on the vehicular punt across the Murray River! As you can see Connie was suspicious of my navigation
al skills! The cheek of it! After our voyage across the Murray River (which took all of 5 minutes!) we felt the need to stop for hot chocolate (with marshmallows!) at Meningie a little further along on the other side of the river. Later on along the road we thought we had stumbled into Barbie Land when we saw numerous vivid Pink Lakes! We eventually saw a notic
e which told us all about it. Apparently it's something that occurs worldwide when you have a saltwater lake in shallow water and algae grows. The algae then releases carotene into the water for some sort of protection which then reacts with the salt water and creates the lovely pink colour! As the lake dries up during the summer months it gets an even more vivid pink! (Claire - if you're reading this - we took this photo especially for you! And
have rechristened it Claire's Lake!!) Our next stop was at Kingston where we met a very special resident - Larry the Lobster! There is a bit of a story behind Larry's immense size! When he was commissioned the measurements were put down in centimetres but, due to some miscommunication, he ended up being made up in metres instead!! Glad they let him stay though - we loved Larry! Our last stop for the day was Robe where we booked into the Robetown Motor Inn for the night. Lovely place, very convenient and a bonus was having wi fi internet access free of charge! (JK for the K Team)
2 comments:
Cant believe you renamed a pink lake after me...FAB!
I feel very honoured xx
Glad you liked it! And thanks for adding a bit of glamour to our blog! It certainly needs it! Will reply properly to your email later tonight (wi fi access permitting!!)
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