I can't believe I am still having iPad 3G troubles. When the 1Gb Vodaphone ran out I moved to Telstra, and I have a good 3G signal. However, BlogPress won't post any pictures; if I just have text, it's fine. But once I put the pictures in, it won't post at all. And I am in the middle of nowhere again, so there is no access to any help apart from the internet, and the web site isn't very helpful.
We were picked up just after 6 this morning, and set off towards the Grampians, where there are some walks. We drove out of Adelaide through the expensive suburbs, and there were some very big houses. It was quite odd to see mock Tudor houses with corrugated iron roofs. There are some tile roofs, which we have not seen before, but the majority are corrugated iron, though usually painted a sort of roof tile colour. It also seems to be the fashion to have fancy metal lacework over the verandah.
As we left Adelaide, we ran into quite a bit of mist and fog, and it continued very cold. We got a warning to beware of koalas crossing the road, there are lots of wild koalas outside Adelaide, but sadly the only one we saw was one lying dead at the side of the road.
It was a longish drive, with a stop for a late lunch, and then a brief stop to look at a collection of albino kangaroos.
We next arrived in the Grampians National Park, where there were two walks on offer. It was cold and the sky looked very threatening, so I opted for the slightly shorter walk, which was charming. It was a very quiet track with a profusion of spring flowers which wound its way up the hillside to an aboriginal site. It was overlooked by high red cliffs.
The aboriginal site just has the handprints of generations of children, and lots of examples of animal tracks.
There were wonderful views of the surrounding countryside, as we were high above the plains on one side and overlooked by the beetling cliffs on another.
After the walk, it was not too long a drive to where we were staying, some little wooden cabins in the village of Halls Gap.
We had been told this was a good place to see wild kangaroos and went out to look for some as soon as we had unloaded our suitcases. We were soon rewarded by finding a big mob of more than 50 grazing on some open fields nearby.
They were wary but had no real fear if humans and we were able to approach quite close to some of them, and by going very slowly and talking reassuringly, I was able to get quite close to this mother and baby.
We were greatly amused by all their antics - several of them were boxing, others were playing and some were quietly grazing. One big male was sniffing round a number of lady kangaroos and kept getting the brush-off, but he just kept trying.
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