Author: luka

Surfing in S.A.

Finally we got some photos from our first surfing lesson. You probably expect our pictures on the wave, but not this time. But one day there will be some.

Don’t know these guys.

Dressed in funny outfit they were listening for instructions.

Naive and ready they went towards the ocean. According to instructions they got to the waist depth. After a few waves their eyes and mouth were full of salty water. They were getting on the board and fell. And again. Until finally, the first caught wave and they are surfing. Well belly surfing, but still fun. One of them even tried to stand up for the few runs. But both of them ended the same near the shore – in the water. Anyway, it was really fun.

If I were to make some resolutions for the new year, that would be to learn surfing.

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Dolphin cruise

Jelly fish in Port Adelaide. They say these are not poisonous and later there will be more of them.

For a few dollars we bought a dolphin tour.

It’s not surprising when you see industrial buildings in the port.

And here are the dolphins.

The banks.

Damn it, I can’t remember when and what they were manufacturing in those factories.

And here they are building a submarine.

You can also see some water birds here.

This place was very popular among people who decided to commit a suicide.

Historic part of Port Adelaide.

Flippers are here when you are leaving and when you are coming back.

🙂

I like the look of the dancer in the photo.

Afternoon nap or something like this.

Christmas events

This happened in November or in the beginning of December. We knew, that there will be some Christmas event in the city We didn’t get up early as it was weekend. The pageant start at nine. While having breakfast we hear a lot of noise and went out to see what’s happening. We figured out that the event is finished and all people are going home…

This is the street the pageant went on. Empty streets with drawings have some charm. By the way, we always wondered what that blue line on the streets mean. It appears, this is the pageant track.

Though, everything ended sooner than we got up, we found all participants parked in one place.

Next week similar event took place in the seaside, but except huge sculptures people were riding their old cars.

Highway patrols and dogs decorated in glitter.

Lifeguards.

You should have seen how all children jumped when they heard the Santa is coming!

Christmas under the palm tree.

Little park at the back of a local brewery got new sculptures for the Christmas.

One morning we heard horns in the street. The wedding we thought. But the sound was getting stronger and stronger, so we went out to check, what’s happening.

The whole street was full of bikes.

They just kept riding and riding. We were surprised that there are so many bikes in this city. You don’t see a lot of them everyday. And here there were about 8000 of them. They were carrying some toys for the orphans or something like that.

That family in the background took out their chairs and were enjoying the parade. Some cyclist pulled over to them and gave sweets for the kids.

Some Christmas decorations in homes by the sea.

The main Christmas tree of Adelaide.

All sort of creatures under the the Christmas tree.

In some dark corner of one shopping mall there is a lair of Father Christmas.

In the main street you can try the Marry Go Round.

And all this to decorate our home.

Our “Christmas tree”.

Paskutinės is keliones

In the morning we went to Yorke Peninsula.

We were driving empty winding roads passing small towns. Here the view is the same for hours – just fields of grain.

Every town has an information center and some attraction for tourists. For example, you can take a photo with locals.

We also heard that it is really expensive to live here, but we have no idea why.

The views like this all the way.

At the end of peninsula we entered Innes National Park. Emu greeted us.

Soon the sealed road ended. We were driving on some salty white surface. Lizards were warming up in the sun.

Not far away from the campsite you can rent a room in a hotel like this.

That’s not a fruit pie… 🙂

In the evening we were enjoying the warmth and having some beers until we were attacked by flies and mosquitoes.

I wouldn’t like to meet the one like this while swimming.

How can kangaroo jump with balls like this? 🙂

Romantic gourmets. In the evening a pair of sooty oystercatchers were walking on the beach and having oysters for dinner.

Another cabin for rent. They say it’s ideal for the honeymoon. Conveniences are minimal – rain water tank, which can be empty.

One of the many islands.

The color of the ocean like not real.

Girls running on the beach. It somehow reminds some 90’s music videos.

We visited the remains of historic Innestown, where they used to dig gypsum.

A shipwreck.

The view from the cliff.

The signs are not very promising and the wind is enormous.

Photos about flies and ants.

And about foxes.

We were really happy to meet this quite rare Hooded Plover again.

It runs really fast and funny.

Big nest on the pole. I wonder whose.

After a couple of nights we went home. Some sculptures near the highway.

The same day we went to St Kilda.

We met some crabs.

Not only birds.

So this is how our first vacation ended.

Vacation day 10. Mount Remarkable National Park (Flinders Ranges)

So we were staying at our fancy camping with drinking water and warm showers.

In the morning we went for a walk and met tiny doves.

Diamond dove (lat. Geopelia cuneata). So what’s the difference between a dove and a pigeon?

At the end of the trail we sat on the red rocks to rest. We were checked by some lizard.

And some crazy invisible grasshopper.

Golden Whistler (lat. Pachycephala pectoralis) and Grey Butcherbird (lat. Cracticus torquatus).

They say some trees can stay alive after burning it’s inside, but apparently not this one.

Like a bird from the era of dinosaurs.

Little Willie is defending it’s territory.

It got hot in the afternoon. We left Reda for a nap and went for a walk on the road with the hope to find some lizards.

We were not mistaken. This huge monitor was running away from us. But if only it would turn back to us and show some action, we would be scared to death and run 🙂

After a while we went back to brag about it to Reda. We came back, Reda is sitting with the big eyes and says “You never believe what just have happened!”

It appeared, that the same huge lizard was trying to get into our tent and later he got scared and ran away up to the tree.

The creature.

Later that day it was raining and little Variegated Fairy Wrens were taking a shower. At night in the shower we met same swallow again.

Flies getting a ride for free.