Adelaide Day 2

Up at about 8 to a lovely warm day, I showered and dropped the tent and then listend to the Amateur Radio News on the local repeater and called in at the end (just to keep the locals on their toes!) So off to find the Scout Camp; it was back up the Freeway we had used to drop into Adelaide the first day and I found the exit no problem at the top of the long climb out of Adelaide. At the first roundabout I saw a brown tourist sign for the Scenic Lookout at Mt. Lofty so I went to have a look. Mt. Lofty isn't really a mountain it's just compared to Adelaide which is all flat and almost at sea level it's a heck of a lot higher up. The view really is impressive though and you can see the whole of Adelaide spread out below you like a table cloth. The Central Business District (Town Center) stands out as it is the only part of the city which has high rise buildings and also it is surrounded on all sides by a large ring of parkland (which is fiercely protected by the cities residents apparently) I took a number of pictures the went back to the car to find the Campsite. I followed my rough directions I had jotted down and some how missed the side road I wanted, I ended up doing a huge loop through a number of small villages, including one that was holding a Classic British Car Show/Rally but I didn't stop; Top Gear weren't there. Back around again and I saw the sign this time and found the entrance to Woodhouses about ｽ a mile down the lane. The Campsite is huge about 240 acres and the Scouts bought the land many years ago, the site is now one of the oldest Scout sites in Australia. I met the Warden Dennis at the office and he showed me areas to camp. There were no Scouts in camp apart from a Leaders conference (Most Scouts camp in the winter here as during the Summer there is a total fire ban so it sort of mucks up a propper camping program (oh and the snakes are very active apparently – but I didn't see any.)
having set up my tent next to one of the Amenity Blocks I gave Jo Moore a call; Jo had been on my first Indian Tour way back in November and we had agreed to meet up when I got into Adelaide. Jo lives back down in Adelaide just to the South of the City Centre and after I got to Jo's she took me on a whirlwind tour of the centre the we drove out to Genelg which is the 'beach' suburb of Adelaide. We walked down to the front and along the coast a way and then back into the main part of it and had a meal at one of the restaurants on the front. It turned out that Jo is only 10mins from the Airport so she kindly offered to let me stay my last night at her house as I have an early morning flight out on Tuesday. I returned to the campsite to settled in for the night, the sky was amazing and I called back at Mt. Lofty to try and get a sunset picture but I was about 5 mins too late, although I did get some good dusk pictures as the sky went a brilliant red hue.