Adelaidelisa

Yorke Peninsula

I have just returned from a mini-holiday in the wonderful little township of Stansbury. It is only a two hour drive to Stansbury from Adelaide. We could see the twinkling lights of Adelaide in the evening and the outline of the Adelaide Hills and Mt. Lofty during the day. There were pelicans waiting to be fed and my children had fun counting how many were there. My husband's parents are visiting from Germany and Elliott and Miles will stay with them there for the rest of the week. They rented a camper van and are staying at the Stansbury Caravan Park. Mark and I stayed in a hotel for one night.
The best part about our stay was crab raking. Stansbury is supposedly the best place for this on the whole Yorke Peninsula. When the tide goes out, you first put on some very sturdy rock shoes (otherwise the razorfish will cut you) and you then walk out to the sea in the very shallow water (about 15o meters) and you rake the sand to find crabs. In less than an hour we caught 7 crabs! Our neighbor at the campground showed us how to prepare them for cooking and we then had a wonderful meal of fresh crab before Mark and I headed back to Adelaide.
I highly recommend Stansbury, especially for crabbing and safe swimming. It also happens to be an oyster farming area but it is spawning season now and we were unable to buy fresh oysters -- next time!

Adelaidelisa

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The month of December was somewhat of a blur for me -- there was so much going on -- birthday parties (Elliott turned 8), sleepovers, sports carnivals, holiday parties, shopping, Christmas cards and teaching too! Well, I can breathe now and open my eyes and, alas, it is January, the start of a new year!
Hope you all had wonderful holidays and are looking forward to a great new year.
It is still strange for us to get used to Christmas in Summer. I grew up with lots of snow and cold. My weekends consisted of ice skating, sledding, making snowmen, snowball fights and hot chocolate. My kids miss the snow but we are still enjoying the novelty of a hot Christmas.
We had a great ending to GEAP A in December 2006. Here some pictures from the party.