We started our Sunday in Adelaide with brunch at Pantry on Egmont, where we both enjoyed delicious meals once again. Wes had the granola and I tackled the truffle mushrooms with scrambled eggs, which was a very special meal indeed. The owners recognised us from our previous visit and we made sure they knew that we always choose to have breakfast at their café when we are in Adelaide. On the way home we filled up with petrol rather than wait until we were heading to Lorne on Tuesday morning.
Once again, we had a quiet day in preparation for the footy that night. Fortunately it started at 6.45pm. We arrived early, had our usual glass of shiraz and found our seats up high & under cover. We were barracking for St Kilda against Port and they managed to win an exciting game, in spite of heavy rain and quite a few errors.
Our last day in Adelaide started slowly with tea & toast in bed, before we went for a walk into the city, specifically Rundle Mall, where all the footy stuff was being dismantled. We had a cuppa in a lovely little café before walking to the restaurant at the back of the Art Gallery for lunch.
We walked back home via the Zoo and Botanic Gardens, where I couldn't resist taking this photo and wondering how many Poms would find it confusing. I especially thought of our dear friend, Bill Longley, no longer with us, who, with his wife, Sue, was guilty of bringing two empty plates to a barbecue early on in his life in Australia.
We drove all day Tuesday and arrived safely at Lorne around 4.30pm, having left Hackney at 6.20am. Our unit is a little tired, but spacious, and we managed to get Kayo operating, so could watch our usual Aussie Rules TV shows. The shower in the bathroom is over the huge spa bath, which is quite a challenge, both for the users & the cleaners. We will be pleased to get back to our normal showers and our own bed, as well as our Labrador, on Friday.
We woke on Wednesday to light rain, which eventually turned into heavy rain. A few surfers braved the weather and had fun with the waves. I went for a long walk along the main street, looking for good breakfast & lunch spots, with mixed success. I eventually found a French bakery and brought back baguettes for our lunch. We sat on our little balcony to eat them and enjoyed watching and listening to the sea.
We got up at 6am on Thursday morning to go for a beach walk, and we are so pleased we did - it was dark as we started off, then we saw some amazing skies before a stunning sunrise unfolded in front of us. We came back home and had early teas sitting on our balcony watching the day begin and the surfers arrive at the beach.
Arriving at the beach
We decided to have another quiet day, reading and watching the sparkling water from our balcony. We have been enjoying the books we brought & bought & Wes, in particular, has been pleased to get back into reading after quite a long break.
Mid-afternoon, we ventured out for a walk and early dinner. We tried the Lorne Hotel, but they only offered snacks between 3-5 in spite of their website saying the kitchen was open all afternoon! Eventually we ended up at Salonika Social, a Greek pizzeria, where we enjoyed an excellent prawn pizza and Wes tried Greek rosé. He loved it and had a second glass before we went back to our unit to watch Carlton & Collingwood play in the Peter McCallum Cup.
Collingwood escaped with a 5 point win after Carlton had looked the better side early. Nick Daicos in his 100th game had a last quarter to remember, and was the difference between a win or a loss.
We had breakfast locally on Friday morning - the best of a pretty ordinary bunch - Lorne specialises in take-away everything or eat in at long benches. Then it was time to finish packing, and drive home via Eureka Kennels in Ballarat. Morse was so excited to see us, and, because he was in a penthouse, he came back as clean as when he left! We had local fish & chips that night, as we were too tired to be bothered worrying about a meal, and Morse loves the leftover chips.
Yesterday, we were back to normal, with an early walk at Daylesford Cemetery. Then I went supermarket shopping, followed by a trip to Tonna's to replenish pasta & potatoes supplies, as well as snaring the last 4 nectarines to make a fruit salad.
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