Australia Day in Adelaide

There was almost a howling gale through the night but by morning the wind had blown itself out and all was calm for Australia Day in Adelaide. This was another busy day for Graham and Nola and Colin too as AJ cracked the whip and got everyone working.

Graham was challenged to demonstrate he knew what to do with his new laptop.

Colin was given a hose and cloth and instructed to remove the squashed insects from the car so we could see the true colour of the vehicle once more.

 Nola was given the task of providing refreshments to the workers.

Once all those tasks were done we set up Graham’s video camera on a tripod and made a start on his “life story” video. This was a project that had recently been suggested to him and I said I would help him by showing how to insert photographs when editing his videos. To do this we needed some video – which is why we did a mini interview. Nola was a great help because she managed to unearth some photographs from the garage.

Tomorrow, our last day with Graham and Nola, we shall play with the editing.

It is Australia Day today and after leaving Graham and Nola we drove to Glenelg to see what was happening down at the beach. Although Colin hates both crowds and the noise a crowd makes, I thought it was amazing fun!

The beaches were generously covered with beautiful people – I think we were possibly the oldest people in Glenelg this day; the average age was around 20.

There is a jetty at Glenelg and it seems to be one of the attractions of the place – it seems as if there is a magnet that draws people out to the end and releases them once they get there!

I dragged Colin to a park near the beach where we had spotted a big crowd as we drove in. We were in time to see the vehicles that had gathered for the “Australia Day Ute Muster” leaving the grounds. Luckily for me there were still a few interesting vehicles to aim the camera at. The first one I am including attracted me because of the amazing quality of the artwork both on the back and on the underside of the torneau cover.

The second photo taken here is also because of exceptional paint work. An extra addition to the painting is a dog that does not need to be tied up so that it cannot jump out of the back of the ute when it spots another hound on the side of the road.

There is plenty to keep me happy on this trip!

AJ