Week 6 - Adelaide and Clare Valley

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Once mum had left me I went to check into a hostel in the city. The friends who lived there had sorted me out with ticket to the Adelaide Fringe Festival. It’s an Aussie version of the Edinburgh Fringe and it was a great experience. We went to see this very rude show from this comedian called A Small Perspective where he videoed himself around town doing various things and capturing peoples reactions. The only thing different about it was that the guy is only 3 ft tall! It was funny and thought provoking, that is for sure. The next 3 days was a long weekend and WOMADelaide festival was in full swing. (World of Music Arts and Dance) I bought a 3 day ticket and went into explore the event. As I am not usually into festivals, I was curious to find out if there was anything I would enjoy. Well, I had a great time! I particularly liked the Chai Tent and sitting around in the afternoon sun watching world bands. I think it had most things that I would want from a festival - clean toilets, interesting shopping, good bands and alternative people. I also bumped into freinds from Melbourne who where there. Small world. 

Having partied hard, I headed North to Clare Valley to see a woman whom I had met at a campsite in Tasmania a few weeks earlier. Helen had invited me to come and stay with her in this well known wine region. She had an Italian wine maker staying with her as well for the vintage season. I had a great time and I helped Helen in the garden with her roses. I also helped to pick two buckets of figs which we then took to one of the top local restaurants and swapped for a lovely afternoon cream tea and a bottle of local wine. I would say that was a good deal! Clare was a lovely town and I felt very much at home. I went for some lovely meals with Helens friends and cooked some dinners at her place which we ate with Fabio when he came home dirty from the wine cellar after his 12 hr shift. His English was somewhat limited but we worked on it and he got much better after just 6 days. I relaxed there for 6 days but was excited about the real adventure of the outback.