Hi Everybody,

Details and Analysis of my day 19 : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/20277360

Today we left quite late. We put our alarm at 6 am to leave at 7.28 am. Yesterday the weather was bad today the sky was perfectly blue but the temperature was still quite low again, around 17 degrees. I borrowed the sweeter of my Dad to put under my sweeter. I was freeze.

The last 3h on the day 18 I climbed quite a lot to reach an elevation around 500 m. Today the first 2 hours were quite pleasant and my speed was higher due to the descent even if there were some works-road. I might to be careful as it was not so stabilized. Anyway once I reached Gawler (80 km from Clare) I took the wrong direction and took the highway to go to Darwin. I stopped on the side waiting my Dad to take me in order to go to the good one. We drove for less than 10 mins. We changed our itinerary again as the traffic was too high. I took some smaller way once I checked on my GPS to go to Adelaide.

From this part, the layout was quite magical and very pretty. For me it was quite difficult again as there were a lot of hills. I suffered quite a lot but thankfully the temperature was not too high. I took the road bringing me in the Barossa Valley. This is one of the world’s great wine regions, an absolute must for anyone with even the slightest interest in a good drop. The Barossa Valley is compact a 25 km long stretch of undulating hills - yet it manages to 21 % of Australia’s wine, mostly big, luscious and fruity reds.

After Barossa Valley I reached Adelaide Hills. Very nice area as well even if there were still a lot of hills. Not so nice for my legs. This is a labyrinth of cool valleys. Fleeing the sweaty city, early colonists built stately summer houses around Stirling and Algate. German settlers escaping religious persecution also arrived, infusing towns such as Hahndorf and Lobethal with European values architecture. 

Once again I took a wrong way and we reached a very small nice city Gumeracha, a hardy hillside town with a pub at the bottom.We stopped few minutes to watch a Bowling competition outside. It’s quite famous game here in Australia. You can have a look on the pictures. It’s like the marbles and the bowling together.

Anyway I came back on my way and went down to reach Adelaide. We crossed Morialta Conservation park. Some nice gorges and nice lakes around.

I arrived in Adelaide at 16h20 after 5h40 riding and around 9h total journey. We went to a supermarket and drove for 15 km to reach our Camping Car park just close to the Airport.

We didn’t have the time to visit Adelaide but to go to our Camp we crossed the city. My first thought, it’s a really nice city. A lot of green area and all the streets seem to be very clean. Adelaide has remained true to its design : a pure, orderly grid that has informed both its growth and social consciousness. The downtown seem to be great as well but it’s especially the areas around are nice and very peaceful. The different suburbs are quiet but the architectures of houses are pretty and we can easily imagine that we are in Scotland.

From Adelaide, it’s de rigueur to make a day trip out to beachside Glenelg or the nearby Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley or McLaren Vale regions to see the wineries.

Tomorrow I will have an other long day...some rains should be there

Have a nice evening