Another 7am start to pack the caravan. Our plan is to move the caravan to Adelaide in the morning, then checkout the Adelaide Market and Gaganis Bros in the afternoon.
We said goodbye to our lovely mountain caravan park and made the trip into Adelaide via Gawler. I drove the direct route into Adelaide on Wednesday and had already decided there were too many bends in the toad to take the caravan. The route via Gawler is a little out of the way, but a much better road.
We were originally looking at a park on the beach, but in the end decided on a park closer to the city at Windsor Gardens. It had good reviews on Wikicamps and has a Telstra Air (read: Free Internet) close by.
We reached the caravan park around 11:30am. Unfortunately, it’s not that suitable to us. There are a lot more caravans around, and the van next door to us had clothes hanging on the line when we arrived (and they use a really scented washing powder). Also, we are at the other end of the park from Telstra Air’s free Internet, so that doesn’t work either. We’re only staying one night, so we’re using 4G, have all the windows closed and the air purifier running.
Adelaide Market
Another place on Teresa’s ‘must see’ list is the Adelaide market, and Jamface (Poh’s shop there). We arrived around 12:30pm and the plan was for Teresa to walk around the market first, while I take Leo for his walk.
I thought the parks around the city would be a great walk location, and they were. I was impressed that in the 30 mins on the walk, we passed two children’s play areas, 3 sports ovals, and lots of benches under shady trees. We made our way to the market where I changed places with Teresa and spent 10 mins walking around myself. Lots of good stalls there, but I don’t think it’s as good as the Vic Markets.
I bought a pie for lunch (Steak and Kidney, which was chunky but a bit heavy on the pastry) and met Teresa outside again for another dog-swap. I then headed to the car while Teresa picked up some final few veggies and meat. We don’t need that many as there are lots of markets in the Fleurieu Peninsula.
Gaganis Bros
During our first few days in the Barossa, Teresa mentioned a number of times how she could easily live there as the food was all local and sold freshly picked. But she did notice there was no ready supply of Italian staples like Prosciutto. Probably since a lot of the area is German settled.
One of Maria’s friends has a daughter who lives in Adelaide and recommend we look at Gaganis Bros – sort of like a European Costco. They had lots of herbs Teresa has never heard before. A massive kitchen department. Lots of barbecues including real charcoal and the chimneys for starting the coals (only $15, but Teresa said I would not have been happy if she bought one as they were bulky). Their deli was a little different to what she was used to, but was really well stocked and had a huge selection.
No Prosciutto either. However, upon talking about it tonight, Teresa gave me the name of a dedicated Italian supermarket called Mercato. I looked it up, and it’s only 10 minutes away from the caravan park we are staying! So change of plan… we’ll head there first thing in the morning for a look before we pack up.
We finished at Gaganis Bros around 3:30 and headed back to the caravan for a quiet night. Another busy day tomorrow. Victor Harbor is our next stop – about 2h away.