Thrifty is the word. It's the name of the car rental company. They quote you one price which I'll call X and you end up paying something like X times X times X. Anyway, this is the "loi du marche" as they say. They hide most of the information and just as you're about to hand them your credit card, suddenly there are new fees added on top of the original price. No hard feelings at all, honestly.
So we hired a Hyundai Getz. It's like a small "thing". 2 doors, a small trunk but 4 wheels and a few mirrors, which is all you need, really. Our blue car deserved a name. After a few minutes of discussion, we agreed on "Paulette". We were probably influenced by the French film "Ensemble, c'est tout" (Hunting and Gathering) with Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet.
After driving through Adelaide Hills' famous vineyards and sleeping in Keith (the city), we drove to the Naracoorte Caves National Park. Unfortunately, access to the caves wasn't free, so we could only have a look from above. Didn't see much but assumed it was impressive from the inside. You'll notice that assumptions and imagination are vital elements when you don't want to pay entrance fees.
Adelaide Hills vineyards.
In Naracoorte Caves car park. Still not sure what this 4-legged thing is.
The caves. Remember, it's all about "imagining" what's inside.
Things became very interesting when we discovered that Batman didn't live in Gotham City as we'd always believe, but here in Naracoorte, South Australia.
We also read that kangaroos sometimes fall in caves.
Dzoeing...Dzoeing...Dzoeing... ... ... Schpaf! For those of you who STILL don't get my humour, this is the noise made by a kangaroo which jumps 3 times and then falls unexpectedly in a cave.
Then we hopped on Paulette and she took us to Mount Gambier, a small country town peacefully nestled near what used to be a volcano.
This lake is a water reserve so please don't swim in it.
This is not blue sky in the background but water.
In Mount Gambier is the beautiful Umpherston sink hole. A nice and cool retreat when the South Australian sun turns the land into an oven, or a saucepan, or a cooker - don't know what you'd rather cook with.
After our break in Mount Gambier, Paulette took us through hilly roads to the wilderness of the Grampians (see part 2).
Kookaburra, aka the laughing bird.
So we hired a Hyundai Getz. It's like a small "thing". 2 doors, a small trunk but 4 wheels and a few mirrors, which is all you need, really. Our blue car deserved a name. After a few minutes of discussion, we agreed on "Paulette". We were probably influenced by the French film "Ensemble, c'est tout" (Hunting and Gathering) with Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet.
After driving through Adelaide Hills' famous vineyards and sleeping in Keith (the city), we drove to the Naracoorte Caves National Park. Unfortunately, access to the caves wasn't free, so we could only have a look from above. Didn't see much but assumed it was impressive from the inside. You'll notice that assumptions and imagination are vital elements when you don't want to pay entrance fees.
Adelaide Hills vineyards.
In Naracoorte Caves car park. Still not sure what this 4-legged thing is.
The caves. Remember, it's all about "imagining" what's inside.
Things became very interesting when we discovered that Batman didn't live in Gotham City as we'd always believe, but here in Naracoorte, South Australia.
We also read that kangaroos sometimes fall in caves.
Dzoeing...Dzoeing...Dzoeing... ... ... Schpaf! For those of you who STILL don't get my humour, this is the noise made by a kangaroo which jumps 3 times and then falls unexpectedly in a cave.
Then we hopped on Paulette and she took us to Mount Gambier, a small country town peacefully nestled near what used to be a volcano.
This lake is a water reserve so please don't swim in it.
This is not blue sky in the background but water.
In Mount Gambier is the beautiful Umpherston sink hole. A nice and cool retreat when the South Australian sun turns the land into an oven, or a saucepan, or a cooker - don't know what you'd rather cook with.
After our break in Mount Gambier, Paulette took us through hilly roads to the wilderness of the Grampians (see part 2).
Kookaburra, aka the laughing bird.
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