Kicking off January 2022 - a roadtrip to Adelaide

This might be cheating given we started New Years Eve, but the year kicked off with Paulie and Stephen delivering Olivia's replacement VW Polo.She replaced the one written off by insurance because of hail damage.

1 Dec 31. 6:08 am. OK it's last year, but here comes the road trip.	2 Dec 31, 2021 - This is near Mt Lofty past Toowoomba	3 8:28am - first stop Millmerran	4 Onwards
5 Now in NSW past Moree @ 1pm. Lunch break	6 6:28 pm we hit the outskirts of Parkes, home of the radio telescope. We make sure no aliens are coming	7 .	8 We reach our hotel. Essential re-energising
9 .	10 Now it's 2022! by 7am we're past Forbes	11 The scenery on the Newell Highhway	12 The scenery changes after a few hours. Drier.
13 But OK for Emus it seems	14 400 odd km on we reach Hay and the Murrumbidgee River for a pit stop...	15 ...at the Busy Bend Reserve	16 Getting warmer
17 And off again	18 Now on the Sturt Highway	19 Heading briefly for Victoria before crossing into South Australia.	20 warmer still
21 Closing in on Mildura on the Murray River- citrus country	22 The Murray marks the state border	23 3pm and we hit South Australia	24 By 5pm we are chilling in the Renmark Hotel
25 .	26 .	27 The mighty Murray. Dinner at the hotel and ready for the last let tomorrow	28 Meanwhile in Adelaide, Olivia & Diana watch the sun set at Henley Beach
29 January 2 - on the road again and heading into the Barossa wine region	30 .	31 Heading through the Barossa	32 .
33 And we arrive in Adelaide in time for lunch!	34 And some chores at Olivia's (fixing a hose, putting the bike that we brought down together again)	35 And the mission is complete. Replacement car delivered.	36 An early dinner at Henley Beach
37 As we fly back soon, we have to do this to get back into Qld	38 January 3 - the sun rises in Adelaide	39 Looking out at the Adelaide Hills- our destination for the day.	40 Some folks have to work however
41 Arriving at the Ashton Hills vineyard for a tasting.	42 Pinots nice, shiraz better	43 .	44 Better buy some!
45 Then off to lunch in Uraidla	46 The road to the heavens. Nepenthe Wines	47 Grab a glass of wine and some nibbles	48 And picnic on the lawn
49 .	50 .	51 .	52 Paulie wanted to see the view from Mt BAarker. Huh? Where are we?
53 We then realise she meant Mt Lofty!	54 5:30 pm Back in Adelaide Olivia heads on her after work walk.	55 We join her on the 6km park excursion	56 Where even the horses practice social distancing
57 Back at Olivia's we enjoy a wine and then Italian take aways	58 .	59 Jan 4 morning... it's back to AthoTurnbull HQ