Yes the Schutzenfest is happening right now in Adelaide!!! This is the BIGGEST festival in the southern hemisphere and the opportunity for a good time for everyone!!
Les and I grabbed a bus and headed into Adelaide with the plan to get to the festival at around the 12 noon opening time. At one of the early bus pickups a gent boarded the bus wearing his Lederhosen, this is when I strongly suspected we wouldn't get lost so long as we followed him! He was very friendly and helpful and indeed we followed him right to the festival (his info on the tram schedule saved us some walking which, on a 33 degree day, we were very grateful for!)
The festival celebrates and showcases everything German, so keeping with that theme.... for lunch I had a German Hotdog, and my afternoon snack was a Pretzel. There were numerous tents selling Apple Cider and Ale which also seemed popular.
THE ADELAIDE HILLS APPLE CIDER-VERY NICE!
This festival originally started as a shooting festival but got side tracked along the way to include everything German. But they still have the shooting gallery for anyone to have a try (at a price of $4 to $6 depending on what package you choose) I chose the $6 package which got me 10 shots at 10 little teeny tiny targets which were pegged up a very long way away!
SHOOTING, STEP 1 - LEARN HOW TO USE THE RIFLE
SHOOTING, STEP 2 - TRY TO USE THE RIFLE
(SEE HOW FAR AWAY THE TEENY TINY TARGETS ARE !!!)
Now I'm not going to pretend that I did very well with the shooting because I only managed to hit 4 of the 10 targets but seriously...the targets are about 1 inch big so I'm not too upset with the result......and it's really hard to hold a rifle steady when it weighs about 4kg-not kidding!!!! And the biggest tip of the day is to go to the rifle shooting BEFORE you hit the Cider tent.......I don't think the cider helped at all!!!!
SOME OF THE DANCING ON DISPLAY
I had a GREAT time and am very glad we went. I discovered that I like fresh pretzels......and that I'm not much good at shooting those tiny targets.
Earlier this week we also went back to Mt Lofty and we took a picnic lunch to a rest spot/lookout. It was quite satisfying to sit back and watch all of the walkers heading off on the 8km trek with optimism and bounce in their step.......just like we did last week. And many of them returning looking defeated and/or exhausted.......just like we did last week :(
We also couldn't resist going to Haandorf for a walk around and a nice afternoon tea. Les has a love of Bee Sting cake and as it is a German creation it isn't hard to find in Haandorf. It is obviously tourist season (those relaxed creatures who take up all of the sidewalk at a leisurely pace) as Haandorf was full to busting with people!!!
Week 4 in Mt Barker SA was a great one......stay tuned for week 5!!!!
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