10 AM, tennis. That will have to be a little bit later next time. 10:30 at least.
I lost the first set ;-)
Working hard on the second set.
We played two sets: 3-6 and 6-1. It was very nice to play again. Our levels of play are pretty equal which makes for an interesting game. We had a couple of excellent and very exciting runs. Next time I should wear a hat though coz I felt a small sun-stroke a few hours later.
After a shower and some lunch we drove down to Port Adelaide where Volksfest 2008 was being held. It's one of Adelaide's oldest neighbourhoods.
Railway Hotel.
Building with my name on it.
Royal Arms Hotel.
Volksfest is a gathering of Volkswagen enthusiasts. If you own one, you can bring it. Naturally there are tons of Beetles...
... but there are also those that make you feel like you're in 1980 Germany.
VW 1500
Herbie is there of course (click for BIG version).
This is the silver version of the New Beetle. I do really like the silver but the stupids won't sell it with a beige interior... Apparently the fashion police doesn't allow silver and beige to be combined. Pfff, what do they know?
I think this is the most common Beetle behind there is.
Less common.
Original. These ones are hard to get I believe.
And here's a red New Beetle like the one we saw yesterday, although yesterdays one was a convertible. I do like the red. I want to turn it in to a fire engine. I think it would look the bomb with blue lights and a big fat white number on it.
A beautiful old convertible.
And then...
... we saw this beauty. This was without a doubt THE most beautifully restored Volkswagen on the show. Click for a BIG version!
A bit of Volkswagen engine. Very simple and reliable design. Click for a BIG version.
This is a Volkswagen "Karman Ghia". I had to
look this up on Wikipedia.
They had a decent amount of cars. It was only in one street but it was very nice to see all these oldies.
This one is also restored really nice. Click for BIG version.
Another Karman Ghia. Click for BIG version.
Volkswagens everywhere.
And a tree.
Another very nice restored van.
The mother dove, who is currently sitting on a new set of eggs, having breakfast with one of her other kids. But the kids are now able to find food themselves and mom absolutely doesn't care about them anymore and actually starting pecking at it when she thought it was stealing too much of her food. It's funny how things go in nature.
On the way to Office Works this morning we saw a P plate truck driver.
At Office Works we bought new ink cartridges and a new chair for Nicole. Her old one may be bad for her back so we're going to try this one. It's a rather luxurious leather model (that behaved very unfriendly when putting it together.).
After this we went to a branch of my bank in Norwood that was open on Saturday morning where I took care of some business. We also went to the supermarket there and we saw this little band playing.
Then we dumped our shopping at home and went past Jaycar and Bunnings.
On the way home we drove behind this car with a 'XOXOX' plate. That's a lot of hugs and kisses, the girl who was driving it must've been extremely friendly.
My Jaycar and Bunnings loot for today: Black stuff to paint certain fountain parts with. Some screws. A set of imperial taps to fix the holes in Nicole's chair that were tapped crappy, a little fountain pump, another container for parts and a magazine full of car ads to keep up to speed with current prices.
