Opening of the Co-op at Nuriootpa

This morning we walked to town for breakfast at the bakery. We carried shopping bags as the new Co-op opened today. It was only the fact that we would have to carry everything we bought back to the caravan that curtailed Anita's spending on the wonderful array of food items. The cheese department is huge and the photo only shows about one fifth of the cheese fridges. A large coffee shop is integrated into the store and for the opening a really good country music singer was performing for customers.

We had taken a lot of gear out of the Jeep for its service so had to put that all back today before hitching the Bushtracker. When we entered our code to leave our caravan park for the last time, the boom gate would not open. The staff had not changed the computer to reflect our pre-paid late checkout. This level of security in caravan parks has been made necessary by people who arrive after the office has closed, and leave before any park staff arrive in the morning, without making any payment.


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