Chapter 774: The Australian Prairie
"Ha'er, why do you think we're wasting time in Adelaide!" Shen Yibin turned on the radar and found that the orange light spot was just in the middle of Adelaide and Sydney, as if it was completely possible to drive directly from Sydney, and it seemed that walking from Adelaide would not save much distance.
Hey, it is estimated that the road conditions are different, otherwise the Qantas staff would not have introduced it, Shen Yibin could only explain it like this.
"Let's go, we're ready to go!" After renting a top-performing off-road vehicle from a local car rental chain, and bringing plenty of water, food, and gasoline, Shen Yibin left the city of Adelaide with Hal and headed towards the vast grasslands.
From Adelaide to the east is not directly into the grassland, the first thing you see when you leave the city is the undulating hills like waves, Ha'er is up and down in the car, and after a while, he is a little dizzy, Shen Yibin had to slow down the speed, fortunately he is not in a hurry now, and the scenery along the way is quite good, but he is not bored.
"Wow, there are so many vineyards, there must be a lot of wineries around here, right?" As far as the eye can see, you can often see continuous vineyards on both sides of the road, and occasionally you can see a few workers or winery owners leisurely pruning the vineyards and greeting them warmly when they see cars passing by.
"Hmm!" Hal also poked his head out of the car window and waved his paws in response, no way, it was rare to meet someone for hours on the road, and it was really strange to see someone say hello.
"Carl, am I dazzled? How do I seem to see a fat man in the car greeting me? Shen Yibin's car whizzed past, and the two workers in the vineyard looked at each other.
"I feel like I'm dazzled, and I've seen a fat one." Karl opened his mouth wide and stared at Shen Yibin's car without blinking until they disappeared between the rolling hills.
A little further on, I saw that the people around me gradually became denser, and there were often quaint buildings on both sides of the road, which looked like wineries, and then looked at the time, it was almost time for lunch, "Ha'er, there is a town in front of me from the map, let's eat there at noon, and rest by the way." โ
"Hmm!" Although the scenery on both sides of the road is good, but it will be boring to always look at the same scenery, Ha'er has long wanted to go down for a walk, and quickly nodded and agreed.
Gradually, on both sides of the road appeared stubby date palms and silver wild oats, in the distance sun-dried pastures, sheep and geranium-covered farmhouses, and the brown-red earth was overgrown with green vines that looked like oil paintings; Looking ahead, a small town with both British and German style buildings appeared in front of Shen Yibin.
Shen Yibin slowed down the speed of the car into the town, walked slowly along the street, and stopped at the door of a restaurant that looked quite good, and the boss who was sitting on a chair at the door basking in the sun immediately greeted him, "Ni Hao, welcome." "The two words hello were actually said in Chinese, but unfortunately it seems that he can only say this, and then changed to English.
"Wow, you still speak Chinese?" It's amazing, this town doesn't look very big, and you can speak Chinese when you meet someone casually? This made Shen Yibin feel pleasantly surprised.
"Barossa is one of Australia's most famous wine producers, and many Chinese come here every year to buy wine, and there is a copper mine nearby, and most of the ore produced in it is sold to China." The shopkeeper said with a shrug.
It turned out to be sauce purple, have the Chinese recently begun to buy all over the world? Shen Yibin opened the car door and walked down, and then went to the other side to put Ha'er down, "Boss, what specialty dishes do you have here?" โ
"Huh? Fatda? Seeing the owner of the Ha'er shop, he was stunned, and the staff of the surrounding shops and the pedestrians on both sides of the street also looked at the two of them.
"Hmm, do you want to taste my power?" There are also naughty children who compare Ha'er's appearance in "Panda Man", and their eyes are shining with excitement.
"Ha'er, come and say hello to everyone." Hal obediently raised his paws, shook them gently at the crowd around him, and staggered to the child's side, pressing his arm and pressing down gently, as if to say, your action is wrong, this is accurate.
With a bang, the crowd exploded, discussing the origin of Shen Yibin and Ha'er, and a young blonde girl squeezed from behind the boss with starry eyes, held up the mobile phone in her hand and asked, "Sir, is it you on this?" โ
"I'll see!" Shen Yibin took the phone and looked at it, there was a must-die interface on the screen, and above the interface was a group photo of Ha'er, Shen Yibin and Qantas staff, and then looked at the owner who posted the news, it seemed to be a staff member of Qantas.
"Yes, that's who we are!" Shen Yibin returned the phone to the little girl.
"Wow, Daddy, Dad, I'm so lucky, I wanted to say if I could meet Panda Man when I went to Sydney, but I didn't expect it to come to our house!" The little girl hugged the restaurant owner and jumped wildly, it turned out that the two of them were still father and daughter.
"It's really Panda Man, I want to ask him for an autograph, what do you think?" The chatter in the crowd grew louder.
"Is there something wrong with your brain? Can pandas write? I'm going to ask for a group photo. "Well, someone's IQ is scorned.
"Mr. Shen, welcome to Angus' restaurant with Mr. Harr, please come inside, Rose, it's time for us to prepare food for the guests!" Boss Angus said that Shen Yibin and Hal took to the best position and sat down, and his girl Rose stepped forward with the menu, "What does Mr. Hal usually like to eat?" Well, we don't seem to have any bamboo here! โ
"You don't have to look for bamboo, you can eat all the usual dishes, so give it five steaks and three salads, and even better if you have ice cream! As for my words, a steak and a serving of mashed potatoes will do! Shen Yibin glanced at the menu a few times and said.
"Five steaks! Three salads! "H'er's amount of food surprised the father and daughter, it looks quite small, huh? Why is it so edible?
"Yes, this guy is a foodie!" Shen Yibin touched Ha'er's head and said.
"Okay, I'll fry you a steak myself." Boss Angus took two steps and returned, "Mr. Shen, our wine here is very good, would you like to try it?" "It's one of Australia's most famous winemaking destinations, and the owner has his own winery, so how can you not recommend this to your guests.
"Well, I'm going to continue to set off after eating and resting, and it doesn't seem good to drive after drinking." Shen Yibin was a little hesitant, "But you can give Ha'er two cups." "Well, this guy is still an alcoholic, you can't think of it, right?
"That's a shame." Boss Angus shook his head regretfully, went back to the kitchen and started to get busy, and after a while Rose brought steaks, salads, mashed potatoes and ice cream, and after finishing all this, Boss Angus went to the cellar to get a bottle of his own treasure, thinking about bringing two more bottles.
"This bottle is for Mr. Hal to taste, these bottles should be given as gifts to Mr. Shen, wait until you are not driving and then taste slowly, our wine here is not as bad as Bordeaux!" Boss Angus said with confidence, "If you don't accept it, you won't give me face and look down on our winemaking level."
"Thank you very much, then I'll take it!" What else could Shen Yibin say, so he had to carefully put away these bottles of wine.
"Haha, Mr. Hal loves to eat my steak, I didn't expect him to be a foodie, and he knows that Angus's steak is the best in town!" Seeing Ha'er nibbling on the steak, Angus boss was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, even the panda likes our steak, this matter is enough for him to blow for a lifetime.
After eating, Shen Yibin sat on a chair and chatted with the boss of Angus while drinking coffee, as for Hal still holding the glass and tasting the wine carefully, it seemed that he was comparing whether the wine here was better or the last time he drank it at the Swiss Silverie winery.
After resting for a while, regaining his strength, and taking a group photo with Ha'er and these enthusiastic townspeople, Shen Yibin got up to say goodbye and prepare to move on, Angus boss not only confiscated Shen Yibin's money for nothing, but also filled his mailbox with gasoline, Rose enthusiastically pointed out the road ahead to Shen Yibin, if it weren't for Shen Yibin's repeated refusal, maybe she would have driven directly to Shen Yibin and Ha'er as a guide.
Continuing along the empty road, passing by the Flinders Ranges in the middle, Shen Yibin also went to the famous Akaba Farm for a night's rest, and under the guidance of the host, he and Hal took a plane to overlook the magnificent natural scenery around them, and those maroon bare rocks made people feel as if they were on Mars.
After getting off the plane, they hiked through the mountains together, greeting those beautiful birds and animals, and those unique Australian flora and fauna made Shen Yibin and Ha'er constantly cry out in surprise.
After resting at the Aqaba Manor, and replenishing their water, food, and gasoline, Shen Yibin and Hal continued to walk, and after a few days of driving, they finally entered the savannah of southeastern Australia.
"Well, a little further is the Mรถngke National Park, there are not many food and water supply points in it, Ha'er, let's check our supplies, and if it's okay, let's move on!" Shen Yibin stopped the car and took Ha'er to check the reserves of water, food and gasoline.