The Gallery B&B News: Autumn is with us!

The Gallery B&B News: Autumn is with us!: Easter is almost over and the end of daylight saving has given us an extra hour.  Soon the nights will start to be a little chilly and the g...

Autumn is with us!

Easter is almost over and the end of daylight saving has given us an extra hour.  Soon the nights will start to be a little chilly and the garden won't need to be watered quite as much. All our guests say nice things about our garden and how lush and tranquil it is.  Perfect for a lazy weekend of indulgence. We'd love to have you stay and enjoy our hospitality. Just go to our website and check us out.  http://www.thegallerybnb.com.au

August Deal!

Visiting Adelaide in August? Want to stay for a couple of days amongst the trees and birds in a natural bushland setting? We have a special rate at our B&B for midweek this month. Check out the website for all the details: www.thegallerybedandbreakfast.com.au

June Special!

June can be cold and wet, but a cosy weekend snuggled up in The Gallery Bed and Breakfast in Blackwood, SA can be just what you need to brighten up your week.  Allow some time for a trip into the Adelaide Hills, which are simply beautiful at this time of year.  Give Eddi or Peter a call to arrange your special weekend, or take advantage of our June midweek special at $35 off the regular price.
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The Cabaret Festival is coming up!

Adelaide will be abuzz with activity once again for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival (8 - 23 June, 2012).  Need somewhere to stay that's in the heart of everything?  Why not book into The Gallery B&B?  We'd love to have you stay with us.

New Look Website

We have given our website a brand new look.  Check it out and give us your feedback!
The Gallery Bed and Breakfast - Treat yourself to a relaxing weekend in the Adelaide Hills

Easter break in the Adelaide Hills

Get away from it all this Easter on a relaxing long weekend in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. Visit the wineries in McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills and spend a day wandering around the famous German town of Hahndorf.  Then come home to The Gallery Bed and Breakfast where you can wind down by the pond and enjoy some of the wines you brought home before going out for a romantic dinner.

Hurry because our special price won't last!

The Gallery B&B is having a 30% discount until the end of March to cater for all you Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Festival of Arts and Womadelaide fans.  Book a night or two in our comfortable suite in the beautiful Adelaide Hills amongst the birds and trees, then make your way to a Fringe Show or just wander around the city to catch the nightlife while Adelaide is abuzz with activity!

Our first guests

We had our first booking at the B&B last weekend.  Sue and Martin tested the Gallery B&B and made sure everything was working properly and that it looked spiffy.  I believe it got the thumbs up.  Thanks guys.

Happy New Year!

Looking forward to launching our B&B mid January.  Have listed it with SA Tourism, Google Maps and it will soon feature in Wotif and perhaps Stayz.  So keep an eye out for it.  Better still, make a booking.  We would love to have you stay with us.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Got to work this morning and there were 3 cars in the car park when ususally there are 50.  I looked at my watch and checked the time and date in case I'd come on the wrong day.  Found out from one of the 3 people here that the workshop guys, who start work at 7.30am, usually go to breakfast at the pub on the last day before Christmas. Doesn't look like there'll be any work done today at all.  Apparently morning tea and Kris Kringle will be at 10am followed by the drinks trolley..... then a BBQ lunch at 12 followed by speeches to farewell the boss.

Spending time with Peter's family over Christmas, then we will have a week of holidays left to get all the last minute things ready for the B&B.  I registered the Gallery B&B with with the SA Tourism database last night.  I also want to put it on Takeabreak, Stayz, and Wotif as well.

Anyway, time for some Christmas celebrating ..oops, I mean work!  Merry Christmas everyone.

Check out our new Website

Take a peek at our new website: http://www.thegallerybedandbreakfast.com.au/
We will be adding bits to it as we go along.  Feel free to book some accommodation from our Bookings page.

Love - hate relationship

I love our birdlife.  In fact we have a family of wattle birds nesting under the deck and mum and dad birds work industriously to feed the four starving beaks that can be seen over the top of the nest.  That is well and good, but one needs to draw the line at purple bird poo droppings scattered all over our pond and new fountain.  They even landed on our couches. We're going to have to drape sheets or plastic over these items until the nesting season is over or the purple berries are no longer in season.

I can see that it'll be bleach and a scrubbing brush after work tonight.

Pond Ahoy!

Filled up the pond over the weekend and used some plants from the overgrown front garden pond to populate this one. Tried out the fountain and it kinda worked except that I think it needs a longer spout.  Will now have to get some water lilies and some fish.  Simon suggested we take some water from the front pond to add some bacteria to the new pond to establish the water culture.  I must say we already find it serene to just sit by the pond and watch the fountain.  Will be good when we get some fish.

Lunch with ex-colleagues

Had to break the news to my friends from Infor that we won't be having a launch for the B&B anytime soon due to the deck not being crowd-worthy.  My foot went through one of the boards last week and so we have had to bring forward the deck restoration.  Not that it interferes with the B&B downstairs, but guests will be gathering upstairs at any such event.

Website is up

Well, have finally put the website up on the net.  Whilst it looked perfect while under construction, when I checked it out in Internet Explorer 7 it stretched  across the whole width of the screen instead of staying set at 1000 pixels across.  It turns out that IE7 doesn't respect the TD width command and requires another command to restrict the width. Grrr....  I fixed that and when I get a chance I'll fix some word wrapping issues and slow image loading issues.

The Elusive Urn

After months of waiting for a suitable urn to be found by our landscaper to replace the 'Asian Style' pot he originally installed in our pond, we might be getting one tomorrow.  Then it will be a challenge to set up the pond, get some fish, plants, water lilies etc and make it a thriving ecosystem like our other pond where we don't even have to feed the fish.

More website stuff

Managed to grap a half hour or so to work on the website in between working, gardening, shopping and watching 'QI' and 'The Slap' which I had recorded.  We had a blackout at work this afternoon and we all took the opportunity to go home early.  I used it very productively.

Am having second thought about some of the design and layout of the website.  I should just get it up there and be done with it. I could fiddle around with it forever.

Nearly there!

Can't believe how long it has all taken.  Thought it would be 3 months or so, but it has taken 12 months so far.  We can now see the light at the end of the tunnel, with only a few things left to do. Trouble is it all takes time and as we both work full time there is not much free time left in the day to do all the things we need to do.

Have loved the journey, though.  The B&B is looking great!  STAY TUNED......