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Adelaide
Travel Blogs from Adelaide, Australia
Unfinished business
This is a top pick! Well who would have thought I would be home just a month after leaving... After a lot of thought I decided that I just wanted to be home for my birthday - There was one person in the World I wanted to be around. There has been some unfished business ...
Great Ocean Road, the Grampians and Adelaide
This is a top pick! ... to explore it further), I was off on the next trip, following the Great Ocean Road out of Victoria and into South Australia, and then cutting through the Grampian mountains before finishing in Adelaide. Having got up VERY early for the trip and then ...
Adelaide the festival city
This is a top pick! ... The colonists who arrived from 1836 built in stone and their architectural heritage is well preserved, giving Adelaide its elegant air. It's also Australia's cultural capital with many different festivals all year round. There's a sense of space. ...
One Night in Adelaide
This is a top pick! Just a quick stop in Adelaide before going on to Kanagroo Island. Simply put dinner at a Thai place and crashing out early in the Hostel. Then again there were people hanging out outside our window after the bars until 4:00 AM. So basically we walked ...
Early flight to Adelaide
This is a top pick! ... McDonald's brekkie when we got there to try and wake us up. I thought food would be the best way to cheer Lorna up!! We landed in Adelaide on time. Thing is, Adelaide is 30 minutes behind Sydney! Why 30 minutes? Why not an hour? May as well have said ...
Day 225-231: Melbourne to Adelaide
This is a top pick! ... number so we could hook up for a drink in the evening. I chose My Place coz of the glittering reviews it received on Bug Australia. However upon arrival we suspected that the hostel had paid people to put the reviews on...we were given a 6 bed dorm which ...
It's all gone Pete Tong
This is a top pick! Day Nine: - Adelaide It was Mark who eventually made me go. Lee's been on at me constantly prodding and poking about this whole ankle thing. She must have been doing his head in too cos' in the end he just grabbed the phone and gave me a talking to. ...
Adelaide - Winding up the wine, women and churches
This is a top pick! I can't leave Adelaide without describing the city itself. Locals are proud that they are the only 'free' state in Australia. What that means is the first settlers who came to the area in the 1830s were all free settlers that paid their way to get here ...
getting anxious
This is a top pick! It's exactly two weeks before I leave. That is very scary. My visa hasn't arrived, which is my biggest concern. Not because it should have arrived, more that it's not supposed to arrive until after I leave, given the time I had to send in the ...
Tea Tree Plaza
This is a top pick! ... a very pretty city to walk round. Along the river, there are cycle paths and always seems to be at least 2 people jogging. Australia is big on its sport. Rowing is another popular pastime with many rowing clubs, especially from the universities, of which ...
on track
This is a top pick! ... call them pots or whatever, so that's lucky. One less cultural adjustment), but we'll see. I'm flying with Virgin Blue Adelaide to Melbourne, so I have to change my luggage in Melbourne. Then the part I'm dreading - transit through Los Angeles. Why, ...
getting ready to go... so much to do....
This is a top pick! ... ), has accumulated over the last 6 years. The Big garage sale is next week - timed to coincide with a major point in Australia's political history. We are hoping there are good outcomes all round ;-) otherwise we might have to leave the country (ha ...
Barossa Valley Wine Tour
This is a top pick! ... about 10 wines and then it was on to the next place - Richmond Grove. Unfortunately, all their wines are only available in Australia, which was a shame as they did a nice Riesling. Lunch was also at Richmond Grove. Matt cooked a very tasty BBQ, with ...
Green fingers
This is a top pick! ... -arse group of young German's (of the extremely arrogant variety), I met a really interesting Russian guy who was also travelling Australia solo by motorbike. His English was basic so our brief conversation took a small eternity, but it turns out this ...
waiting for the British High Commission
This is a top pick! So, I went to Canberra. I tried to find somewhere in the airport to drop my bags off, but baggage services told me that since September 11 there's no bag drop facilities anymore. It had specifically said on the British High Commission website that people ...
Maybe tomorrow..
This is a top pick! Just a quick update guys, they're kicking me off here. Things are looking up at last. The foot's almost there, and now that I can put a bit of weight on it we're packing up and hitting the road first thing in the morning. Next stop: Port ...
Bloody Wilson - Part II
This is a top pick! ... from the old Aussie guy who isn't quite sure why he's here and the Swiss ex-army guy dressed in black who's touring Australia on his motorbike I've had very little involvement with the whole scattered mix. Completely out of character but I don't care. ...
A bit of packing, then overnight to Melbourne!
This is a top pick! ... the reef and the bay. This is a really fantastic little town. We then said our goodbye's to Sarah and got the train back into Adelaide. We spent the rest of the day packing up for our bus journey to Melbourne tonight. Bus left at 20:15 and was due to ...
Bananas make me appreciate moving to the UK
This is a top pick! ... for a couple of editing jobs and got responses from the recruiters within a day. Even though I'd said in the applications I was in Australia until the end of August, they wanted me to do in-person interviews and start before then. So we agreed I'd call ...
The plans for the a year of travelling are ...
This is a top pick! ... then put all my belongings except for a backpack into storage and head off. First stop will be a visit home to country South Australia to see my family, before continuing on to Melbourne and catching up with some friends before I fly out of the country ...
Glenelg Beach & Adelaide United
This is a top pick! ... 30 minutes into the game, I grabbed another pint and went to my seat for a rest! Whilst there, right behind the goal, Adelaide scored a goal - this will become significant later! Adelaide ended up winning the game 2-0 and went back to the top of the ...
The end has come
This is a top pick! I've now been back to Australia for a while and am getting around to finishing things off and adding the final photos (before I reach my storage limit). The year away has been a fantastic experience, not always rosy, but there's always been something new ...
Melbourne Cup Day
This is a top pick! Melbourne Cup day - the equivalent of the Grand National in the UK, except in Australia everyone is into sport and it is a much bigger deal. In Melbourne it is a public holiday, and in Adelaide a lot of shops were closed for the day. It is held on the ...
Conclusion
This is a top pick! ... just slipped back into life as it was, because of course things change, even in the city famous for it's small town vibe that is Adelaide. One of the best things about travelling is that I find even in 'normal' life, I don't get as stressed out. When ...
Life gets really good before you leave...
This is a top pick! ... other side of the world, suddenly everything falls into place and life is great. That's happening now. I'm very content in Adelaide, I have a great job, great relationship, great friends, great weather... compared to the UK anyway. Of course if it ...
Day Off, Lets See Adelaide
This is a top pick! ... . Sydney and Melbourne whilst, being great cities, are far too large and finding what you need could be a real mission. For this reason I believe that Adelaide is the most liveable city in Australia, and I never expected that to be the case before I ...
Day 232-238: Adelaide
This is a top pick! ... it, no signs saying photography not allowed so snapped away. Spent an hour on the net then went to the Art Gallery of South Australia and wandered around there for an hour or so, nothing special, quite a varied collection tho but not much that got me ...
Day 239-245: Adelaide to Alice Springs/Uluru
This is a top pick! Well being in the middle of nowhere I haven't been near a net cafe very often, so I'm doing the whole week in one go before I get the train to Darwin....hence it will be brief and concise...hurrah! Monday 09/05/05: Set the alarm for 6am....when I got ...
Adelaide
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Adelaide in our entry from Cairns, Australia entitled 'Coast to Coast to Coast'. Cheers, K & ...
The best city in Oz
This is a top pick! ... 9:30pm at this time of year in SA we were able to squeeze in a good few hours sight seeing around the city,.Adelaide Botanic gardens and beyond. We contemplated finding somewhere to dine out, however settled on the idea of cooking up a dish where Baris ...