Adelaide International Motel Glenelg

THe rain continued to threaten to fall all day but we didn't let it stop us from getting out and about. Denzel and I set off on the tram for the city to the Rundle St Markets. After chatting to a four year old the whole way there - well she did most of the talking - we got out to feel the cold wind and headed for the markets. They were a bit of a disappointment ...

... loads of information about the docks, the history of the harbour and also about the birdlife that we were seeing. Along the way we managed to see quite a few dolphins in all just swimming along the river and on two occasions, a dolphin came and swam along with the boat and jumped up and down in the bow wave. We got to see it up really close due to the design of the boat which was really nice. So after a very enjoyable trip we got ashore and headed ...

... from a distance can look like lakes or oceans and eventually we saw some hills and arrived in Adelaide where we have been staying with Dan's aunt and uncle who have kindly put us up for the past few days along with his cousins William and Isobel. Adelaide is pretty cool, easy to get around with free trams taking you to most of the places and buses to the rest of it. We have opened our aussie bank accounts in preperation for getting ...

... man dort in freier Natur beobachten. Der Trip war echt super und die Leute an Bord waren auch alle nett. Die Hostels waren sauber und die Zimmer waren mit 2 bis 4er Belegungen auch super sauber und angenehm. Insgesamt war es einfach nur Klasse. Also unbedingt mal bei Adventure Tours anklingen und anfragen. 22.01.09 Abholung gegen 0615 am Victoria Art centre und Start Richtung The Great Ocean Road. Erster Zwischenstop am Bells Beach. Danach entlang der ...

... not creating much splash at all. Greg joins in late with a massive bomb -game over no more swims, we are nearly flooded out! A bbq dinner and a few reds are imbibed before we head back to the van. Sunday Dec 21st Next day Greg is paying for his day out with a headache!! The kids are easily amused in the park as I go over to West Lakes to complete Xmas shopping. Later that day Greg challenges me to a game of ½ court tennis. He boasts that he is the world champion ...

Well if your reading this, then I guess you know me.. If not here is a bit about myself before I go into my overall feelings of this trip. When I was 17 I got diagnosed with a form of heart failure which without a transplant give no hope for any medium term survival, I had the transplant in 2006 which has given me a second chance at life to do a number of things, one being travel, which my partner and I have done extensively ...

... now - we saw an Argentinian steak house the other night and ivan is dying to tackle their 1kg (I'm not kidding!) t-bone! Now that'll be a photo opportunity.. I think we'll leave Adelaide feeling, like we did with Perth, that we would have loved to have spent more time here. I wasn't sure at the beginning (probably partly tiredness and the cold) but it's totally grown on me (and we seem to be taking the weather with us so fingers crossed for Sydney!) Update - well ...

... Adelaide.  I asked and was told that I was in the wrong terminal and had to take a bus (what seemed like across town) to the other terminal.      The bus ride was the first time I got to see people driving on the other side of the road.  If you have never seen it, it looks very confusing at first, but you soon realize it's the exact same, just flipped.  When I arrived at the other terminal, I had three hours to find my flight.  I got ...

... bucket down with rain. So I go inside and order myself a Sunday roast. For the third time, I find myself driving back into Adelaide. The car's windscreen wipers have never been tested before. They make a loud electrical buzzing sound as they struggle to wipe sheets of water from my view of the road. The demister doesn't work at all. There's a helter-skelter section of downhill where I have to keep pumping the brakes. The ...

... of yachts, designer restaurants and wine bars. Live jazz and smart trousers. As ever, I sigh a little at the ever growing number of arrogant new trendies, pouting fashionably over their mochaccinos and sushi. While posing in ' to die for ' clothes and accessories. The same old **** as in Fremantle WA. And I pity the impoverished and unrepresented minority - the dark folk. The aborigines . They are deeply mysterious and always seem to me like they're about to jump out of their skins ...