Crowne Plaza Hotel Adelaide

... a school trip but was very funny and helped the time fly by.<br>Well here we were after years of planning we were finally in Adelaide, the train ambled through the hills and dropped into the massive metropolis, not massive in the sense of skyscrapers more just spread out forever! The Adelaide couple Rob &amp; Tric who we had met in Poland a few months ago kindly offered to put us up for the first night and give us some advice on how to get settled ...

hello to everyone who has been following our adventure.<br>we are finally home and so are our pets. i think they missed us cooper is being really sooky not too sure about tiga yet <br>we are having a huge vege bake for dinner mmmmmmm veges <br>until our next adventure ttfn

... seen desert, although still not rolling sand dunes like you see on the movies. From William Creek we stayed on the rest of the Oodnadatta Track following the old &#8216;Ghan&#8217; Railway. What a fascinating road: every few kms the desert changed; there were old railway bridges, ruins of train stations, old de-salination plants, mound springs, a camel train, &#8216;plane-henge&#8217;, Lake Eyre South which disappointingly had no water in it ...

... great depression what to give a dog for allergies dry skin how many people have diabetes probiotics ...

... we did one walk near the North end of the park where we saw crimson rosellas and a beautiful (but sadly dry, valley). Then we headed further south in the Park nearer to the sea where there are some nice wetlandy areas and we hit the bird goldmine of our trip so far. Firstly we were amazed by the size of the Australian white Ibis which are quite fantastic. And then our eyes were opened to the many birds that were there - we saw the Royal Spoonbill ...

... wind with the fires right behind  And sing on the beaches and dance through the night  Oh we'll cry 'pass the wine, pass the wine, pass the wine'  Run...  (let's have some)  Fun...  (we'll)  Drink...  (a toast to the)  Sun...  Oh what a beautiful day today!  Today's a day to celebrate  Grab your bucket, grab your spade  We're heading down to Half Moon Bay  I saw a plane go into a cloud  I'm drunk I'm happy I'm singing and loud  Two o'clock ...

... for both school and PE are a change so it will take me a while to get used to that as well. Anyway, I have to do some prep for music tomorrow so I will sign off and talk to you later. Marsha and Devan are off to the Austrailian open finals this weekend so I am on my own to organize for the next couple of weeks. There are 11 weeks in the first term and i have my first parent night in two weeks, so lots to do. Drop us a line at the gmail account. Holley's

... tone them down and encourage them to stay in the same seat for the entire journey. It isn't til the bus ride back that we realise what a gem of a driver we had on the way in. The driver home is a nightmare. He questions us about the tickets we have and how many kids there are between us, their ages etc and then goes on to whinge that the previous driver did not make us pay enough... he begrudgingly lets us on, when we exclaim innocence! Back at Sally' childhood home ...

... had a nice relaxing time in the Swimming Pool and Jacuzzi. I was taken through the hill to the Gorge which is a place where you can walk around with some animals and look at a some. When we got the I got to hold a Koala for free, as most places you have to pay. At the park they had Monkey's, Alligators, Panther, White Kangaroos, Wallaby's and plenty more. I unfortunately woke up at 1.30am to watch West Ham v ...

... about the hostels here (this is not a surprise) but with our camping comforts and camp kitchens (i.e. all the bits we don't have) we should be good mixing it in the caravan parks with the locals. <br><br>The weather is nuts too, it goes from boiling hot to 20 degrees less hot just like that. We've also hit the worst fly season in years, fortunately among the treasures in the car was a fly veil as worn by all the best dressed locals. Andy doesn't like the ...