Oaks Plaza Pier Glenelg

... dorm so Mum and Davo could at least have a double no ensuite which they wanted but it was a lucky escape. We walked a fair old way to China town where we balanced our budgets, I stopped Davo eating at the crazy expensive places and he stoped us eating at the crazy cheap places! We found a nice place, had nice food and nice wine and then a very long walk back to the hostel. As it is my 2nd time here I really feel Adelaide would be a cool ...

... write a formal apology to Benjimima (my love, oh my love, oh Benjimima oh my love, get your groove control), previously known as Outback Bennie.. "you are not from the outback, you are from a small to medium town (city) which has cars, building and real toilets"... I say this as we headed to Uluru (Ayres Rock)....

... melted, sea level would be 66 metres higher? wow, and also if we could extract all of the suspended gold in the oceans there'd be enough for us to all have 4kg each!.... I could go on but I'd use up all of my newly learnt pub trivia! Since then we've been on a few walks, had dinner with a Uni friend of my Dad's in Adelaide, updated a lot of blogs (!),  cooked kangaroo steak (yum) and watched some bad films. It's been so nice to have a 'home' again for two weeks, we've been very ...

... up and ready to go!! We spent the first night leaving off where we started on the Ocean Road as we went out for an Italian meal followed by....yep......more beer!!! Skinny travellers we aint now!! After saying our goodbyes to Adam, we explored Chinatown and then onto the huge Central Markets which sells the most incredible food, although it's now back to the supermarket for us!! On our second day we ventured to the Botanical Gardens in ...

... the rest. So L should get the Pulitzer, we guess :-) What has surprised you most so far? Or What did you like most so far? Or other variations on the same theme. This is a tough question. It is very hard to pick something now, especially since every new event/place/people add to the already confusing collection of memories that we are still trying to crystallize in our minds. We guess one needs time to get a perspective on things in order to pick ...

There is a two and a half hour time difference between Adelaide and Perth. Who ever heard of a half hour time difference? How can that be? I got into Adelaide at 8:00 and took the Skylink bus into the city. I met this cute guy from Adelaide, and the most adorable old bus driver who walked me to the door of my hostel and kept calling love. But Adelaide is pretty low key, so no parties here. I have to get up at 5:30 in the morning (3:00 AM Perth time) to catch the ferry!

Phew, it's been a HOT one today! The forecast was for a high of 32 C but it's still 30 C just now and it's almost 7pm. We'd always heard Australia (well the West and South at least) experienced a dry heat, rather than the humid heat we've had in, say, Mexico. We were never really sure what the difference was, but you can feel it. And out tour guide yesterday cleared it up - it's because places like Perth and Adelaide don't tend to get summer rain, whereas the south east ...

... At 12:00am I slept until around 9:00am.  They had a bunch of ****** movies playing and I had no problem sleeping through them.  We landed in Sydney without incident and proceeded to customs.  Customs can only be described as a cluster-****.  Huge lines, security everywhere, and guys walking around with dogs.  When they went down the line with the dogs, the poor guy in front of me got sniffed quite extensively.  I laughed to myself ...

... Opposite the town hall. Approximately five hours later we emerge somewhat intoxicated and swing by Tony's magnificent hostel around the corner for a few pints of Stella. The Australian Open tennis tournament is on TV which, for us, is about as boring as it gets. The tram conveys us smoothly back into the city where I abruptly tire of beer and decide I need my bunk at Sunny's. First, I chat with a Welsh couple out in the yard who have just bought a white Ford Falcon XF saloon ...

... a general scene of chaos. Why am I still in Australia, and can I at least send her some money ? Tony is a little aghast to be checking me back in to his hostel so quickly and I cannot begin to explain how I am connected to a love triangle in Thailand and hysterical girls climbing out of windows. Tony has witnessed enough of my capers in the short time I have been here. Later, as I begin to try to wire money to my Thai girlfriend, she ...