Nov 21, 2009 - Day out in Adelaide City

Yesterday David and Elizabeth took me for a drive along the coast of Adelaide, to see some of the beaches. ... Today I went out with Tim and Stephanie who took me to Adelaide City, where we walked along the river for a bit and around the main streets, stopping at a chocolate shop along the way- it was a new experience, because the chocolate would melt if you took it outside, the shop looks like a little cafe and you buy your chocolates and get them on a little tray and sit and eat them there. ... We went and had a quick look in the Adelaide Art Gallery to have a look at the art by Australians, and most were very easy to spot as they tended to contain a lot of red! The city of Adelaide is completely surrounded by parklands, some of which are just grassy parks(although due to the hot weather most of the grass is dead) and some of which are gardens, ranging from rose gardens to the japanese garden, which we visited today. ... Then we went and visited a viewpoint above Adelaide, where there was a very excited dog and a spectacular view over the city all the way to the ocean. ...

Nov 20, 2009 - Arrival in Adelaide

I arrived in Adelaide yesterday morning and my great uncle and aunt, David and Elizabeth picked me up from the airport, this time complete with baggage. ... As I was jet lagged we went on a short shopping trip to get some essentials then I had a nap.I arrived in Adelaide yesterday morning and my great uncle and aunt, David and Elizabeth picked me up from the airport, this time complete with baggage. ... As I was jet lagged we went on a short shopping trip to get some essentials then I had a nap....

Oct 28, 2009 - Time and a Ghan

They schlepped whatever needed schlepping from Darwin in the north or from Adelaide in the south into the middle of the continent. ... We are now 22 hours into our grueling trek on this train known as The Ghan which, for the past 80 years, has travelled from Adelaide to Alice Springs and, for the past 5 years, has continued on to Darwin – 3 days and nights and about 3,000 km. ... We have just passed the Iron Man monument which honours the laying of railroad tie number 1,000,000 on the way north from Adelaide. ... How is a person supposed to live like that! We follow up our meals in the Queen Adelaide dining car with leisurely visits with one another and our fellow passengers in the Outback Observer Lounge Car. ...

Oct 27, 2009 - Everything is just beachy, thank you.

Tuesday October 27, 2009 – Adelaide Everything is just beachy, thank you And now: time for some random thoughts (as if the others have been coherent and connected): 1. ... The time zone in Adelaide is 30 minutes behind Sydney and the east coast. ... The mirror in our bathroom in our apartment in Adelaide is sideways. ... Adelaide’s service is pretty much identical to the one in Melbourne and the fact that we only need to walk a block from our apartment to the tram station is, shall we say, extremely convenient. ... Adelaide’s city centre is very pretty and features The Rundle Mall - a 3 block long pedestrian mall lined with major shopping centres and boutique stores. ...

Oct 26, 2009 - Wines of Australia (Are we there yet?)

Monday October 26, 2009 – Adelaide Wines of Australia (Are we there yet?) Humans – 1 Kenneth (the iPhone GPS, remember?) – 0 Apparently, Kenneth had a hard time accepting that the M2 Freeway was closed (for repairs? for a kangaroo convention crossing? who knows? But it was closed down shut). ... Maybe that’s just me talking, but we all agreed that we were sated and so I put Kenneth on auto-pilot and fell into a wine stupor induced coma while he drove us back into Adelaide. ... They cost a lot less here, for the actual real thing! How’s that for an UGGly story? Dinner tonight was at the Oyster House on Jetty Street, home of Adelaide’s BEST fish & chips. ...

Oct 25, 2009 - Mary had a little farm

Sunday October 25, 2009 – Adelaide Mary had a little farm The real Oz isn’t in the cities – it’s in the farms and rural towns. ... During Elaine’s painstaking web search for the exactly perfectly right places for us to stay in Melbourne, Adelaide and all points between, she has found us some wonderful places. ... Just a small detour off the highway outside Robe on the road to Adelaide (our destination for tonight). ... We drank one tonight in Adelaide. ... from the Adelaide city centre. ...

Oct 25, 2009 - Singapore

Well Hi All, This is my last day in Singapore, and I am absolutely exhausted already.Well Hi All, This is my last day in Singapore, and I am absolutely exhausted already....

Oct 11, 2009 - Nearly Time!!! - Less than 2 weeks to go

Well Hello All, This is just a friendly reminder.Well Hello All, This is just a friendly reminder....

Oct 8, 2009 - From the top to the bottom through the middle

I have just spent 2 weeks traveling down through the centre of Australia from Darwin to Adelaide. ... We arrived in a place called Quorn which is in the Flinders Ranges a group of mountains just north of Adelaide. ... Well that is that bit done and I got back to adelaide safely. ...

Oct 7, 2009 - Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1. ... Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens in the area originally inhabited by Indigenous Australians of the Kaurna tribe. ... Light's design set out Adelaide in a grid layout, interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by parkland. ... Adelaide is now noted for its many festivals and sporting events, its food, wine and culture, its long beach fronts, and its large defense and manufacturing sectors. ... The architecture of Adelaide is replete with stone buildings. ...

Oct 1, 2009 - Startup

Lesley has left the building.Lesley has left the building....

Sep 29, 2009 - Adelaide

The end of the Great Ocean Road is Adelaide, and to be honest its a bit of a disappointment, there's nopthing to see here apart from the obligatory Botanical garden which seems to be in every Australian city. ... After getting the car serviced (their idea) and gorging a pie floater for lunch (an upturned pie covered in mushy peas, Adelaides gift to the culinary world), I'm heading north to start my trip into outback Oz. ...