Blogs from Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
February 19th 2012
I arrive on Sunday and immediately understand why Adelaide is known as the quietest city with a million people. Where I am dropped is like a ghost town. The place seems quite nice and appears smaller than Brisbane. Due to some confusion with Hostel names I soon work out that I have been dropped at the wrong Hostel. I gather up my things and in 30 degree heat head for where my Hostel is. The place is nice and I head back out fairly soon after arriving to meet up with the people from my Great Ocean Road trip. We have a few beers and call it a early night. The next day is mostly a admin day (where I have to sneak into another Hostel so that I can use their pc's) except for the ... read more
Stalking Pete...
Published: January 31st 2012Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg
January 25th 2012
My back's decided to play up today so instead of going to watch day 2 of the cricket, I decided upon water therapy. To the beach... I really didn't need an excuse to go to the beach at Glenelg. It's absolutely stunning. Just a couple of apartment blocks and a hotel, a water park and some lovely beach front shops and restaurants. The even better news is that today, there's hardly a soul around. I could have my pick of the sand to pitch my towel. Perfect! Once on the beach itself, I went hunting for shells for Jacob - I saw some Paua shells washed up on the beach on Sunday but sadly, was out of luck today. Hopefully he'll be pleased with the ones I found all the same - don't want a 6 ... read more
Extending the family in Adelaide!
Published: January 14th 2012Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg
January 12th 2012
We had finally finished our long journey down the East Coast of Australia so we donated our camping equipment and headed towards the city to drop the car off in Adelaide and to meet Natalie’s Australian relatives and to say goodbye to our little Yaris! We met Diane and Lillian and set off with them to see a few sights around Williamstown. Firstly, we went to the famous Jacobs Creek winery and enjoyed tasting half a dozen different wines, thinking each time that they tasted the same as the last. From there we went to ‘The Whispering Wall’ which is a 135m curved dam that allows one person from one side of the dam to whisper to the other side because of the structures design. That day we met David who is Diane’s Husband and Mark ... read more
Adelaide to Sydney
Published: June 19th 2011Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg
May 1st 2011
Campervaning in Aus Our 4 wheel adventure began! We picked up our Calypso Camper (a 99’ Toyota hightop with a lot of personality and miles on the clock) from a guy with a big moustache in Adelaide, he showed us round including the discovery of a red back spider in with our gas bottle, he sprayed it and said “you’ll be right” – no sleepless nights for us then! We drove down to Victor Harbour through some beautiful vineyards and spent our first night by the beach. We visited a wildlife sanctuary and Will had his first kangaroo encounter, they were big fellows close up and we nearly go overrun for our bag of Kangaroo food! The next few days were spent making our way along the coast before heading inland to the Grampians National Park. ... read more
Adelaide - April 2011
Published: October 28th 2011Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg
April 15th 2011
This trip to Adelaide was a small one. A girlfriend and I plus our two bubs had flown over for an old friends 40th....oh, dont tell her i said old hehe. We booked into a small apartment in glenelg right off the main drag but within walking distance to everything and there is certaintly everything you need on that main road. there is a shopping centre, alcohol shop, heaps of clothing shops and pubs and nightclubs. We were 2 blocks off the main street which just sopped hte noise of the drunkards in the middle of the night. April was a bit cold for the beach in adelaide but we went down to the jetty and looked around the art gallery there and the museum. Otherwise, for 2 days we met up with our old best ... read more
St. Paddy's, Birthday parties, crashing parties and wine tasting in Adelaide
Published: March 19th 2011Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg
March 19th 2011
G'day from Glenelg (pronounced Glen-L)! Flew from Canberra to Adelaide on Thursday the 17th...St Paddies Day!. Staying at the Glenelg Beach backpackers Hostel...literally a two minute walk to the beautiful while sandy beach of Glenelg. This place has a lovely resort feel to it. The tram is a 30 second walk from the hostel and takes you directly to city center. Once settled into the hostel I took off for the beach but I didn't quite make it. I was shanghaied by two fun St. Patrick's Day revelers who offered to buy me a drink! I sat down and they ordered a bottle of Shiraz. Yup...this place is cool! Took a walk to the end of the pier afterwards feeling groovy. Past two 'other' guys eating yummy looking fish and chips, that were wrapped in paper. ... read more
14.3. Delphine und Chillen in Glenelg
Published: March 17th 2011Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg
March 17th 2011
Heut bin ich sogar schon um 6.30 Uhr aufgestanden. Soll heißen zwei Stunden Schlaf. Wenns aber auch so viel zu erleben und zu sehen gibt. Heut zum Beispiel die Delphine. Bin also mit dem Auto nach Glenelg und dort sofort aufs Boot in der Marina. Hab Yasmin und die beiden „Kleinen“ dort getroffen. Schon nach kurzer Zeit ist mir bewusst geworden, dass ich was vergessen hab… War der einzige ohne Jacke. War zwar wolkenlos und wunderschön sonnig schon in der Früh um halb acht beim Wegfahren, aber der Wind am Meer draußen war sehr kalt. Hab dann immer wieder ein Bissl gefroren und gezittert, die Fotos sind trotzdem schön geworden;-) Gibt hier einige Delphine, manche schwimmen sogar näher ran und lassen sich durch das Boot gar nicht stören. Trotzdem würd ich mir keinen Tauchanzug anziehen und ... read more
March 7th 2011
Well the day has arrived that sparked the trip. We are heading to Neil Diamond show tonight. We had a couple of belated birthday presents to post (Happy Birthday Rob & Ethan, Sorry they are late). We chose to head to a shopping centre with a movie theatre to take in a movie. We really enjoyed the movie “The Kings Speech”. Certainly deserves the accolades as far as we were concerned. We headed back to the Caravan park and had a relaxed swim in the pool, before heading out to the show. We drove to the Entertainment centre and found a park not to far away. The show was half an hour late in starting and the locals were a little agitated, but the bonus was when Neil diamond came on stage he stayed on for ... read more
March 6th 2011
Another day of relaxation, gee tough! We Visited the Zoo to check out the Panda bears and other animals at the Zoo. As Zoo’s go, it is ok, good to view the Panda’s, but our choice of Zoos, would be Australia Zoo (Steve Irwin) where the animals appear to have more than adequate space to at least feel free and be closer to nature. Animal welfare definately a priority and in good condition at this Zoo. From the Zoo we headed to Port Adelaide, advertized as, Market day as well as a sea horse farm, we felt would be interesting. We headed out to the Port and had to do a search for a suitable food place. Did a walk of the markets that are in an old wharehouse. A good wander through these with the ... read more
March 5th 2011
The plans for the day were, head to Glenelg and catch the tram into the city, visit the markets, check out some of the tourist sights around the city. The hint we received from the tram conductor yesterday helped us find parking near the tram stop at Brighton Road, and the tram came along shortly after we parked. We hopped on and as we were attempting to sort out how to pay for the trip, a friendly local explained the conductor would find us. We took a seat and he was correct, the conductor came along and asked if anyone required tickets, having read online the cost, Rick only had to show his seniors card, this gives him free trips on the weekends, as well as between 9:03 & 3pm Weekdays. The card shown, appeared to ... read more
