Blogs from Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Spent the last five days discovering Adelaide. I am staying in Glenelg which is a suburb of Adelaide with a couple Hans and Gerda who came originally from Switzerland but have lived in Australia for about thirty years. Explored the city by catching the local tram, very easy from where I am staying. Adelaide is not a huge city and is very easy to get around. Some of the Victorian architecture has been preserved and adds to the charm of a green tree filled city. I visited Adelaide Arcade which is a beautifully preserved Victorian shopping arcade complete with original tiled floor. Also visited the Tandanya Aboriginal art gallery which was interesting. Walked along the beach to Glenelg town and in the opposite direction to a place called Seacliff. Today Gerda took me to Halletts Cove ... read more

Natürlich bietet Adelaide auch ein wunderbares Nachtleben, das sich mit einem Tetrapack Wein und unseren Deutschen Kumpanen Julian noch viel besser genießen lässt. Einziger Nachteil: Ich habe mein Handy irgendwie verloren. Ansonsten lass ich an dieser Stelle die Bilder sprechen... read more

Die Zeit vergeht wie im Winde, schon fast 2 Monate vorbei seit unserer Ankunft in Australien, davon schon wieder 2 Wochen in Adelaide. Adelaide ist eine wunderschöne, kleine Stadt in South Australia, die an der Küste liegt und schöne Strände bietet. Die erste Zeit waren wir im Hostel „Travellers Inn“, von dort konnte man alles wunderbar und fix erreichen, wie z.B. den botanischen Garten oder die Innenstadt. Nach ungefähr einer Woche sind wir dann zu der Schwester von Johnsons Schwager, da wir es zurzeit nicht so dicke mit dem Geld haben. Sie wohnt in einem Stadtteil namens Cowandilla, der nicht weit vom Airport und vom Strand entfernt ist (Ikea ist auch nur gefühlte 3 Minuten entfernt, d.h. günstiges Essen)... read more

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

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

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

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