Blogs from North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

After having had a wonderful week in New Zealand with Ben's parents, we were sad to leave their company and the wonderful country that is New Zealand. However, when we arrived at Adelaide airport, we were quickly swept away by our Aussie host, Sarah (Ben's former colleague from Charles Russell) who told us in the car on the way back to her parents' house (where we were staying complete with swimming pool and tennis court... who says travelling needs to be hard work?!) that she had meticulously planned our next 5 days... what she did not tell us was that she had also factored in a 6am run with her running club! Sarah is one of the most enthusiastic people I have ever met and, together with her husband Mark and her family, encouraged us to ... read more

Monday 14 June 2010 - Queen’s Birthday So here we are, now in Australia having had a series of emails during the middle of last week from our Malaysian shippers to say that the customs people had cleared the way for the car to be shipped to Australia thus allowing the next stage to be taken forward- the booking of the container, arranging the delivery of the car to stuff into the container , and then shipping to Fremantle. John and I spent two days sorting out the contents of our Hillman and then taking the car to be steam cleaned so that the car was as clean as possible for shipment. And we are so glad that we have taken the advice received - an email received by me from our agents in Fremantle who ... read more

Distance traveled 4060km(100%).Stayed two nights.Washongi was starting to sense “mission nearly accomplished” as we swung back onto the Great Northern Highway for the last time.The sign board read Darwin 797km’s.About 30km’s further along we crossed the state line into the Northern Territory and this was in itself an interesting “crossing”.Just keep in mind the following….the NT has a land surface area of 1349000 sq km(SA equals 1215126 sq km)and a population of just over 200000.Lots of space with not too many occupants.When you enter the NT two things whack you between the ear lobes….firstly,you put your watch forward 90 minutes(aren’t time adjustments done in bites of 60 minutes?)and,secondly the speed limit leaps forward to 130kph(from 110kph).Washongi salivated at the prospects!Now given the lack of permanent residents you would think that the speed limit would be ... read more

hey guys some photos from the train over and then a few from when i pottered around adelaide, it looks like England in the Spring time lush green and rolling hills. good stuff.... read more

Today we caught our flight to Adelaide with Sandra, one of the girls from the tour. We met Wilf and Sheila at the airport, Chris's Aunt and Uncle. They drove us around the city centre so we could get our bearings. We stopped at the war memorial where Chris's Uncle's ashes are overlooking the Oval and had a coffee in one of the nearby cafes. We then went back to their house which is in North Adelaide in the hills and got to meet his cousin Jan, Adam and the kids Morgan and Cooper.... read more