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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 27th 2024

It was a very lazy day in Adelaide today. After breakfast we popped out to the Adelaide Market with Meredith to pick up a few items. The Adelaide Market is so vibrant and full of mouth-watering produce. There were cakes galore, but we resisted the temptation. It was much less busy than expected given it was the Wednesday before Easter which was very welcome as it made it easier to negotiate the aisles amongst the fruit and veg, nuts, meat and seafood. Later in the morning Meredith headed off to a lunchtime function and left us to our own devices. We meandered our way up to the Rundle Mall for a bit of window shopping. Which turned into actual shopping with Tracey purchasing a blouse in Myer. We had a bit to eat in the food ... read more
All I want I want for Easter is a big bunny
Three Rivers Fountain
Queen Victoria

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 26th 2024

A complimentary breakfast was included again this morning so that was easier than organizing a self-catered breakfast in our room. Just as we were finishing up Cathy and Steve arrived for breakfast, so we said our farewells again. With daylight saving time in SA sunrise was not until 7.25am so quite a bit later than we have become accustomed to in WA. We were on the road at 8.15am and took a quick detour down to Murat Bay for a quick early morning photo of the jetty. Bernie took the first driving shift … in case there were still roos around. The plan was to change drivers at Wirrulla but Tracey was asleep, so Bernie kept driving!! Bernie pulled in at the Poochera Districts Museum for a toilet stop and driver changeover. Would you believe it, ... read more
Steven
Rusty Stuff at Poochera
Dinasaur Ant

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide January 11th 2024

Tour Days 88–93 – The plan was to make the journey from Melbourne to Adelaide by rail, The Overland. I had a hotel reservation walking distance from the main train station, Adelaide Railway Station – the central terminus of the Adelaide Metro railway system. The Overland, as well as the Indian Pacific, uses Adelaide Parklands Terminal which is 4.2 kilometers or 2.6 miles from Adelaide Railway Station. I strive for attention to detail but, fortunately, missed this one. Had I recognized the difference and booked a hotel near Adelaide Parklands Terminal, that is if there even IS a nearby hotel, I would have found myself in an industrial area. As fate had it, my hotel, and Adelaide Railway Station, are in the heart of the older part of the city, and I found a lot of ... read more
Misc. Photos Around Adelaide, Australia
Misc. Photos Around Adelaide, Australia
On the Walk to the Veterans’ Memorials

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » North Adelaide April 25th 2023

Tomorrow our long awaited and much planned trip begins. So excited... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 23rd 2023

Tuesday 21st March 2023 Hooray, we’re off! Both of us were happy to leave The Airport Caravan Park. This was one of the worst parks we have stayed at in the 15 years we have been caravanning. Reception was surly, grounds very run down, facilities old and not clean, but as they were the only campground that had any vacancies. They charged like wounded bulls and no paperwork was done! Our advice to others would be to stay away, as we will on our return journey. We put these comments on the net to warn others. Poochera was our first stop today. Like so many of the small wheatbelt towns there was little there besides the silos and the corner shop. This town did have a small museum, which was closed, plus an outdoor display of ... read more
Pildappa Rock.
Tchardkulda Rock near Minnipa.
Mosaic mural in Kimba.

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg December 5th 2022

What a difference a day makes! After the really hot day yesterday we were a little surprised to wake up to a cloudy sky and a mere 20 degrees outside. In some ways it was a bit of a relief as it was a little too hot to do much yesterday. We didn’t have any set plans today, but thought we’d head over towards Murray Bridge. We ended up at Old Tailem Town, which had lots and lots of replica houses, garages, stores and churches e.t.c. which represent how people lived and worked over the past 100+ years. As we walked in the lady warned us that there were ‘loads of mozzies out there today’ – marvellous! Good job we are now used to the morning routine of sun screen and bug repellent! We wandered around ... read more
2. Tailem Street
3. Tailem Blacksmith
4. Tailem Street

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Glenelg December 4th 2022

Woke up to a lot of activity in Victor Harbour, turns out there was some kind of run going on this morning, but it was pretty much done and dusted by the time we had packed up and left our motel. No surprise they wanted to start and finish early given it was already 33 degrees before 10am this morning! Did we say we wanted more sunshine and warmth??….. I think we spoke too soon! Today we were on the road again….. heading up to Glenelg which is our last stop in Southern Australia before we fly up to Cairns. This was a relatively short drive for us, only just over an hour door to door. Only one real stop off today, which was the Myponga reservoir and dam which meant we got to our next ... read more
2. Myponga Reservoir
3. Adlinga Beach
4. Glenelg Ferris Wheel

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide June 19th 2022

We took four days to drive home.. We headed off from Longreach on Wednesday, leaving about 8 am It was a sunny day, but crisp and we had no problems driving along. We started to listen to an audio version of Dracula which Sam had lent us. Fletcher had never read it and it was at least 25 years since I had. We only stopped to change drivers, get petrol and have some lunch at Tambo, where we found Fanny Mae's cafe and enjoyed a pie each and a large cup of good coffee. . We drove into Cunnamulla about 3-30 and easily found the Billabong Hotel Motel where we had booked for the night. It took a while, though, to find Reception and a friendly lady took me in the "back"way. After we had booked ... read more
Back O Bourke Museum
Flethcer in the centre
Some of the history

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 9th 2022

Also known as the 'free city', Australia's festival city and a place of premium food and wine. Adelaide is Australia's 5th largest city and the capital of South Australia. A city filled with life and rich in history.... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide March 5th 2022

After yesterday’s exertions we kept it nice and easy today and just wandered around Adelaide City. We started with breakfast with Meredith at the Market Street Cafe and then went into the Central Market for a quick look. We took the opportunity to stock up on some fruit to take with us tomorrow as we continue on our way to the Yorke Peninsula. As is usually the case with markets there was a huge array of delicious looking produce on offer but, as we are on the road, we were only able to buy a few items that will be consumed in the next couple of days. The market proved to be a very popular spot on a Saturday morning! After taking our produce back to Meredith’s, we headed out again to meet Cathy and Steve ... read more
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral
St. Francis Xavier’s
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