Day 3 A real lazy morning, check out at 12, so we took our time doing a whole lot of nothing. The White Sands Hotel, where we stayed was budget accommodation but to be honest it was great. The rooms were clean, small kitchen; stove, microwave, blender, toaster, coffee maker... it had a decent bathroom and a comfy bed. The air cond worked well although it was very loud. Each room had its own lanai and ours led out to the pool. The pool wasnt anything like the Hilton but there was always a lounge chair available.. unlike the Hilton where you had to get in early to get a good spot. The staff were friendly and once we checked out we had them hold our luggage while we grabbed a quick bite to eat; Oscar ... read more

Journey begins We changed our flights as it was an option last minute to fly to Sydney rather than Melbourne. It gave is an hour extra sleep in time .. which is important when you are spending a whole day on a plane. When we got to Adelaide airport we saw all the Crows fans waiting to board and we both thought it would have been a fun flight if we did go to Melbs first. Even though we had booked through a travel agent and having flown to the US and other overseas destinations where you check your bags in once, we found out that we had to get our bags off at Sydney and then catch the bus (and pay!!) to get to the international airport. We had 5 hours so it wasn't a ... read more