Blogs from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 89

Introduction ... Instead of a Sunday walk this week to get our dose of 'serenity' we did a very pleasant 20 km bike ride from Semaphore to North Haven. The path was very simple, we headed from our place down Hart street to the bike track on the Esplanade foreshore and headed North towards Outer Harbour. If you have bikes, you can catch the train from Adelaide to Glanville station (Outer Harbour line) and head down Semaphore Road and down to the jetty. From here you can join the bike path. A map of the bike path (number 5 in the series) is available. What happened ... The weather was fabulous; overcast, calm, with the temperature peaking only at 27°C. At Semaphore we saw the Gre... read more

Not much to write here as we only stayed for one night. We arrived here in the evening from our tour of the Great Ocean Road and checked into our hostel, Cannon Street which was ok, managed to get our own room again. The first thing we noticed about Adelaide was how quiet it was in comparison to Sydney and Melbourne. We went out for some food and considering it was Saturday night there seemed to be noone around. We ended up going for a quiet drink with a nice French couple we had met on our tour. Sunday was no better, Martin was feeling ill all day, fortunately it was a quick 24 hour bug, although he still managed to get to the pub to watch an Arsenal game, typical. So, off we went in ... read more

Once I had had a ride back to Alice Springs I just had to board the Ghan again to get to the south coast. Unfotunately the tain is only going once a week and was fully booked. After some fighting with the staff at the train station I still hoped on (a train is never fully booked...). Since some running with all the gear in the desert sun had been involved I was glad for the on-train shower. And a good-hearted Japanese traveler feed me with bread and smoked mussels. I didn't have any food or money... three cheers for the japanese traveler in general. He is usualy friendly, social-minded, and he knows all the good cheapies. In Adelaide I just walked the streets for half a day before I traveled on by Firefly bus to ... read more

Hi everyone, Well can you believe it!!! only 5 more sleeps and Luke and I are headed over to London. We have been planning it for ages and now it has finally arrived! Well this is just an entry to make you aware that I will be keeping a travel journey as often as I can for you all to check up on, so you know we are safe and you can be jealous of all the cool things Luke and I will be getting up to! All the best for the New Year and I hope you guys have fun reading about our trip! Luv Renee & Luke... read more

Our onward location was to be Adelaide, with a few stops on the way. A strange occurrence on this leg was crossing the state border where a man took our Onion! The explanation he gave us for this ‘daylight robbery’ was onion rust. Not one local can tell us what the problem with rusty onions could be - the only explanation forthcoming being his lack of ingredients for his dinner (this being corroborated by his second request for Garlic; hmmm). Adelaide - what a nice city! We possibly like it a little more because of its Bristol-esque feel. Beautiful architecture, green places for the people to relax, free things - all good. We liked the provision of free wireless internet at the library which was very useful to update the laptop software and settings. Oh, and ... read more