Extended to run right through the city, it is a good system, but the seats are very hard - cloth stuck on hard plastic? This train runs the 6 miles to Glenelg, the seaside town where the original settlers to the area landed.
ADELAIDE AND ITS SURROUNDS - Touching the surface only! May 11th 2012 ADELAIDE.<span><span><span><span><span> It was here where were to rest from our trip across Australia, staying with two different family members during our visit.<span>The comments below only touch the surface of the things to experience here, so look elsewhere for more details if you intend to visit.
Our overall impression of Adelaide is a very positive ... read more
Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
David is a former lecturer in Electronic Engineering who decided to take early retirement and escape the madness of working in a Further Education College. Valda is his wife, who also recently retired. Both of us decided to try out something a bit more adventurous than taking a package holiday, and set out to see a bit of the world "down under" before popping our clogs. Family living there say it is great, so we are off to see if anything there could replace Whitley Bay as the Centre of the Universe. (Not really possible, but we should look).... full info