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I have a few random photos that I'm not entirely sure of and a handful of ones from Adelaide.
There was some kind of drumming thing happening here. It was near one of the places we stayed at, we walked past it on our way to get something for dinner.
Checked the dates: it was in Mt Gambier, right outside either the community centre or the town hall, just off the main drag.
We stopped briefly at The Big Lobster at Kingston SE for a toilet break.
But I was more interested in the figs that were growing across the road:
Once reaching Adelaide, we stayed two nights in Adelaide before boarding the Ghan.
I haven't been to Adelaide in over 20 years, so it was interesting to compare my memories with the present day. Actually, I don't remember anything of Adelaide the last time, except that by the time we got there, my sisters and I were hot and bothered and just wanted to lay around, but my mother wanted to DO ALL THE THINGS.
My mother is a DO ALL THE THINGS kind of traveller; which is fine for her and my stepdad, but which is not my idea of a holiday. And, let's be real, being retired means she can DO ALL THE THINGS on holiday and then come back and relax at home.
We stayed at Glenelg, which was where we stayed the last time I was here. We were in an AirBnB about 20 minutes down the road from the 'main drag' and there's a tram line from Glenelg into the city. It was nice and easy to catch.
Some nice historical architecture:
There wasn't a lot of time in Adelaide - from about 5pm Friday night to midday Sunday, and after 3 days on the road, having 2 days in the same place was a big thing at that point. We had Indian at a place that was pretty good, breakfast at a beachside cafe the next morning (acceptable but nothing spesh), dropped the hired car off at the near-airport dropoff point, and went to have a look at the Adelaide Central Markets in the city. Would have been great to stay for lunch - so many delicious-looking food options - but we didn't have any room for food after breakfast.
I'm trying to remember what we did for dinner. Oh, that was the American bar with chicken waffles and pumpkin pie.
That was pretty good.
One of the things about travelling these days is that most cities in Australia tend to have the same 'feel' about them. A comfortable urbanisation about it which has the same underlying sense but changes flavour from city to city. So The finer details of Sydney to Melbourne to Adelaide may change, but the underpinnings of food, markets, suburbia, attractions doesn't.
I'm not quite sure that makes sense.
Anyway, here is me living my best tourist life:
There was some kind of drumming thing happening here. It was near one of the places we stayed at, we walked past it on our way to get something for dinner.
Checked the dates: it was in Mt Gambier, right outside either the community centre or the town hall, just off the main drag.
We stopped briefly at The Big Lobster at Kingston SE for a toilet break.
But I was more interested in the figs that were growing across the road:
Once reaching Adelaide, we stayed two nights in Adelaide before boarding the Ghan.
I haven't been to Adelaide in over 20 years, so it was interesting to compare my memories with the present day. Actually, I don't remember anything of Adelaide the last time, except that by the time we got there, my sisters and I were hot and bothered and just wanted to lay around, but my mother wanted to DO ALL THE THINGS.
My mother is a DO ALL THE THINGS kind of traveller; which is fine for her and my stepdad, but which is not my idea of a holiday. And, let's be real, being retired means she can DO ALL THE THINGS on holiday and then come back and relax at home.
We stayed at Glenelg, which was where we stayed the last time I was here. We were in an AirBnB about 20 minutes down the road from the 'main drag' and there's a tram line from Glenelg into the city. It was nice and easy to catch.
Some nice historical architecture:
There wasn't a lot of time in Adelaide - from about 5pm Friday night to midday Sunday, and after 3 days on the road, having 2 days in the same place was a big thing at that point. We had Indian at a place that was pretty good, breakfast at a beachside cafe the next morning (acceptable but nothing spesh), dropped the hired car off at the near-airport dropoff point, and went to have a look at the Adelaide Central Markets in the city. Would have been great to stay for lunch - so many delicious-looking food options - but we didn't have any room for food after breakfast.
I'm trying to remember what we did for dinner. Oh, that was the American bar with chicken waffles and pumpkin pie.
That was pretty good.
One of the things about travelling these days is that most cities in Australia tend to have the same 'feel' about them. A comfortable urbanisation about it which has the same underlying sense but changes flavour from city to city. So The finer details of Sydney to Melbourne to Adelaide may change, but the underpinnings of food, markets, suburbia, attractions doesn't.
I'm not quite sure that makes sense.
Anyway, here is me living my best tourist life:
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