Adelaide first impressions

Hi from Adelaide, South Australia.

Got here midday today. Flew in from Sydney (where it is due to rain - he he he!! I don't care now that I am here!) and went through clear blue skies over HUGE expanses of nothing - flat land, usually no trees, deep red/pink soil and rocks, salt pans, dry river courses, cultivated blocks of trees, the occasional large river wending its way, and then into Adelaide, tucked down in front of the Ranges and sandwiched in by the deep blue Southern Ocean.

The City is on a grid plan, and you would have thought that it would be easy to navigate. However I think my sense of direction is on holiday too as I got totally confused about which way to go! and headed north instead of south this afternoon - doh! Eventually hopped on the tram to Glenelg (a palindromic name, you notice) and got to the seaside (again - what a surprise!). It is a lovely little place, walking is on the flat, and the Ocean is right at the end of the tram line. Pedestrianised walkways, cafes, restaurants, and then the beach, gently sloping down to the water - little waves lapping on the shore, a gentle breeze, deep blue, clear blue sky, not a cloud to be seen, and the sun going down into the ocean for sunset.

As I only have tomorrow here before I go up to Warrawong, I may go down to Glenelg again and have an easy day. It is far too hot (although nice dry heat and not humid) to do much walking during the day, so perhaps a good book and a snooze sounds like a good idea. My L foot is playing up again due to all the standing and walking I had to do on NYE and back to the hotel in Sydney, and it is hard to walk much these days. Hopefully a bit of a rest will give some relief.

see you with the kangas and wallabies, and bilbies, and potoroos and KOALAS!! at Warrawong. If you google that name, you will be able to see where I am and which animals I will be working with. Altogether now - aaaaahhhh! :)