A short trip to Adelaide
Trip Start
Oct 03, 2010
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Trip End
Sep 06, 2011
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Saturday, May 14, 2011
ADELAIDE
We arrived in Adelaide at
06:30 and walked to the hostel we had pre-booked called ‘My Place’.
When we arrived we expected to be turned away as it was too early but
we were welcomed in and had a free breakfast. To include pancakes.
Danny decided he would go for a run and when he got back at around
10:00 he found Emma in their dorm room.
Adelaide is a quiet city but has plenty of things to keep you entertained. These include a
wonderful central market where they sell fruit & veg and other
foods, art galleries, the South Australian Museum, the Arts Museum,
the Oval cricket ground, lots of parks, a chocolate factory, beaches
and much more. The central market was excellent as the stalls give
out free tasters on the weekend which included cheese, chocolate with
yoghurt and fruits. We also visited Haigh’s chocolate factory where
we had a free guided tour and talk about how the tasty chocolates
were made. We also had some free chocolate samples. Emma was told by
the tour guide that she was very naughty as she made comments through
the tour like can she wash the choc plates in aim of eating the
melted chocolate leftovers.
While in Adelaide we got
to visit one of Danny’s old colleagues from his Bramshott days
(orthopaedic ward). Honey and Emi moved to Adelaide from the UK 2
years ago and they both work at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They
have recently had a baby boy called Christopher and are in the middle
of moving house so we were really pleased that they could see us.
Honey made us welcome from the moment we met. He took us to his home
where we met his mother and father and two children and Emi. He also
took us on a tour of where he works. It was quite cool to see the
difference between Australian hospitals and English ones. For
starters one trained nurse looks after only 4 patients. They also
have people to hand out dinners for patients and people who will
bring you anything you are short of. This means that you don’t have
to go off the ward searching in vein. They mainly have 2 bedded rooms
and we only saw one 6 bedded bay. They have a blanket warmer for
those cold nights in Oz. Oh and this one made me laugh, Honey said
that in his two years working at the hospital he had only been short
of staff once. I think England could learn a few things here. After
Honey showed us his work he showed us around Adelaide for a bit and
then we went back to his for a BBQ. Thanks Honey we really enjoyed
seeing you, Emi and the family. We also visited the Art Gallery of South Australia which represents all the big names inAustralian art and has an impressive international art collection.
The South Australian Museum was next to the art gallery so we popped
in there. They had an informative floor on aboriginal culture which
we found the most interesting.During our stay at the hostel they organised night activities and we decided to go on a night tour of Adelaide which took us around the ‘Oval’, and up to
the Adelaide lookout which has panoramic views over the city. After
this we went to a bar with some of the other backpackers, drank a few
pints and watched some live music as it was open mic night. They
also organised an all you can eat pizza night which filled us up,
yummy.On our last day we caught the tram to Glenelg which is a lovely beach town. Although it
is not summer in Adelaide now the sun always seems to shine even
when it is colder. We had a nice stroll along the beach and had our
picnic lunch with the seagulls.
