Adelaide.

We arrived in Adelaide on 1st September and decided to stay for a week. The weather has improved and it's quite hot. I've even taken my fleece off. We are staying in the suburb of Hackney and the Hackney Hotel is just next door. After getting all the chores done we headed into the city and took the free city loop bus to see what was what. Stopped at various markets and mooched arount the shopping centre. We walked back through the botanical gardens and took the guided walk round the following morning. Monday we went to the Royal Adelaide Show. It's like the Royal Show in the UK. There was a big funfair and the show arenas and all the animals. It was a great day out. Tuesday we got the tram to Glenelg which is on the coast and we wandered around until it stratred to rain when we headed back into the city. We visited the museum and the State Library which had a collection of Donald Bradman's cricketing stuff. Wednesday we only wandered around the city. Thursday we decided to go into the Adelaide hills to Mount Lofty where you get amazing views of Adelaide. When we left the weather was fine but by the time we got there it had started to rain and we had missed the connecting bus to the top. Undaunted we decided to walk to the top through the botanical gardens little did we realise how far and how steep some of the walk was. We reached the top looking like a couple of drowned rats and no view to be seen. Still we did manage to get the bus back.Friday we left Adelaide and headed off to Port Adelaide. A cruise round the harbour to see the dolphins was about to leave as we got there and as it was only $5 each for 2 1/2 hours we decided to go. The cruise was good but didn't see many dolphins. We then headed off to the Yorke Peninsular.