Adelaide, Australia

February 15, 16, 2023

Howdy, this afternoon we arrived in Port Adelaide. We were anchored in the container port. Port Adelaide is located 15 km from the main city of Adelaide. Adelaide has a population of approximate 1.4 mill. it is the 5th largest City in Australia. It is the Capital of South Australia. The city is surrounded by large green spaces (parks) The Torrens river runs through the city. It has consistently been voted as one of the most livable cities in Australia and the world.For what was left of the afternoon, we decided to take the train from the terminal to the City of Port Adelaide. a suburb of the main city. From the train station we walked along the main Street towards the Port River. Not much going on there. Before walking back we had to sit down for a cold drink by the river. It was very hot today 34C. On our walk back we stopped at a local mall to get some cheap workout shirts for in the gym. We decided to have dinner outside the ship and stopped at a restaurant called Portofino. I ordered a schnitzel, it was the largest schnitzel I ever seen, it barely fitted on my plate. I managed to eat about 3/4 of it. The waitress said, she only seen 1 person eat the whole schnitzel before. After dinner we took the train back to the ship. For the night we sat on the back deck by the pool enjoying a nice glass of cold white wine on this beautiful Summer night.

Day2

Today is day 2 in Adelaide. for today we had booked an all day tour. The bus picked us up around nine this morning at the parking lot. First part of the tour was cross the City. They did a wonderful job planning the City with literally green spaces everywhere. There are music and art festivals planned throughout the Spring and Summer. After driving through several streets showing us some old churches and historical buildings, we headed for the hills. Our next stop was scheduled at the Cleland wildlife area. Carol was all excited to finally see the Koala Bears. Unfortunately she couldn’t hold the Koalas because of the heat. We saw several Koala Bears, Dingos, Wombats, Kangaroo’s Tasmania Devils. Most animals weren’t very active because of the heat (38C today). Inside one of the buildings on-site we were able to view a variety of poisonous snakes and a collection of insects. Our next stop was at Mount Lofty (elev. 730 m ) We were served lunch at the restaurant on top of the mountain. There was a nice scenic view over the City from the viewpoint. After lunch the bus took us down the mountain back into Adelaide and dropped us of at the main shopping street downtown Adelaide. This street was called Rundle Mall on Rundle Street. We were given 11/2 hr to shop and sightsee. After this shopping outing, the bus picked us up and took us back to the ship. We had a 10:30 departure time that night.

” Keep your eyes on the horizon and your nose to the wind.” By – Clint Eastwood.

Cheers