Adelaide, Australia – March 10

Adelaide from Mount Lofty

Clear, 30 degrees


Day 2 in Adelaide and we are on a morning excursion. There are only 20 of us on the bus this morning - a nice number. We more or less, retraced the path that our train took into Adelaide yesterday from Outer Harbour, where the ship is docked. We saw a lot of the small town that Outer Harbour is before reaching Adelaide where we drove around the down town while the guide pointed out significant buildings and gave info.

speaks for itself

Mount Lofty – the highest point in Adelaide, about 15km outside the city centre was our first stop . This was a comfort/photo stop. The view was pretty spectacular – could see all of Adelaide including where our ship is docked – far right in the photo. We also spotted a koala up in one of the trees at the lookout – it’s crazy to me that these animals aren’t hard to find, there are ‘koala crossing’ signs all over the highways.

one of Adelaide's historic buildings, welcoming the Fringe!

Still having high hopes for Australian vineries, we took today’s tour that included one…same ol’. Not bad by any stretch, but meh…this one served crackers. I don’t want a meal, but…We tried a rosé, a couple of whites and a couple of reds. As usual, the setting was lovely. No koala sighting here.

checking out the vineyard

The rest of the tour was spent with more panoramic of the countryside and city of Adelaide. I’m surprised at the ruggedness of the landscape just outside the city. It’s like Adelaide is built at the base of small rocky hills, not mountains, bit good sized hills. Mount Lofty, by the way is 700 metres high. The area is quite beautiful, much of the time, the rock that these hills are made of is visible.

vineyard property

Although it was apparently 30 degrees today, it didn’t feel oppressive. The humidity was low and there was little wind.

historic Adelaide cathedral

We heard that room service is doing a booming business these days. I’m not surprised…the restaurants and bars before dinner are dead. Where we used to have to wait for a window table, there is always one available…maybe that’s because the restaurant staff has finally realized what a big deal we are!! People don’t seem sicker than usual, there’s a few people hacking up a lung here and there, but nothing different than normal. Maybe they don’t want to congregate with people more than they have to. Who knows, I never love a mob scene, but a few more people here and there wouldn’t be a bad thing. Can’t be fun for the lounge musicians either.

I tried a new blog format today...not sure...I know it looks different based on what device I'm looking at it on, so maybe the format doesn't matter so much.

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