Category: Adelaide

Another early start (why do I always get up earlier when I’m on holidays?) so we can make some final purchases at the central market and also get some breakfast. We walked down the aisles and ran in to Mark, our tour guide from two days ago and had a chat. We thanked him for… Continue reading Day 5 – Breakfast and a summary

Pauline and I picked up the hire car from the other end of the CBD but not without incident. Pauline was the driver and she decided to brake suddenly when a car came up the parking ramp but her reactions were a bit too excessive. She complained that the brakes were too hard while I… Continue reading Day 4 – Wine, Cars and Girls

First hint that I knew I was in a special place were the chocolate crackles because not only were they HUGE but they were made from belgian chocolate. They were in the display window of Providore – a shop that was owned by Mark Gleeson who had until recently been the chef/owner of renowned restaurant… Continue reading Day 3 – Central Markets and Rundle Mall

Another early start in the dark. We had to meet our bus down the street at around 6.15am in front of a hotel we were NOT staying at. This had been intricately arranged over the phone with my mum – but at the time all we knew was the street number. We left Fiona and… Continue reading Day 2 – Kangaroos, Islands and Koalas

Like the majority of the golden girls trips away we start at “frigging early in the morning”. This is mostly caused by me booking cheap flights but there is also some appeal in leaving the house while it is still dark. It gives the trip a sense of adventure even while being in familiar surroundings… Continue reading Day 1 – Gaols, Emos and Glenelg