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<-- my life, by webgoddesscathy --> :: Saturday, October 04, 2003 :: Leaving Adelaide tonight on my overnight bus trip to Melbourne where Scott is, I'm sure, eagerly awaiting my early morning arrival. Over the past couple of days, I've done a few things... Went to the Art Gallery and Museum, did some shopping, checked out the old rail station, the botanical gardens, the Central Market, the Migrant Museum (about the immigation history of Adelaide and SA). Went out for dinner with the Kates and Jacinta again on Friday and finally had kangaroo. It was good, although tasted much like beef. Sadly, I also got sick! I think it might have something to do with the migraine that I got the next day. Yesterday, I went with Meredith (one of the Kates' sisters and Tony's friend) and her fiance Mike and their friend Katie to Cleland Conservation and Wildlife Park. I saw an echidna! So now I think I've seen EVERY unique Australian animal! OK, maybe not every one, but the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) is extinct, so that doesn't count. We also went to Mt. Lofty lookout, where we had the most amazing view of Adelaide! After the lovely picnic that Meredith furnished, we took a drive to Hahndorf, a small quaint German town in the Adelaide Hills. We had coffee and scones and did a little fudge tasting and window shopping before returning to Meredith and Mike's place for a BBQ. What a nice day! Today I was supposed to go to Glenelg for brunch with Kate D, but she can't make it. So that means I have the whole day to myself. Plans: * Checked out of the hostel. Sigh. Love the YHA. * Internet * Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institue * Back to the Art Gallery to finish off my wander * Hill Smith Fine Art Gallery * ? Maybe I'll go to Glenelg anyway, just to have a wander My bus leaves at 8pm. :: Cathy 6:03 PM [+] :: 0 comments :: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 :: Went to the JAM Factory yesterday, a gallery and studio for contemporary Australian craft art and design. Watched a glass-blowing demonstration, which was very cool (actually, hot). Went for a walk to North Adelaide after dark when I thought I'd go to the Aquatic Centre for a BackFit class. It was MUCH further away than it looked on the map. However, it was a lovely walk. What a beautiful city! :: Cathy 10:26 PM [+] :: 0 comments Happy Birthday Mom! :: Cathy 10:23 PM [+] :: 0 comments :: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 :: Went to Haigh's Chocolate factory and Visitor's Centre yesterday. They don't export outside of Australia, so I figured I HAD to pay them a visit! Besides, it is the oldest family owned chocolate manufacturer in Australia. Had a tour, got free chocolate and bought just a little extra chocolate to keep me going ;) Visited the Balfour Bakery outlet just around the corner from my hostel to buy "just breakfast". Ha. Dropped by the Adelaide Central Market for some bananas and had to almost physically hold myself back from buying everything. And, to finish off my day of food, I got together with the Kates and Jacinta for dinner last night. Very nice dinner, though I forget how expensive it is to go OUT for dinner. Travelling makes you into such a cheapskate! I tell you, though, Adelaide is serious about their food and wine! Totally my kind of town! :: Cathy 5:45 PM [+] :: 0 comments :: Monday, September 29, 2003 :: Goodness, I can't believe I forgot to tell you that I went on a camel ride in the Outback! It was a place just outside Alice Springs (a hyped up middle-of-nowhere town, quite literally). Very cool. Very bumpy. Did you know that camels were at least partially responsible for Australian explorers being able to cross their impossibly dry centre and set up a telegraph line all the way from Adelaide to Darwin? It's true. Unfortunately, someone let the camels go and now there are heaps of wild camels roaming the outback and destroying natural vegetation and, thus, indigenous wildlife habitats. Sad story. See how much I'm learning? :: Cathy 5:42 AM [+] :: 0 comments Just found out that I will be in Melbourne for the International Arts Festival. World Cup Rugby AND an Arts Festival. Could I have picked a better time? OK, well I could have chosen a WARMER time to go there... :: Cathy 5:38 AM [+] :: 0 comments Just got back from a night of theatre. I saw "Drowning in my ocean of You" at The Queen's Theatre. The theatre is just around the corner from the YHA I'm staying at. It's a brilliant piece. Outstanding acting. Read about it if you're interested. The theatre itself is quite cold. Almost as if we, the audience, were outside with the characters on the jetty, watching it all unfold. A very simple set. White-washed exposed brick. A piano in the corner. A bed. A wooden stage. Pinpricks of light - of stars - showing through the old, broken window. It made me sad. It made me marvel at how amazing it is to be able to act; how amazing it is that someone can make you FEEL so much, almost as if you are going through whatever they're going through. It made me happy that I am loved. :: Cathy 5:03 AM [+] :: 0 comments :: Sunday, September 28, 2003 :: Civilisation!!! Here I am in Adelaide now, the capital of South Australia. The YHA here is quite nice. I'm SO happy that I'm staying here! So clean and well run. I've already met heaps of people that I've met on my travels previously. One is a girl who was in my room in the YHA Darwin and one is a girl who was on my Fraser Island trip. So far, I like Adelaide, though I've only been here for about 5 hours. I've had a bit of a drive around in the tour bus when we came into town, a nice shower, a nice free dinner with free apple pie and cream (that's whipped cream to all us westerners). Sadly, I'm back to the cool weather. It's currently 11 degrees. The high for the rest of the week is only 17 degrees. Low of 8 degrees. Brr. I think I'm spoiled. I guess I'll just have to pull my jeans out of the bottom of my pack again. Tomorrow is laundry and research day. I really need clean clothes and I really need to decide what I'm going to do and when during the next week. I want to go to Kangaroo Island and the Flinders Ranges, both of which come highly recommended to me. I'm meeting friends of Tony for a picnic in the hills on Saturday. Should be nice! The 2-day tour to Adelaide was, well, QUICK. But the tour guide was really nice and our group had a really good dynamic. I had a lot of fun. The best part was when we had a balloon-animal competition. Team Canada's submission was a multi-coloured moose. I thought it was quite good. Team Japan had several entries, including a really nice poodle. But, alas, Team Korea stole the prize with a rather dirty old man. So they won the packet of TimTams. We stayed overnight last night in Coober Pedy, the opal mining capital of the world, apparently. It's also quite hot in the desert there, so many people live in houses dug out of the rock (called "dug outs"). We stayed in underground accommodation there, and had a drink at the underground bar, as well. Looking forward to catching up on my emails and getting organized and eating a leisurely breakfast tomorrow. I love cities. :: Cathy 5:35 AM [+] :: 0 comments
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