Camels! Woo!

I love Adelaide. It is such a friendly city. We woke and decided to see as much of the city as possible and headed out into the blistering heat. We first went down to the main st and got a lift with a guy to the other end of the st while getting a short introduction to the city. The city council has a scheme where they get retired volunteers to offer information and advice and to provide those who can't walk everywhere with some assistance. Naturally we took advantage of this and hopped on.

We headed to the bottom of the main st to see the Adelaide Fringe Festival, or in Canadian speak, the Bangs Festival. There was an enourmous tent and inside the blew cool air in and had calming music and soothing lights. A lovely contrast to the intensness of the heat outside, we decided against it. Instead we went to the Garden of Un-Earthly Desires which wasn't open yet. It was an interesting little exhibition and would have been very interesting to see at night.

Next stop we headed towards the river and then on to the Botanic Gardens. They were huge, we only had a couple hours to kill in there but could have had plenty more. You cannot compare them to the Perth or Sydney ones because they are all so different. We walked along the street with all the older buildings on the town...Railway Station, University, Parliament Building, Government House...After a big day out visiting all that we could it was time to catch the train to Perth.

Tbe train ride was good, the seats were more comfortable than the other train. We also were lucky enough to see camels this time, a whole herd of them. We also saw some kangaroos sitting just next to the train travelling by. Stopped in the small town Cook, and Kalgoorlie and finally Perth. David and I stayed in a hostel owned by a Canadian fellow from Winnipeg and we found Andy and decent hotel in the city. Yesterday was a day of nothing because it was hot and we were tired from the lack of sleep we had on the train. Last night was the hottest sleep I have had in awhile. I even had a fan blowing on me. It did not cool off whatsoever! Today we are off to the beach to enjoy the cool breeze along with the hot sun.

Holly, David and Andy

P.S. Made another Album of New Zealand

NZ - Queenstown and Back Up Again