A Day Revisited

Day 37 and up and on the road to the ferry where it took a while to load. It was a slow process trying to fit us all into the limited space. The weather was looking a little stormy as I jammed the car in. Our ride was the roughest ferry ride I have ever taken. The ship listed over 45 degrees to the vertical as it slammed through the 5 metre waves. It was a scary, stomach churning 60 minutes. Disney should be considering this for a new ride. But, according to the lady in the souvenir shop it was “No problems mate.”

 It was even slower, unloading the ferry as everyone was having trouble getting their balance back. Thankfully it was a quick ride into Adelaide where we dumped the rental car and checked into our hotel. We spent the rest of the afternoon wandering the downtown. The downtown area is 10 blocks square almost completely surrounded by parks and the River Torrens along the north end.  

Day 38, a nice sleep in, a late check-out and with a late flight out to Sydney, we had the whole rest of the day to explore Adelaide.  Adelaide is a pretty city but still just a city so we opted to spend the rest of the day exploring their park system with special attention to the botanical gardens area. Established in 1855, it has over 50 hectares of Australian flora past and present. Billed as an oasis in the middle of Adelaide, it lived up to its reputation as the temperatures were in the high 30's and humidity that squeezed us dry. 

Day 39, woke up in Sydney at a hotel by the airport then off to the airport for a 1230 flight to Auckland. A two hour lay-over and we were on our way home.

At some point in our flight we crossed the International Date Line and I woke up to Day 39 again landing in Vancouver at 1215, fifteen minutes before we left Sydney. Hopefully Day 39 will be better the second time. 

Will we re-visit Australia?  A big maybe but New Zealand has been definitely re-added to the “bucket list” with the South Island our focus. We really did not spend enough time there to see everything we should have seen.