I
accompanied Marie to church next morning, 11th August, after which
we sampled some fig vinegar (acquired the previous day) on strawberries,
and cheese and crackers with a sweet Rose (also from the Stanthorpe
trip). Once we were done with lunch I relocated up to Ralph in Boondall;
we had our customary game of pool and an early night. There was an unexpected phonecall from Jan, who had just been
visited (very briefly) in Canberra by Hester and Colin, and who was due
to meet me next morning in S.A. Unfortunately all was not well and Jan
(my Godmother) would not be able to join me in Adelaide... Ralph once again kindly delivered me to Brisbane
airport; this is most appreciated as to reach it by public transport is
ridiculously expensive. My destination was S.A., which as every
Australian knows is NOT South Africa. It was of course very
disappointing not to be met in Adelaide by Jan, but I made my way into
the city by coach... Jan had given me contact details for friends, and I
was soon on my way to start meeting them; all of them went out of their
way to make me very welcome. A couple of hours later the flight made
it to Adelaide. I think I managed more sleep than on the flight over
from the UK!
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| Another early morning flight |
A quick look around the airport revealed the bus stop a
little way away. Despite fears I would not recognise when to jump off
(the planned structure of the city means the CBD is surrounded by
parkland with a grid street structure inside), I ended up in a reasonably central spot. I spent some time around the
centre, investigating the Museum and Art Gallery and
wandering into the Botanic Gardens, before meeting up with Ben (son of
Sue who travelled round Europe with Jan and mum in the early 80s),
Bene and Franzi (German visitors of the family).
We took the free tram down to the Central Market and Chinatown before
Ben drove us back to Belair where we played Kubb, a tactical outdoor
throwing game (at which I was rather unsuccessful), until a dinner of delicious roast beef. Afterwards Sue
took me over to Blackwood where I stayed the night at Jan's cousin
Alison's house and met her son, Adeo.
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| Adelaide's Parliament House |
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