On the Sunday, we got up early and headed down the marina. We had booked ourselves on a Dolphin watching/swimming cruise. The boat left at 8am prompt and after Leigh and I getting into our wet suits we headed out. I might add at this point that it was incredible cold and the thought of jumping into the Sea was not seeming overly attractive. The other slightly disconcerting part was the waver we had to sign saying that we understand that marine animals can be unpredictable and dangerous. They also explained about the shark protector that was an electric box dragged at the end of a rope behind the boat and emitted an electric pulse. Supposedly this scared off the Great Whites that are known to swim about the area we were in!

The dolphins can swim about the boat and then disappear pretty quickly so it was important that you got into the water as quickly as possible. I was first into the water as Leigh stayed with the kids who watched on a little apprehensive about Daddy jumping off the boat.

The crew were shouting at us where to look I managed to see them swimming underneath me.



After a few more false alarms we managed to get a couple of glimpses. The dolphins were swimming around the front of the boat so the kids and Leigh got some great views of the dolphins. Unfortunately not quite as good from the back :(

We made it back to the shore a little wet and cold, but very exhilarated.

After lunch we went to the The Beach House, which is a large fun house with games, dodgems, rides etc. We bought a prepaid card and the kids went mad. We had a shot on everything including Emily and Leigh going down the flumes.



Later on that day we walked past the elastic boucey contraption and Emily to the surprise of Leigh and I announced that she wanted a shot. Even much more to our surprise she jumped on and jumped a mile in the air with a huge smile on her face. "Extreme Games Emily"!


Adam, not to be out done, decided that he too wanted to jump up and down like a loon.


On Monday we met up with Anne and Derrick for some lunch at the Museum of South Australia. We chatted and caught up on all our Ex-Pat gossip.



We then walked across to the zoo. Adelaide Zoo is part of the same chain as Sydney one, so we got in for free. The zoo was very beautifully lade out. A little smaller than than Taronga, but the displayed allowed you to get really close. The kids very very excited by the monkeys.. think they felt a connection!

 

Adam, Emily and I set off from Sydney on Friday morning to meet Leigh in Adelaide. After a very uneventful and quick 2 hour flight we touched down.



Friday was pretty relaxed, just walking about getting the lay of the land. The only thing that stuck out was the lack of sun and warmth. This should have been predicted as I didnt bother to bring a pair of trousers.

Leigh had booked a half day bus tour for us for Saturday morning. It worked out really well, as we saw things that we would not have done otherwise.

- Tour round the city
- Tour round the Haigh choclate factory. Gave us an apprecation of why they are so expensive. Each individual chocolate is hand made!
- Visit to Mount Lofty which gives a great view of the city.
- Visit to Handorf an "authentic" German village.



Our driver was very friendly and explained all about the city and its origins. We even drove part of the section of the road race part of the city. I "think" the F1 used to be here before it moved to Melbourne.

We wandered round the city and had some lunch before heading back to Glenelg and watched the sun set.