Adelaide City~ Day 4

Port Adelaide

We met Taiwanese couple Jim and Winnie at the caravan park in Adelaide. They are such an amazing couple, riding bicycle travelling from Brisbane to Adelaide for 5 months already. They are the first Asian people we saw travelling OZ on push bike. It was great meeting other travellers, sharing experiences and travel tips. So on our last day in adelaide, we invited them to join us to the Adelaide Port and Glenelg beach.

We had our breakfast at Ikea, heading to the bistro to get the 50cents hotdog (saturday special). Hehe. Harbour Town is very near to Ikea, so we went shopping after that. We really need to buy thicker clothes for autumn and winter, and Tasmania is really cold in those season. We have been sleeping in the tent for one month now, but still freezing cold at night even though it's summer!

There are many branded cheap stuff for grabs in Harbour Town, for us it is much more suitable to shop at than Rundle St. Angie found her winter suit at Espirit for $45 and Peter got his at JT Surf shop for $55. Oh great we'll be warm enough now :)

We headed to Port Adelaide*** with empty pockets. There is a Sunday market, which by the name of it only opens on Sunday (Peter can't seem to get the idea =P). So just a walk around the foreshore. 

 The replica ship of Endeavour at Port Adelaide. The original ship was used by Captain James Cook on his first voyage to Australia and New Zealand between year 1769 to 1771.

Next on the itinerary, Glenelg Beach****. This is by far the most touristy beach P&A had seen. Cause we are travelling from WA to SA. Winnie said, wait till you get to east coast. More tourists! It's a beautiful town, with cafes and shops catering for tourists. Can't resist a cuppa with cheesecake at Cibo again :) the sunset at the beach is beautiful, especially with the clouds.

Back at the caravan park, P&A made salami pizza with pita bread. It is so delicous! For dessert, caramel pudding from Jim&Winnie. Yums!

Our journey in OZ continues here :  Hahndoft German Village & Journey to GOR

Adelaide City~ Day 3

We start of our day with a SWEET breakfast~ Using pita bread again, Banana Choc Strawberry and Banana Peanut Butter Wrap! Taste great!

We went to the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, but the exhibition was closed for renovation. Instead of visiting the Tandanya, going to the South Australia Museum is more than enough because it has lots of information about the indigenous culture of Australia. 

We joined the South Australia Museum***** free guided tour which starts at 11am daily. There are different volunteer guide conducting the tour everyday, which is a good way to see the whole museum in a short time, about 1 hour duration. After the tour, we spent a bit more time, taking photographs. The museum provides lots of information about the Aboriginals culture and living, wildlife, and geology of SA. It’s really interesting, and we get to know many animals name which we have taken photos of earlier.

The unique paintings of the Aboriginal dreams on the school doors. 

That night, we went to The Astor Pub$, which offer chicken schnitzel for $10 on Friday nights. The schnitzel is average but our yearning for scotch fillet couldn’t be satisfied though, not much taste. Maybe because it only costs $23 for the fillet? Haha. . .

Adelaide City~ Day 2

Second day in the city, we spent a lot of time in Rundle St and its malls. It is Adelaide’s shopping street, Angie got her backpack from Cheap as Chips store for only $12. Slazenger brand. Cheap as Chips is like reject shop but has variety of products.

Saw this old style lolly shop, so tempted to get in. =P So we bought a $2 irish cream choc fudge, taste great =) Another temptation for us, Chatime! Gosh, we can’t resist this now. Grass Jelly Roasted Milk Tea for $4.70 regular size, if you don’t convert into MYR it’s cheaper than Malaysia lor. Hehe. 

Taking a stroll in the Botanic Garden****. It has many types of big trees, bamboo trees and some flower gardens. Not too big, but we easily spent about 1 and half hours here until it closes at 6.30pm. There’s free guided walk around the garden at 10.30am daily. 

"Why are u looking at us?"

Doesn't it look like banana bunches hanging on it? =P

Peter took this picture outside a hospital.

There is an old man that wearing pajamas and an old nurse that having a cigarette break.

Our dinner that day, Chicken Pita with salad and roasted capsicum salsa sauce. YUMS!

Adelaide City~

Arriving Adelaide, we had mixture of feelings. Excited and happy, but also frustrated with the traffic. We are just not used the traffic now. LOL. We found the cheaper caravan park, about 7kms out of the city. Brownhill Creek Caravan Park. Costs $25 for unpowered site. It has good facilities, and if you are lucky maybe able to see koalas on the big trees. The caravan park in the city is more costly, $38 per night but near to the city.

We planned to stay 6 days in Adelaide, trying to update our blog and also enjoy the city life. About 700m walk from the caravan park, there’s bus stop no.17 which leads to city. Bus fare from 9am to 3pm is $2.90 for regular rate like us. Student rate is so much cheaper. After 3pm, the fee will be a whopping $4.60! Gosh, it’s really expensive. But we think it is still cheaper than staying in the city hostel or caravan park, even driving to city is costly due to parking fees. There’s a 10 trips bus ticket which you can purchase from the public transport office in the city. It costs $30.90 for the 10 trips, meaning about $3.09 per trip. It’s more economic, if you plan to use it 10 times.

First point of interest for us, the national library =) Well, they offer free wifi and pc for public use, and their connection is so fast. Then we went to the famous Adelaide Central Market*****. It’s a must go place for us. We walked from the library to the market, took about 15mins. There is free bus service in Adelaide CBD, bus no.99C which runs a loop. So it will stop nearby Central Market. That’s of course easier than walking.

It was so nice walking in the market, all sorts of fresh fruits and veggies, cafes and Asian restaurants. We bought some veggies and pita bread (only $1.50). There’s Coles supermarket in this central market, but it’s more expensive than the stall vendors. We stopped by at a restaurant, Malacca Corner$, which is owned by our friend, Andrea’s foster mother. We tried their famous Rendang Chicken with rice. It tasted good, quite big portion too =) There’s a food court inside the market with so many stalls offering Asian food. Remember to check the opening times of the market as it varies. It closes on Wednesday, so during Tues, around the end of business hours, the veggies vendors will sell their products at discount. That is the best time to get cheap food =) 

 

Gouger St***** (just next to central market), is the Chinatown precinct of Adelaide, offering so many options. Walking along this street, we were attracted by the coffee aroma from Cibo Espresso. In we go! Their cakes and nibbles look so tasty. So we tried their Cibocinno (hazelnut cappuccino) and Torta al Formaggio (Italian Apricot cheesecake). It was absolutely delicious!!! We’ll go back there again for sure. Cibo Espresso is everywhere in Adelaide, it is an Italian concept coffee house. 

Thanks to Andrea’s recommendation, we head on to Fortune Duck Restaurant at Gouger St to savor the roast duck! This is what we call roast duck, unlike the one we ate at Port Lincoln. LOL. Half duck costs $16.80, and their rice is $2 per person. We ordered 2 servings of rice, but it seems like 4 people can eat it. Too much. . . Erm, we manage to finish it eventually.. HAhaha. . .