To Adelaide via Monarto Wildlife Park

Very cold today and windy and heavy rain from Monarto into Adelaide. 1st stop Coonalpyn silo art for coffee for John (breakfast) and swap drivers. Then we stopped at the Monarto Wildlife Park, and it worked out ok because they take you in a big bus around the huge park with the idea of getting on and off where you want. I was hoping to walk some but weather too risky. We had lunch in the cafe and then got on the bus. It was a full-sized bus so no chance of good photos through the windows. We got off at the second stop because of the promise of a bird walk only to be told there's not much going on. John had coffee and I did the walk in the rain. Didn't see any birds but nice walk anyway.

The park was a good introduction to our birding trip to South Africa, in a couple of weeks, where we expect to see many of the birds and mammals we see here.

After arriving at The Terrace Hotel, Adelaide, we went to Amy's place after picking up takeaway from Pasta Go Go (Tinglish was closed) to have dinner with Amy, Matt (her new boyfriend from Queensland) and Sadie (her 15 week old Border Collie puppy). Matt was doing all the right things when meeting his potential in-laws for the first time. Sadie was doing what puppies do - only in overdrive all night. We left relatively early. Amy drove us back to the hotel in our VW Golf, which she took back to her place as free parking while we were on our tour.Read more