Adelaide

Caught the 10hr Overland from Melbourne to Adelaide, on which Dan bought a very fetching hat so that everyone will know he's a train enthusiast.

Melbourne marked the end of the 'bearable weather' portion of the year. We arrived in Adelaide to 33⁰C at 5pm, and it's only going to get hotter for the rest of January as we travel up into the Northern Territory.

Despite the heat, here are a few reasons we loved Adelaide;

1. Adelaide Central Market: 12/10, best market in Australia. Just exceptional - it has everything. Chelsea would move here just for the strength of the cheese game.

2. Glenelg Beach - our last chance to dip in the ocean for a few weeks. This is a great beach and the easiest to access from Adelaide, plus we went on a sunny Saturday morning at the end of the school holidays. Given how busy the beaches are in Sydney, we were expecting to have to deploy our elbows to get a spot. But it was half empty! Maybe the water is toxic and locals know better than to swim in it, but if so that's a price worth paying.

3. Art Gallery of South Australia. Probably the best curated gallery we've been to in the whole country (maybe the world).

4. National Wine Centre of Australia. Self serve wine tasting on tap. Weird, but also great?! Mixed review on the wines, but somehow they all seemed to taste better and better after the first five...

All in all, a successful two-day flying visit. Now we're back on the Greyhound for a 19hr (🥲) coach to Alice Springs. See you in the NT...もっと詳しく