Year off around Australia

Sharon and I arrive here after getting the bus in from the airport, where we returned from Harbour Town shopping and lunch stop to collect our luggage from storage lockers.Once off the bus - only a short walk from Currie St to here.
We're on level 15 room 1513 so got a good city view - and happy that we have a balcony area we can sit out on.
We settle in, and have a lovely relax chatting and hydrating - yes water! Much needed on this warm day. We're having such a nice time catching up - we get a shock that the day is getting away on us - time to get moving for our booked visit to the Botantic Gardens to see an exhibition that opens for its evening session at 6.45pm.
We return around 11.30pm - after calling in for a drink (nice Watermelon Cooler cocktail each) at the Stamford on our way back.
Now we relax, I have a cup of tea, we sit out on our balcony until we realise it's close to 1am - time for bed.
7/02/25 Friday. I've set my alarm for 6am intending to go for a swim in the pool here. I get up and get into my bathers and head off, only to return as the pool and gym area doesn't open until 6.30am. By this time I've woken Sharon and she decides to come for a swim too. So we have a lovely time in the pool - just us two - until 7.15am when we decide we'd better head back to our room so I can get ready to head off to my appt I've made, I want to leave our motel around 8.30am. We go back and I have a showers and get organised to have breakfast at The Coffee Club (in the ground level of the Oaks Embassy). This is a very nice place - enjoy my corn and zucchini fritters served with avocado, poached egg and relish with a pot of chai tea. Sharon has smashed avocado on sourdough - very yummy too. I leave from here to go catch a bus to my appointment out at Blair Athol. Sharon is happy to spend the morning back in our motel room - catching up on her journal, washing our new clothing purchases (from Harbour Town - Peter Alexander PJ's and white jacket of Sharon's) and having her shower etc.
I get back from getting my eye-liner tattooing, earlier than expected - at 12 noon - so we relax for a while (Sharon finishes getting ready to go out) before going for a walk to Adelaide Market to have lunch and stock up on supplies to enjoy at our accommodation.
We come back here around 4.30pm. Now relax until we head out for tonight's 'main event' Bryan Adams. We enjoy a bottle of Sparkling Shiraz with Cheeses, biscuits, fruit and a dip - all from the markets. We leave at 6.45pm to catch a bus to the Entertainment Centre.
After the show, we walk 3.5km back from the Entertainment Centre (too big of a queue for buses!) to get 'home' after 12pm. Quick cuppa for me, then bedtime with happy chatting.
8/02/25 Saturday. Yay free day ahead - only commitment (looking forward to) is be at Festival Theatre tonight at 7.30pm. So we have a leisurely 'lay about' in our motel room, we woke around 8am, and have our breakfast in our PJ's (new ones that Sharon got washed yesterday) before getting ready to head out to walk about Rundle Mall.
We return after our lunch and shopping expedition around 3pm. Now settle to watch a movie on motel Netflix - Burlesque, with Cher - while enjoying some more of our Cheeses etc, along with a bottle of Sparkling Pinot Noir. After this movie, we start to watch Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron, so Sharon can hear the songs in it by Bryan Adams. We don't finish this before having to leave for our Festival Theatre show - we get ready and head out before 7pm.
Get back from this show around 10.30pm - figure we have time to watch the rest of the Spirit movie - very enjoyable. Cuppa and bed with more chatting.
9/02/25 Sunday. Sleep in until around 8am. Sharon has organised a late checkout of 11am for us, so we have a leisurely breakfast - in our PJs on the balcony. Finishing off the Granola pot and fresh fruit with a cup of tea. We then take turns at having a shower and packing. Packing is a challenge with having to fit in our shopping! We get it done though. Relax, I have another cuppa before we go down to reception and check out.
Now walk the short distance to the bus stop to catch one to the airport.Weiterlesen