Adelaide

We arrived in Adelaide and found the campsite, managed to get some washing done etc.

One prospective buyer for Bertha, living in Sydney, asked if she could arrange for a friend to look at Bertha on Wednesday, after 2:30 pm, but not too late. That’s a little under 500 miles to travel! Oh well, all part of the adventure, but that only us one day for looking around Adelaide.

Monday morning we set off to walk into the centre. We walked past the botanic gardens only to find that they we shut 😡.

The “Adelaide Fringe” - similar to the Edinburgh Fringe, is currently taking place and occupying a lot of the central area plus surrounding parks. We didn’t find the city terribly inspiring, some lovely heritage buildings, lovely sculptures and more vibe than Canberra, but I guess the lack of warmth and sunshine left us feeling (literally) a bit cold.

We received another request to view Bertha from someone in Adelaide and needed to get back for 5pm. We took a tram down town and wandered around to find China Town, much better than either Brisbane of Melbourne. Another tram took us to the cultural area with the museum, library, art gallery and some university buildings. We wandered around the museum looking at the history of aboriginal life, “the longest culture in the world”, that probably makes it the oldest too. I can’t help feeling that we are losing a huge amount of knowledge around land management, medicines and living in harmony with the world. Maybe that lifestyle is a luxury that can only be afforded when the human population is kept in balance with the land it lives on.

After our fill of culture we took a tram and then walked back to prepare Bertha for the viewing hoping that they would buy her and save us the tortuous journey back to Melbourne when we really want to go inland.

Unfortunately, while they offered to buy her, the price was too low, we will set off to Melbourne on Tuesday morning and break the journey somewhere. I’ll also contact some people who want to see Bertha when we return to Brisbane and arrange for them to view her late in the week.

Late that evening I received a message to say that the viewing on Wednesday was cancelled 🤬Read more