Thursday February 27, 2014

We have arrived in Adelaide, Australia.  Tonight and for the next couple of days we are staying with a warm showers host in Glenelg, a small beach suburb of Adelaide.

We left New Zealand at 8:20 am and arrived in Adelaide at 10:40 am local time.  After clearing customs and a thorough inspection of the bicycles by customs and immigration we found a taxi and went to Glenelg.

Glenelg is actually the first area of South Australia that was settled in 1836 and was not settled by convicts but people who actually wanted to emigrate to Australia.  I can understand why, Adelaide is a great City.  An amazing biking community and lots of cycle lanes.

We had originally planned on staying in a hotel near the airport to get the bikes set up.  However, due to the various events that are happening this week-end in Adelaide we were unable to secure hotel accommodation. From February 14 to March 14 Adelaide hosts a Fringe Festival.  This week-end is motor racing (Clipsall) V8 cars. South Australia is referred to as the Festival state.

We are staying in a Heritage home and it is beautiful.

Tomorrow (Friday) we are going into Adelaide to see some of the Fringe events.  We are taking the tram from Glenelg.

Not sure why these large brass pigs are here, but they are lovely.

Kathy has invited us to stay until Sunday as there will be a ‘community’ BBQ.  We will restart our cycling on Monday. – Glenelg to Normanville.