And about time too!
Alright I’ve been a leetle slack on this whole blogness thing huh? Considering I’ve been “meaning” to write up my trip for yonks, I will know knuckle down and get on with it. So, without further ado, here’s the story (the start anyways) of my 2 weeks away in March. Yes March. Shaddup.
14th March. Melbourne to Adelaide
The original plan for this trip was to be on trains as much as I could, but that kind of fell apart when I was coming back from the northern parts. However, I started the trip in style, with a 9 hour train trip over the border into South Australia. It was a fairly uneventful trip. I didn’t have a window seat so I read a book almost the whole way, breaking for snacks in the lunch car from time to time and also to peek out the window. It was a good taste of what was to come on the Ghan.
Once in Adelaide, the plan was to walk from the terminal to the hotel, then back again the next morning, however since I’d buggered my back at work not long before the trip, I ended up taking a taxi for the ever so short trip. The hotel was horribly expensive, considering it wasn’t particularly special. Once I was checked in I went on a hunt for food, but Adelaide was apparently closed. So I ended up in the hotel restaurant. After sorting all my stuff into an overnight bag, I went to bed early. Thrilling so far huh? Here’s the view from the hotel anyways:
It WAS in a super nice area, but yeah. Cashing in on closeness to the rail terminal I think.