Adelaide -- Day One

Well, there is a full day behind us in Adelaide now, and it was a pretty good one. Adelaide is what I like to call the Savannah of Australia. Of the three main cities we have now been to, Adelaide is the smallest and oldest feeling. Like downtown Savannah, a large proportion of Adelaide's buildings have been around since at least the 1890's or so. We went into the South Australia Museum which has two exhibits (one of South Pacific Islander artifacts and another of stuffed animals from around the globe) that have been up since 1895. The museum's axillary buildings are converted barracks over the doors of which read "Australian Light Horse and Scottish Battalion."

Before we went to the museum we of course saw Indiana Jones, a day earlier than the states. I won't write a full review, but I will say that even though it's not the best of the series, it is still an entertaining film.

The rest of the day was dedicated to seeing the city and orienting ourselves. We ended things off by finally getting some of the Asian food that is so ubiquitous here. I once again had kangaroo, this time barbeque's Chinese style. Today we are going to take a train out towards the mountains to one of the state parks for a bush walk. Time to see some Australian wild country.