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Sydney to Adelaide and.... PICS!

On Thursday we drove from Sydney to Adelaide. The first day we didn't get out of Sydney til noon (after a couple of missed turns), stopped in Canberra to pick up our gear from storage. Then we made our way to Albury-Wodonga on the NSW/Victoria border, where we stopped for the night. Australian highways are slooooow. Everyone obeys the speed limit as cameras strictly enforce everyone. Our gas-guzzling 4WD outback-equipped SUV wasn't going to go much faster anyways. I scored a "relocation" deal from Britz-Maui. Basically, I paid only $5/day for the vehicle and was given $250 gas money to take it to Adelaide. The only stipulation... It had to be there in 4 days and my km's were limited (although the limit was quite high).

On day 2 we had a long haul from Albury to Adelaide. We decided early to stop outside of Adelaide somewhere and drive in Saturday morning. Victor Harbour, a tourist town south of Adelaide seemed a good choice, I wasn't keen on any of the small-town motels we passed earlier. Taking longer than expected, we arrived in Victor Harbour just after 10pm to find out the town was full of "schoolies". 7000 high school kids, drunk and partying for the weekend to celebrate graduation (as far as I can tell). Not a chance of getting a place to sleep.

So... off to Adelaide, our only hope of a bed for the night. After an hour or two of searching for a place with a front desk that was open, we ended up driving to a suburb and sleeping in the truck for the night... no fun. We found this great hostel the next morning, where we are currently staying until we find long-term accommodation. However, we only have 7 days, as this coming weekend the entire city accommodation is booked up for the Ashes cricket tournament. A bit stressful for sure.

Our hostel offers free internet, so I took advantage of the bandwidth to upload the first batch of photos from the trip. Unfortunately I keep forgetting to have the camera on me... so what you see is only a moderate sample of what I've seen and done. Just click on the photo gallery link in the right column and have a browse. Don't be afraid to leave comments!

Notes to a couple of people:

Carson - we listened to Triple J for about 6 hours on our trip. Good stuff!

Brian and Darlene - walking through Sydney.. met some Canadians on the street that were there with the military... the one guy had an HMCS Calgary shirt on. I mentioned Brians name and some of them knew you well! Small world. I think they were all stationed in Esquimalt...

Anyways.... I really should write that race report tonight! I will post here as soon as it's finished.

posted by Greg @ 11/26/2006