Sweet Adelaide
Yes, Mattie. I am loaded down with rocks for you. I hope they bring you to this part of the world, some day.
Mel described our night in a field in Tasmania. The stars may have been wonderful but the toilet facilities were lacking so some of us were happier than others!
We flew back to Melbourne and drove along the Great Ocean Road. It was a cloudy, rainy day and we ran out of time to make it all the way to the most famous area - the area of huge rocks along the coast, but the part we traveled was beautiful. We stayed overnight along the way and woke up to a clear, beautiful morning so the return trip was a whole different experience of the road. It is a very famous surfing area and many of the famous brands of surfing clothing is manufactured there.
We then flew to Adelaide where Mel had been on a Fullbright the previous year and where we have a number of wonderful friends. Adelaide, I learned, is a planned city with large parks and broad avenues. It is very pretty, but then all of the Australian cities we have seen so far are very pretty. We've walked along the River Torrens each morning and through the Botanical Gardens. It's amazing to see parrots and cockatoos out in the parks.
We are now on our way to a "sheep station" in the outback with friends, Steve and Andrea Duff. I do believe a sheep station is a sheep farm.
We continue to miss you all.
Love,
Janet
And a word from Mel -- What an adventure this has been. And it is so wonderful to arrive in a city half a planet away and realize there are friends planning events for you. Several hours after arriving the Vice Chancellor (President) of the University of South Australia, Denise Bradley, and her husband Bruce King, who is head of the Flexible Learning Centre here took us out to an elegant Italian restaurant. The next day it was drinks with International Office Director Kevin Brett followed by dinner with colleague Ingrid Day and her new husband Barry Fox, a former Vice President with CBS television and a war film correspondent with amazing experiences. Now off to the sheep station and back in time for a brunch with about 10-12 including Dale Clarke the student who came to GSU from here a year ago.
What great fun this has been and continues to be. Sunday we are off on a train called the "Ghan" - think Afghan camel drivers for whom it is named - to the center of the island continent and the mystical Ayers Rock or in aboriginal - Uluru.
Love the comments some of you have made and are answering separately or in postings. More on cuisine later Bernie.
Mel
Mel described our night in a field in Tasmania. The stars may have been wonderful but the toilet facilities were lacking so some of us were happier than others!
We flew back to Melbourne and drove along the Great Ocean Road. It was a cloudy, rainy day and we ran out of time to make it all the way to the most famous area - the area of huge rocks along the coast, but the part we traveled was beautiful. We stayed overnight along the way and woke up to a clear, beautiful morning so the return trip was a whole different experience of the road. It is a very famous surfing area and many of the famous brands of surfing clothing is manufactured there.
We then flew to Adelaide where Mel had been on a Fullbright the previous year and where we have a number of wonderful friends. Adelaide, I learned, is a planned city with large parks and broad avenues. It is very pretty, but then all of the Australian cities we have seen so far are very pretty. We've walked along the River Torrens each morning and through the Botanical Gardens. It's amazing to see parrots and cockatoos out in the parks.
We are now on our way to a "sheep station" in the outback with friends, Steve and Andrea Duff. I do believe a sheep station is a sheep farm.
We continue to miss you all.
Love,
Janet
And a word from Mel -- What an adventure this has been. And it is so wonderful to arrive in a city half a planet away and realize there are friends planning events for you. Several hours after arriving the Vice Chancellor (President) of the University of South Australia, Denise Bradley, and her husband Bruce King, who is head of the Flexible Learning Centre here took us out to an elegant Italian restaurant. The next day it was drinks with International Office Director Kevin Brett followed by dinner with colleague Ingrid Day and her new husband Barry Fox, a former Vice President with CBS television and a war film correspondent with amazing experiences. Now off to the sheep station and back in time for a brunch with about 10-12 including Dale Clarke the student who came to GSU from here a year ago.
What great fun this has been and continues to be. Sunday we are off on a train called the "Ghan" - think Afghan camel drivers for whom it is named - to the center of the island continent and the mystical Ayers Rock or in aboriginal - Uluru.
Love the comments some of you have made and are answering separately or in postings. More on cuisine later Bernie.
Mel
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