Day 94– 12h July
2013 - Pt Wakefield to Adelaide
Sadly it is raining this morning – it had
held off for the past few days but it looks very bleak and very very grey.
Walter decided to start cycling and see how things went. I packed up and
decided not to bother with making the usual coffee as it was by this time
really very rainy.
The traffic initially was quite heavy as I
left Pt Wakefield and I noticed quite a few large trucks on the road and the
spray coming off the road as they sped past was a bit scary and I wondered how
Walter would be faring in these pretty awful conditions.
Cycling Stats: 35 kms per hour
Cycling Average: 34 kms per hour
I caught him at the 35 km mark and he
indicated that I should pull over. It was lucky that just a couple of hundred
metres up the highway there was a parking area with an undercover table area so
he was able to change into dry clothes. It just wasn’t safe to continue and we realized
that the shoulder on the road disappeared after another 5 kms or so.
So on to Adelaide driving in the pouring rain
for the remaining 50kms and we
decided to find a MacDonalds and have some coffee and decide on a plan of
action. I jumped on the computer to source some city accommodation and this was
organized. We didn’t have as much choice as we would have liked because of the
height of our campervan being 2.5 metres so we couldn’t get into many of the
hotels that have undercover carparks as there are height restrictions.
Anyway we are now enjoying a nice couple of
nights in the centre of Adelaide. So out to explore this afternoon and have a
bit of a look at the sights. Then this evening to the Friday night Markets which
were full of the best produce – wonderful.
Tomorrow another day having a bit of a look
at the sights and some relaxing before we head off on Sunday afternoon.
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| heavy rain & trucks and no shoulder on the road make for very dangerous cycling conditions |
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| Walter was forced to stop cycling for the day |
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| The Adelaide Railway Station Building - quite beautiful |
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| Enjoying The Adelaide Museum |
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| This guy was outside The Adelaide Art Gallery and this looks like a regular feeding that he is doing |
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| The Adelaide Art Gallery |
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| Interesting building behind the gallery |
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| Adelaide - the city of churches & rain today !! |
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| The famous Balls sculpture in the Adelaide Mall - the reflections in the rainy afternoon were lovely |
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