As soon as the bus left Coober Pedy last night it was dark - so we didn't get to see much out of the window. Nikki did some reading, watched the film on the TV and then slept for most of the journey - as did Steve, who seems to ALWAYS be asleep! I tried to sleep, but couldn't - so I just played on the laptop and did some reading.
We rolled into Adelaide at about 6am and - it seemed absolutely freezing! I know compared to home, it was probably quite nice - but it was still quite a shock after the Northern Territory and then Cooper Pedy. We didn't have anything booked, but we figured we'd check out the YHA to see if they had any room. I'm glad we did... the hostel is AMAZING! They didn't have any double or triple rooms (we've hired Steve as our photographer for a couple of weeks) - but they said we could have a family room, and then messed up the price - so we got it for $27 each... a bargain, seeing as we've got a queen size bed. Not Steve though, he's in the bunk bed (ha ha).
As we were so early checking in, they said we could use the facilities while we waited for our room and it was a nice surprise to find that Friday is 'free pancake day' at the YHA, so we had some pancakes and then surfed the internet before finally going to our room. Once we'd dropped off our bags we went out to explore Adelaide.
The city seems quite nice - and there are loads of shops for us to look in (we can't afford to buy anything though). Seeing as we were out and about, we went into Quantas and sorted out the flights for the remainder of our trip - we even booked our flight to come home (boo),
After lunch we had a look round some more and then took a walk over to the Central Market, where they sell loads of fruit & veg - the place was packed so we thought we'd pop back tomorrow, in the hope that it would be quieter.
Tonight we hung around the hostel, because we were all absolutely knackered from the bus journey down - I even thrashed Steve at chess!
So, the flight home's booked... just gotta lose the Passport now!
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