Saturday 27th October 2007

We had to get up early this morning so that we could change hostels - the YHA is fully booked tonight, so we're moving out. The annoying thing is that it isn't tomorrow - so we're coming back. It's a good job the other hostel, My Place, is only down the road! Once we were all checked into our room (a triple again - but with us all in bunks this time), me and Nikki went out exploring.

Today was spent looking at the sights around Adelaide. Me and Nikki went on a self-guided city tour, which we were hopeless at. We had a small map and a list of about 22 things to see - but throughout the whole day, I think we managed to find only 4 or 5 - even though some are HUGE buildings! Something we did manage to find this morning was the Botanical Gardens, which were very pretty - they had a huge flower garden and it reminded us a lot of England.

This afternoon we visited the War Memorial and also the Don Bradman Centre, which is dedicated to the famous Australian cricketer. I didn't know who he was, but on learning about him, he seemed pretty good - he had an international batting average of 99.9 and only needed to score one run in his final game to get 100 - but he was bowled for a duck... against England (come on!). Afterwards, we went into the Central Library and used their free internet to surf the web.

On our way back to the hostel we thought we'd pop back into the Central Market. It was due to close at 3pm today, so we thought it might be quiet and we might be able to grab some bargains. Boy, were we wrong! The place was bedlam! At 2.55pm, the place resembled the New York Stock Exchange during trading! The vendor would shout out the latest bargain and then there would be a massive stampede of little old men and women, rushing in to grab what they could. The most impressive thing we heard was, when they shouted "everything you can fit in a carrier back for $4", me and Nikki didn't stand a chance - those OAPs are lethal!

This evening we were planning on going out for some beers, but there was a MASSIVE thunder storm - so we chilled out in the hostel instead and Nikki made us an amazing chilli for our tea.

Fruit Market... more like Fight Club!