South Australia recap #1: Adelaide & Victor Harbour
Mood: 
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Tune : Watching Speedracer
April 15: I arrived in Adelaide super early in the morning and surprised Mel at her work. It was so awesome to see her again!! Distracted her for a few hours until it was time for the stores and such to open and I went to explore the city. Adelaide is an easy city to get around and it didn't take long for me to figure out where everything is (the city centre is really small and even for me, with no sense of direction, easy to navigate). I didn't do much that first day, but I did wander through Rundle Mall and the Botanical Gardens, before heading back to Mel's work so we could go to her home. I don't remember what exactly we did that first afternoon besides general catching up, but it probably included rewatching Heroes and watching a movie.
Famous Rundle balls in the mall
I don't even know...
April 16: Went with Mel to her work and distracted her again for a few hours before heading in to the city for touristy stuff. Went to Light Vision (a look-out) first, then I did a guided tour of the Parliament House, a guided tour of the Art Gallery, went to the Immigration Museum and after that it was time to pick up Mel from work again. Together we went to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the museum (my geekiness, let me show you it) which was really impressive.
The inside of the Parliament building
The only piece of Pop Art they had in the gallery, but at least it is a Warhol <3
Weirdest piece of art ever!
Funny thing Mel found in the National Geographic shop
April 17: This was Mel's first day off work while I was there so together with her mum and her adorable niece Shae we went away for the day to a little place called Victor Harbour. First we had yummy lunch (salad bar, yay!) and then we went to some sort of exhibition/museum. After that we were heading to Granite Island and on our way saw camels on the beach. Camels on the beach, lol! Anyway, Granite Island is known for its penguins, there's even a sign in front of the bridge that says there should be about 2000. So we went and looked for them and got all excited thinking we found one until it flew away... Yeah, last time I checked penguins don't fly, fail. Eventually we did see penguins but they were in captivity and the people there told us there were only like 350 left. No wonder we didn't find any ourselves.
How cool is Mel?
Camels on the beach!
Shae and I
Not a penguin :(
In the evening Mel made pancakes, yum!
My uhm creative side...
April 18: The morning was spent pretty lazy (sleeping in, watching TV - I love travelling ;)). In the afternoon though we met up with Lauren and her friend Emma (it was so great to finally meet Lauren!) to see the movie 17 Again in cinema. It was a great movie and I don't just say that because Zac looked really good in ;) I think all of us had a surprisingly great time seeing it. Btw, we saw a preview for Merlin coming to Australia during the trailers. A preview for a TV-show (and an awesome one at that) on the big screen! That was really cool.
Emma, Mel, Lauren and I. This was supposed to be a picture with all of us doing something crazy but apparently for most of us that just meant making signs with our fingers... Mel's the only one doing it right
More pictures can be found HERE and HERE.
|| Blah
Tune : Watching Speedracer
April 15: I arrived in Adelaide super early in the morning and surprised Mel at her work. It was so awesome to see her again!! Distracted her for a few hours until it was time for the stores and such to open and I went to explore the city. Adelaide is an easy city to get around and it didn't take long for me to figure out where everything is (the city centre is really small and even for me, with no sense of direction, easy to navigate). I didn't do much that first day, but I did wander through Rundle Mall and the Botanical Gardens, before heading back to Mel's work so we could go to her home. I don't remember what exactly we did that first afternoon besides general catching up, but it probably included rewatching Heroes and watching a movie.
Famous Rundle balls in the mall
I don't even know...
April 16: Went with Mel to her work and distracted her again for a few hours before heading in to the city for touristy stuff. Went to Light Vision (a look-out) first, then I did a guided tour of the Parliament House, a guided tour of the Art Gallery, went to the Immigration Museum and after that it was time to pick up Mel from work again. Together we went to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the museum (my geekiness, let me show you it) which was really impressive.
The inside of the Parliament building
The only piece of Pop Art they had in the gallery, but at least it is a Warhol <3
Weirdest piece of art ever!
Funny thing Mel found in the National Geographic shop
April 17: This was Mel's first day off work while I was there so together with her mum and her adorable niece Shae we went away for the day to a little place called Victor Harbour. First we had yummy lunch (salad bar, yay!) and then we went to some sort of exhibition/museum. After that we were heading to Granite Island and on our way saw camels on the beach. Camels on the beach, lol! Anyway, Granite Island is known for its penguins, there's even a sign in front of the bridge that says there should be about 2000. So we went and looked for them and got all excited thinking we found one until it flew away... Yeah, last time I checked penguins don't fly, fail. Eventually we did see penguins but they were in captivity and the people there told us there were only like 350 left. No wonder we didn't find any ourselves.
How cool is Mel?
Camels on the beach!
Shae and I
Not a penguin :(
In the evening Mel made pancakes, yum!
My uhm creative side...
April 18: The morning was spent pretty lazy (sleeping in, watching TV - I love travelling ;)). In the afternoon though we met up with Lauren and her friend Emma (it was so great to finally meet Lauren!) to see the movie 17 Again in cinema. It was a great movie and I don't just say that because Zac looked really good in ;) I think all of us had a surprisingly great time seeing it. Btw, we saw a preview for Merlin coming to Australia during the trailers. A preview for a TV-show (and an awesome one at that) on the big screen! That was really cool.
Emma, Mel, Lauren and I. This was supposed to be a picture with all of us doing something crazy but apparently for most of us that just meant making signs with our fingers... Mel's the only one doing it right
More pictures can be found HERE and HERE.