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Shika & I visited Adelaide for a day last Thursday. We managed to get tickets with Tiger for $10, and were definitely up for some time away. It was the first time we had flown with Tiger, and it wasn’t fantastic. The worst part is the fact that they use the outside terminal at Melbourne Airport which doesn’t have any shops or anything to do while you are waiting, and then to board the plane you have to walk 500m on the tarmac. We arrived in at Adelaide Airport at about 7.30am and caught a bus into the city. I was amazed by the lack of traffic at that time of the morning, it looked like Melbourne on a Sunday morning. We had a quick bite to eat then took a stroll up North Terrace and the Prince Henry Gardens to the Botanical Gardens. The Gardens were really pretty, especially the rose gardens and the Amazon Water Lily pond.

We then headed back into the CBD and visited the historical Ayres House, where we were taken for a tour. Ayres House was owned by a 19th century South Australian premier and had many interesting things to see. After the tour, we walked down Rundle Mall to the Sky City casino. Basically the old Adelaide Train Station has just been filled with pokie machines to create the casino, which is very disappointing when you compare it to Crown. After the casio it was time to have lunch, so we went down to Gouger St where we ate at a pleasant Thai restaurant. Just off Gouger St is the Adelaide Central Market, which I was very impressed with. It is really clean and neat, no rubbish to be seen anywhere, and it has a great selection of fruit shops, delis and flower shops. By this stage, it was getting a bit warm in the city, so we decided to take the tram down to Glenelg for the afternoon. I’d been told about the historical trams down to Glenelg, but they have all been replaced by the new low floor trams we have in Melbourne. Glenelg was really pretty, it was quite warm when we got there in the afternoon, so we just had a nap under the trees on the foreshore. After walking along the shore and around Jetty Rd and grabbing some ice cream, it was time to head to the bus stop to travel back to the airport.

All in all, Adelaide was very nice for a day, but I imagine we would get bored pretty quickly if we stayed for any longer. Check out our photos.

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