Adelaide

Cabin with Sea View, originally uploaded by Frickley.

Unbeknown to us, we picked the best location to stay in Adelaide! We have been staying in a cabin directly by the beach with a sea view in a pretty campsite just 10km outside the city centre. With just 3 days here, we have spent the time exploring the city, visiting historic landmarks, an opal & diamond museum (one opal we were shown was worth 70k - for a piece the size of a penny!) the famous Haighs chocolate shop and Adelaide central market. The weather is really hot here so we have also got in the odd bit of sunbathing!

On Sunday it was James' birthday, so we celebrated with a delicious Indian and some sparkling wine. While we were back in Cairns I bought him his main present of a Didgeridoo (that we sent back to England), but I bought a few more bits and bobs for the actual day to make it feel a bit more like a birthday for him (just like Christmas, it's surprising how much it doesn't feel like a special time when you don't have all your friends and family around to share it with). The gifts went down well - I think the joke peppermint nipples were his favourite!

James is still having jip with his ear, so we went to the doc's this morning to find out that the infection (tropical ear) he had back in Cairns two months ago is still there. It isn't hurting him but he is relatively deaf, so he has got another course of antibiotics - hopefully that will work as the doc said otherwise he will have to have his ear syringed - ew!

We're flying back to Sydney tomorrow - having had the last couple of months to spread out a bit and accumulate 'stuff', it will be a test to see if we can fit everything into a backpack once again! Hope all the Christmas preparations are going well at home and missing everyone lots!

F&J.x.