If a few days in the Outback was an adventure, then Adelaide was the complete opposite! We had quite a few days booked to stay here simply because we didn't need to get to Melbourne for the final part of our time in Australia until a certain date so we split the time we had left as best we could. During our 5 days here we really didn't do much at all. The first day and much of the days afterwards were spent in the lounge of our hostel, on the sofa in front of the TV. Our time in the Outback had really taken it out of us so we were more than happy to rest, relax and recover!
We also spent a little bit of time wandering around the shopping area looking at things we had no intention of buying and trying to adjust to seeing Christmas decorations sat side by side in shop windows with 'Summer Sale' banners!

The only things worth mentioning that we did do, was a trip on the tram down to the coast and visits to the South Australia Museum and a chocolate factory. Our trip on the tram took us out of the city to a town called Glenelg. It was strangely just like a seaside town in England although thanks to the architecture, like a seaside town in England from the 70s! We walked to the end of the pier until we couldn't take it anymore (it was absolute freezing thanks to the strong wind), took a look in the arcade, sat and ate our packed lunch and had a nice 'English' day out to the beach!

We spent an afternoon in the South Australia Museum which contained everything from one half of a blue whales jaw bone (it was enormous!) to a canoe made for war by Pacific islanders and everything in between. There were large sections on the various animals found in the area (including a 5 second video of the now extinct Tasmanian Tiger, which looks like a large dog with a tigers back end), the creatures found in the seas around here, Aboriginal history, and Pacific islanders history from Maoris to Fijians and their now past cannibalistic ways! The fact the exhibits ranged so much in content meant it was a fun couple of hours with new things to see and learn about around each corner.

Our visit to the chocolate factory was on our last day in the city and we only just made it. We were given the wrong directions so we ended up walking the wrong way, followed by turning around and running into the place hot and bothered, huffing and puffing! We had missed the first 5 minutes of the tour (and the free samples!) but were allowed to join. Now, although it was nice and interesting to see, the 'factory tour' wasn't actually a factory. It was more one large room that we were able to look into while chocolates rolled along a conveyor belt. It wasn't a patch on Cadburys World! We didn't even buy any as they were all so expensive, even the 'seconds' that weren't the right size or shape were pricey. We watched one lady in a suit walk in and buy 8 boxes of chocolates for a cool $480! Certainly just a little above our budget for sweets!

After our days of doing not very much at all, we hopped on the train for the 12 hour ride to Melbourne, our last city in Australia.