Sunday 19th May was a very long day for us. We were up at 7 o'clock to pack our bags & skype family at home, before checking out of the hotel and driving to Church for Mass at 9 o'clock.
This was a beautiful old church which had had the minimal of change for Mass in the new rite. It was Pentecost Sunday and the entrance hymn was "Come Holy Ghost Creator Come" The Priest was past the retirement age of UK Priests.
The re ordered Altar had been brought forward of the Sanctuary.
The original Sanctuary with Altar intact.
One of the side Altars.
The Baptismal font at the back of Church.
We only left the Church hall at 10.45 after having tea & biscuits & a chat with some of the parishoners. Ahead of us was a 726 kilometer (just over 450 miles) drive to Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It was a long and tedious drive on long straight highways. We arrived at the motel at 8.15 local time, having had to put our watches back 30 minutes en route for the new time zone we are now in. We are now only eight and a half hours in front of the UK.
After a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast we took the free tram into the city to do a spot of sight seeing. We needed to find out where the train station is where we will be departing from later in the week & also where we need to return the hire car to on Wednesday.
Adelaide is a lovely city to explore, especially on a lovely warm (21 degrees) sunny day. This picture is of the "Great War" memorial which I think is quite impressive looking.
More impressive is the fact that you can walk into it and read the names of the fallen and identify the battles in which they fell.
Picture of the museum
& the State Library, where we are able to enjoy unlimited free internet in comfort.
The tram car journey into the city from our hotel is free and frequent.
On Tuesday we drove out to Glenelg, a coastal town, South of the city. The bay on which the town lies is called Holdfast Bay & is the site where the first settlers landed in South Australia.
Anne by the monument to the Pioneer settlers
Both of us on the prom.
Relaxing on the rocks.
One of the old trams has been preserved.
A view of the marina
After a short walk through the town we arrived at Gum Tree Reserve. This is the site where the Colony of South Australia was proclaimed & established as a province.
After returning the hire car we walked around the city and came across these statues in the precinct. Bolton has it's elephants, Adelaide it's pigs.
We walked through the botanical gardens on our way to the zoo.
Anne outside the old palm house in the gardens.
Next stop was the zoo. The number one attraction was the pair of Giant Pandas. I was lucky enough to feed one of them!!!!!
Unfortunately I am unable to download any more pictures due to technical difficulties. Hopefully I will find a wizz kid to help get me back on track.
A sample of the Stations of The Cross
We only left the Church hall at 10.45 after having tea & biscuits & a chat with some of the parishoners. Ahead of us was a 726 kilometer (just over 450 miles) drive to Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It was a long and tedious drive on long straight highways. We arrived at the motel at 8.15 local time, having had to put our watches back 30 minutes en route for the new time zone we are now in. We are now only eight and a half hours in front of the UK.
After a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast we took the free tram into the city to do a spot of sight seeing. We needed to find out where the train station is where we will be departing from later in the week & also where we need to return the hire car to on Wednesday.
Adelaide is a lovely city to explore, especially on a lovely warm (21 degrees) sunny day. This picture is of the "Great War" memorial which I think is quite impressive looking.
Picture of the museum
On Tuesday we drove out to Glenelg, a coastal town, South of the city. The bay on which the town lies is called Holdfast Bay & is the site where the first settlers landed in South Australia.
Anne by the monument to the Pioneer settlers
A replica of HMS Buffalo (which is a restaurant) can be seen in "drydock".
After a short walk through the town we arrived at Gum Tree Reserve. This is the site where the Colony of South Australia was proclaimed & established as a province.
Our penultimate day in Adelaide was a busy one. In the morning we went to visit Haigh's chocolate factory. All hand made & only sold in their own shops in Australia. It was like having a second birthday in a week, having to eat Anne's samples as well as my own.
After returning the hire car we walked around the city and came across these statues in the precinct. Bolton has it's elephants, Adelaide it's pigs.
We walked through the botanical gardens on our way to the zoo.
Anne outside the old palm house in the gardens.
Next stop was the zoo. The number one attraction was the pair of Giant Pandas. I was lucky enough to feed one of them!!!!!
Unfortunately I am unable to download any more pictures due to technical difficulties. Hopefully I will find a wizz kid to help get me back on track.
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