Adelaide
After more than 100 km the road trip ended in Adelaide, which most people told me is a so called shit hole. According to me it isn’t. First of all it is quiet with a shopping district, restaurant and bar district, and a belt with parks around the CBD. I just did all of this and enjoyed this actually more than in Sydney or Melbourne. Funny fact is that the whole CBD seems to have many car parks and ugly concrete buildings, unfortunately. It feels more like a village than a city. The city has more to offer. The Botanic Garden is the best of the country and the Southern Australia Museum has the best display (and most info) about the Tasmanian Tiger (also a marsupial and no tiger). Then put the Art Gallery in the list and see a rushing Amar in Adelaide to cope with all this sight seeing. Honestly I think I needed more time for this, but as we had to take the train to Perth. I’ll be back here.
Crossing… uhh nomans land?
By stepping in the Indian Pacific train on Thursday 19:40 hr it was finally the end of the east coast. The train, 26 carriages long = 714 m, and crossing one time zone and the Nullarboor Plain. It’s said to be one of there great railway journeys in the world. I can confirm this 🙂
From the foresty hills in Adelaide the train arived the next day in Cook, which is the start of the desert. Nobody lives here nowadays and it turned into a spooky town. It must be pretty scarry to live here, with the desert enclosing me. Except for some tourists and a shit load of flies not much is left here. The whole day the train continued in the Nullarboor Plain on the longest stretch of straight track in the world. “Nulla” means “no” and “Boor” means “tree” in aboriginal language. Can you picture the Nullaboor Plain now? The same night we arrives in Kalgoorlie with some delays. So, I was unable to go to the mines nearby this town. Instead I explores the area here which didn’t seem to be ugly at all with colonial buildings. As it was Good Friday, even the pub was closed…
On Friday morning at 9:10 I arrived in Perth. I think I caught myself in a “back home” cheer and was glad to see some of my friends back and the city where I stayed before. Was this a new start in Perth and Australia?