Adelaide Trip 2009 – Post Christmas

Travelled for the first time in many years on a Qantas domestic flight. Their terminal in Melbourne is in need of refurbishment, but the plane left the gate on time, only then we waited 30 minutes before taking off. Not usually a problem, except I needed to go to the toilet. Thankfully the seat-belt sign was turned off relatively soon after take off and I took full advantage of this.

Being a full service airline, there was even a meal served on the flight, which I ate, apart from the cracker. Strangely the meal options did not include a gluten free alternative.

My mate Conrad was waiting for me at the airport and after collecting my bag, we drove down to the beach, where he had booked a table at a local greek restaurant. Good thing he had booked as the place was very busy. Nice food but I’ve had better Greek in Melbourne.

On Sunday we when to the McClen Vale wine region and drove around a number of the vineyards. I was the main taster and was getting to the end of my tolerance for wines, even the very nice ones that we had been tasting and buying.

Had lunch at Penny Hill and it was lovely there, very nice view and the food was delicious especially the four scopes of ice-cream. After all that good food and wine, I was having a job staying awake on the trip back.

We both laid up for a few hours before venturing out in the evening to have a meal at one of the Thai restaurants along Rundell Mall.