So today was the day we got our overland train from Melbourne to Adelaide - approximately 830km, or 515 miles to us, departing from Melbourne at 08:00 and arriving at 18:00 in Adelaide. Safe to say this was a rather long and boring day sat in the same seat for what turned out to be 10.5 hours after we found that you cross over in to a different time zone on the way to Adelaide, gaining an extra half an hour to our day. Because Emily is still able to use her phone she had been running off of the correct time, while mine (still on airplane mode) led me to believe that we were closer than we actually were, it was a very bitter moment when I found this out, getting even more agitated and itchy to get out of my seat and go somewhere. We walked to a bus stop and got the bus from to Glenelg - really missing having a car and our own independence, being able to drive from door to door.

Glenelg itself was a lovely little beach town just on the western outskirts of Adelaide. There were some very charismatic buildings to look at as you walked through the town, plenty of places to eat (not that we can afford it now), decent shops and a great beach that was never once heavily crowded. There was only one hostel here, and it was fantastic. Laura, our roomy from Cardiff was great and the people who owned the place (husband being from the UK and has lived here for 15 years now) were so accommodating and so helpful. On one of the evenings here we got talking to a group of Australians who were absolute legends! After getting along so well this evening was quickly turning into a messy one, this was sped up with a few rounds of VCR's (Vodka, Cherry and Redbull) - these tasted amazing, too good in fact. I think they then took it personally when I called it a women's drink for being too easy to consume. This brought on an onslaught of tequilas - I'm pretty sure even this stuff is watered down compared to home because these were going down pretty easy too. Sadly, Emily was starting to feel the consequences of living like a student again and drinking too much too quickly (no sick though, thankfully) - having to leave the lads and our dorm mate to it. After seeing how everyone looked the day after I think this was probably for the best.

The next few days were just spent mainly exploring Glenelg itself and sitting on its golden sandy beaches and blue waters, watching the odd plane take off from a nearby airport - nothing more we could really ask for. Although, we never really went into the water because it was so damn cold compared to the 30 degree waters we are used too! The marina was impressive with its many multimillion dollar boats floating beside the waterfront bars and restaurants.

For those who really know me and Emily, you'll probably know that we do love a good old pizza. On our last evening we had an intense conversation with the hostel owners who evidently enjoyed a good pizza too. Emily and I wanted good pizza without having to pay a premium for it - damn backpackers. The challenge was set and we left them two to debate between themselves where we should go, this was hysterical. By the time we made a decision sunset was fast approaching, so they rang ahead for us with our order so it would be ready for collection. We stopped into the bottles shop enroute to pick up a couple drinks and made our way to a very quite beach. We sat on the sand that evening watching the sunset enjoy the best pizza I think I have ever had. The only thing that could of made that better was remembering to bring my hoody as we are still struggling with how cold it is compared to South East Asia.

Later that evening Laura came to meet us before we headed back to the hostel to get on with the never so joyful task of packing our backpacks. We are picking our campervan up in the morning where we will spend the next 10 days travelling the infamous Great Ocean Road to Sydney. I've never done anything like this before, only camping in the odd tent here or there so I've been buzzing for this day for a long while now!!!

C & E x