Christmas in Adelaide started with catching up with everyone as Mum had just arrived but we still had to get Dora's brakes fixed as they really started to rub coming down the hill into Adelaide. It was important that they got repaired before xmas because we needed two cars to drive everyone around to all the intended places of visit over the coming days and we managed to get them done on xmas eve.The weather was dull and wet right up until xmas day so we felt a l...

As previously mentioned, Adelaide was for recouperation - to spend time with family, to find a car, to babysit and to get ready for our 3rd, 4th and 5th months on the road. We only intended to stay for about a week but, put it down to lethargicness, being more than content with our surroundings, or even pure laziness, we ended up enjoying 2 easyish weeks with Ryan, Abby, Ellie and, for a few days, Toby. Spent the first week casually looking for an affordable ve...