Breakfast in the hotel, its pretty good, a nice young Nepali guy is our waiter.

The Navigator waits for a catch up with a friend who moved to Adelaide, The Don got a bad something on last night’s pizza and decides to rest up, but the other 6 of us head off to North Terrace on foot.

The walk is refreshing and fresh bordering on freezing. Some very contemporary architecture catches Smurfettes eyes and then we wander over the Torrens to Adelaide Oval.

However there is a distraction as we walk to the oval..

We see a feast of crimson moving rhythmically on the concourse at the back of Adelaide Convention Centre. It’s a Kate Bush Flash group, whatever that is. Heaps of women in crimson ( forgive me if this colour isn’t correct – I’m a bit colour bind), dancing to Kate Bushes ” Babushka”. A bit weird but a bit Adelaide.

Back to Adelaide Ovel, this was a specific request by Wally. They allow us inside for a look at one of the most beautiful sporting venues in the world, which also houses the Bradman Museum ( there is another at Bowral). There is a sign saying ” No Photos or Videos” but some of us inadvertently don’t see it. Anyway it’s all good, nobody is arrested, and the Don’s ( not The Don!) records are safe with us.

The next plan is to go out to Glenelg, but instead of the right tram going the right way, we get on the wrong tram going the wrong way. Still, the Adelaide uni and Botanical Gardens look very nice.

Glenelg is freezing, a howling wind blowing over the jetty and brown foam on the beach. I guess it’s the algae? I’m glad we didn’t bring the togs, it was too cold to get changed let alone swim.

The tram ride back to the city was uneventful, shopping for supplies was planned, dinner at the Austral Hotel was booked, and tomorrows schedule was discussed. The Don looks better.

There is a thought that the “tags” of the crew of the Enterpwize  might reflect Star Trek characters. More discussion is needed but for starters I’ll list the main characters and their attributes as I see them;

Spock – 2nd in command and comes from another planet called Vulcan

Captain Kirk- skipper of the starship

McCoy – the doctor

Scotty – the chief engineer

Chekhov- the Navigator

Sulu – Helm officer

Uhura – communicactions officer

I’m thinking this will be too complicated!!!!