Well the weather didn't improve at Wilpena; in fact the only way we knew that the immense collapsed crater of Wilpena Pound was there was from the signs. On Friday, we braved the showers and set out on our intended hike to the saddle of St. Mary peak (we wouldn't have summited as it is a sacred Aborigine site). As we climbed, the rain got heavier and on reaching the saddle a 40kph wind nearly took us off our feet! With zero visibilty and the wind chill taking the temperature down by about 10deg, we beat a hasty retreat! When we left yesterday morning the views were still sulking behind the clouds and we drove though some hefty downpours on the way to Adelaide. We arrived as the Anzac Day parade was winding down; apparently it always rains on Anzac day, so perhaps it wasn't our fault after all! Those of you who are Witney Road Runners may remember Grahame Adkins; he now lives in Adelaide & it was great to catch up with him last night & meet Alex, his wife (just back from honeymoon!). We had a really good evening catching up over drinks and food. Adelaide has no big sights to see but is a pleasant enough city to stroll around for a day; with a museum, botanic gardens and an art gallery, where one of the exhibits - a life size lime-green hippo half way up a wall - caused some amusement. Tomorrow, an early start as we catch the Overlander train to Melbourne.
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Hi there guys, sorry about your weather, I think we may have started it but it's quite pleasant here in WA - tho' we've had a few spectacular thunder storms since we've been here, 1 at Kalgoorlie and another at Port Augusta last week. Hope you enjoy the train journey. where are you off to next? We seem to have lost your itinerary in our ineptitude with this electronic stuff! We are in perth from Thursday to next Wed & then start off northward - we get to Darwin on June 8th. We do have a mobile no. for when we are within reach of civilisation, 0447841604, it's more accessible than the e-mail as we have trouble getting onto the internet very often or only have time to research our side-trips! So we'd love to heara from you if you are within reach! anyway, continue to enjoy your trip which is very different from ours!
Best regards, Meg and Doug
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