March 11, 2010 Adelaide, Australia
The exchange rate $1 equals 1.03 Australian dollar.
From New York to Adelaide we’ve traveled 26173.5 Nautical miles & it’s day 66.
Adelaide is the capital and the most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia and is the fifth-largest city in Australia with a population of more than 1.28 million.
We took the 40 minute shuttle into Adelaide and walked about 1-1/2 blocks to catch the free C99 bus. The bus driver gave a rounding narrative on the highlights we passed. We got off after riding it most of the way and walked to the zoo. We enjoyed seeing pandas, kangaroos, wallaby, koalas, quokkas, orangutans & varieties of monkeys, tapir giraffes, emus, bears, meerkats, wild cats, and many other animals & birds, but no elephants or zebras. A good zoo experience.
We headed back to near the shuttle drop off point where we shared a $7 Subway foot long. Prices are higher for very similar items in Australia and Zealand. Jan was getting her hair done and I rode the shuttle back. Jan’s hairdresser got her education by phone, her dad worked in the coal mines, and that there no jobs for women unless they work in the coal mines. This confirms what a lecturer said that kids in rural & outback area get their education by phone because of lack of local schools. Both Sydney and Adelaide are very similar to the USA except prices are a little higher with businesses such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Target, Shell, and Subway to name a few. Adelaide even had a Woolworth and Ikea; and ones similar to Burger King & Texaco. Jan was a dolphin went got back and also earlier in the week. While writing this blog I had the balcony door open and a very fly entertained for a while trying to get rid of it. Today and yesterday we had 24.5 hour days. We’ll arrive in Free Mantle, Australia approximately 8:30A.M. Sunday (6:30 P.M EDT Saturday).