At Sea/Adelaide

March 17-18
At sea/Adelaide

The sea day was as usual, just with a St. Patrick’s day thrown in, meaning little more than a big party with a lot of free drinks. I stayed in my room and practiced my didge. And that’s about it for the 17th.
Adelaide was the next port of call, and I got off the ship after my rehearsal, hopping on a shuttle around 12:30. The port time was cut short by the 40 minute shuttle ride into the city, leaving Terry and I a couple hours before we needed to be back on a shuttle back to the ship. We stopped for lunch where I got this amazing beef burger, complete with gourmet bread, a huge chunk of beef, bacon, eggs, caramelized onions, and who knows what else, but for $15 it was one of the best burgers I’ve had.
My burger stop was followed by a stop to listen to one of the street performers, an aboriginal-looking man, dressed in a red loin cloth, covered in white paint, playing didgeridoo! So after my quick didge fix and already having annoyed Terry with didgeridoo talk for the past week, we moved on.
Then we did some shopping for the usual necessities (chips, cheese, wine…) and headed back to get on the shuttle. Oh, I did buy another hat, similar to the first, but this one is black sea grass and was only $5, so I couldn’t pass it up for that price. The shuttle bus back took us the scenic route while our driver acted out his dreams of being a tour guide. It was actually a nice ride back though, I learned a few things about the area, and the beach we drove along was beautiful.
This brings me to now, sitting on the ship typing this. Tonight we’re playing Terry’s show, so that should be fine, and that’ll be about it for today. Thanks for reading and I’m going back to some more didge practicing!