Sunday 13 September 2015

Australia #1: Adelaide

It has been a busy summer, with fieldwork, application deadlines, painting the house and enjoying the nice weather in the mountains, but here is finally the first blog about our holiday in Australia. The first week of our 4 week trip to Australia was spent in Adelaide, visiting Tony's family. As everyone lives quite far apart, most of the time was of course spent catching up, playing table tennis and card games, and eating together, but we also found some time for walks along the beach and in nearby national parks. Winter temperatures in Adelaide were quite similar to early summer temperatures in Tromsø, and due to the winter rains it was very green with quite a few wild flowers. The kangaroos loved it, they were everywhere.

Kangaroos in the Aldinga scrubland.

Pelicans

Superb blue wren

Walking with the family in Onkaparinga national park.

Looking down at Old Noarlunga and the Onkaparinga river.

Wattle tree

Cormorant

Some images from a walk in the beautiful Deep Creek conservation park south of Adelaide, with a rough rocky coastline.

Brother and sister


Blackboys, Xanthorrhoea


Echidna


More blackboys


Galahs

And the beach at Aldinga Beach