The sky’s are angry, my friend



We’ve had some great weather since arriving in Australia, with only one excursion hampered by rain (Brisbane)...and then came yesterday. It was quite rainy in Adelaide when we arrived, but nothing that an hour in the casino couldn’t cure. And, no, it’s not that I won a big pot of money so became oblivious to the weather...it actually cleared up and became nice and sunny. We toured through the Migration Museum and shopped a bit on Rundle Mall which is a very long, pedestrian-only shopping street.

At Rundle Mall, I made a friend...

while Kier played with some balls...
the "Malls Balls" that is!

                                            

And for those that care (Frank and Ferne), Kier was able to find a big box of Moods cigars. Hopefully some of them will even make the trip back to Canada with us!!! Unfortunately, the rain didn’t hold off for long, and the wind picked up last evening before we headed back out to sea. We spent last night and today bouncing off the walls as the swells are really playing rock and roll with the ship. Fortunatley not so bad that people were "revisiting" their meals!  Tomorrow we are back in familiar territory when we dock at Melbourne. Our plans are to visit the Victoria Market (advertised as the largest market in the southern hemisphere with over 600 stalls) and then, of course, the Crown Casino. The Crown is described as a casino for "hard core gamblers"....it’s not particularly pretty...ie architecturally pleasing...but then, hey, I don’t go there to look at the decor!! I go to win $$$....okay, that’s not really correct....I don’t really expect to win anything....I go for the entertainment value...okay, so I do spend some time looking around because I don’t want to stick any more $$ in the "pokies"...gee, I hope it’s pretty in there!! We’ve actually dubbed our trip the "Casino Tour of Australia" because there hasn’t been a casino so far that we haven’t at least stuck our heads in to have a peek. Only 3 more stops and 2 more casinos left till we’re back in Sydney!!

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY: It is far easier to smuggle a box of wine on board a cruise ship than it is a bottle. Now, this lesson is certainly NOT something I learned from first hand experience...we certainly would never blatantly break any rules (no, that’s not a wink...there’s something in my eye!!) That nice shiny faux tinfoil bladder slides quite anonymously through the x-ray machine undetected...and...for the environmentally friendly....it is refillable at the next port of call!! Not that we’d know, though! ;)