G'day All,

Well after a lovely lunch a late one at that we arrived in the city of Church's, as we had been here before we decided not to do any whistle stop tours but to go it alone to the Central Markets in the middle of the city, we caught a cab and got there in about 10 minutes so had plenty of time to wander around this awesome place . The smells the noise, the atmosphere is fantastic so as soon as we walked in we went what the ???? there was hardly any one here the isle were devoid of humans except terrorists like us and a few locals scurrying around.

But it was still good to have a quick look around stretch the legs as it is sort of cramped in that train even though it is only a short train this trip, The usual stalls where there and this time we could look around with out worrying about being pushed along by the crowd as we window shopped and took in the smells of the fruit and the fish and meat and the salami Nancy said i could not get any Bum burners, that is the name of the Salami as i love them on a pizza it is a hot peperoni sausage but man it is nice. the time passed quickly we headed up to the Rundle Street Mall the heart of Adelaide and to see the Bee hive building it ha a huge bee on its top we did not get time to see the pigs in the middle sadly but another time we will, so hailed a cab and back to the train for another lovely meal and then bed as we will be calling into a town called Cook in the morning, and hopefully spot the odd Wedged Tail Eagle .
Good night All
Stewart an Nancy


Hello All,

Tis I the wonderful rested reporter and a bit of a sore bottomed one at that and no it is not from sitting down all the time contemplating my nuts. The end of the first part of the Journey is over we have just completed a 2,348 klm train journey to reach Adelaide so at last we arrived back in this beautiful city Adelaide and it is called the city of churches as it has more churches then any city in Australia so it means you have no excuse not to go to your church on a Sunday, as there is like other cities a pub on every corner this has a church well not really but hey am a reporter so am allowed a little poetic licensing.

We set off to have a look around well they did i was hidden in the back pack as usual so did not see too much I have managed to gnaw a hole in it so I can see out so shush don't tell the idiot this is between us ok, well i knew where we were the moment my super sensitive nose hairs told me we were back in that place i love the Central Markets well did I go into over drive with my senses, the smells were wonderful, the colours are awesome and of course i am looking for a taste of something so am on the look out shall it be a banana or an orange or a bit of Kangaroo meat hm the decisions are endless .

We were walking down a isle when i heard the idiot beg nearly grovel for Nancy to allow him to buy some Salami i did not hear what it was called but managed to sneak a peek and see he was pointing to a display well me being me my hand shot out and grabbed the largest bit i could find and scoffed it all down in one bite hmmmm not a good thing as it was a tad warm thankfully he had some water in the bag and i got a couple of mouth fulls in and settled back to enjoy the rest of the tour but something was niggling at the back of my mind something that was saying you are going to be sorry for eating all that salami in one hit.

Well the rest of the tour was uneventful and they went off to see if they had time to have a look at Rundle street mall but time beat us and we had to catch a cab back to the train station to continue this marvellous Journey of ours. As we were heading back i heard the idiot mumbling something about why did you not let me by some bum burners and i nearly died laughing thinking that be right the idiot wants to burn his bum how silly is he hey where i would never do such a thing, I enjoy my food so why would i buy something that was going to cause pain .

The train departed Adelaide and i again was put on the Book to look at the passing scenery as we left Adelaide and headed west into the Nullarbor, we start the other half of the 2,004 klm journey making the total 4,352 klm train journey.

The call to dinner was announced and i was left alone till the steward came to make up the beds for the night, i liked her as she would pat me on the head and talk to me as i regaled in my activities of the day I found out she was an Adelaide girl and asked her about that bum burner salami they sell she looked at me an asked um why and i told her about the idiot and how he wanted it she laughed and said he must like his bum burnt as it was a very potent brew, so off she went and i was calling for her to come back as she had left the bathroom door open and it was banging in time to the train movement.

I was looking into the darkness and thinking of home when this slight burning sensation started in my tummy i decided it was nothing just gas from being excited at being on the road again, so tried to ignore it but no it wanted my attention it was getting nosier and the rumble closer together . The rumbles were so close together now so i decided to let the gas out, welllllllllllllllllll talk about hot man i tell you i was in pain the flames were scorching the carpet as i was running around trying to put out this fire in my bum mannnnnnn was it hot sheesh it hurt so bad it brought tears to my eyes finally the pain went the rumblings stopped and i was able to settle down but could not sit but at least the pain was so much better and the smell of burnt hair and stuff whewww it was bad.

The door opened again and Nancy and the idiot returned by now smell was still lingering and Nancy looked at the idiot and said was that you and he looked innocent and said no why she said well something smells like burnt hair and that salami you wanted, he looked at her and said "no if i had you would have known all about it the pan is too much for me not to keep quite"  so they climbed into bed and turned off the light so good night all sweet dreams.

Cheers Cedric