Left Hobart - had really enjoyed Tasmania and arrived in Melbourne. Went to the markets and stocked up on exotic foods...like hummus! Then started on the epic journey to Adelaide via the Great Ocean Road. The scenery was pretty but it had a lot of tourists. The highlight at the 12 apostles was really a Tiger snake which just slithered along the path! We also stopped off at a town which had white kangaroos - quite freaky but cute nevertheless and for the first time we saw Koala Bears in the wild at Cape Otway. We were just dong our usual 20min or so run and then heard this grunting. At first it sounded like a wombat but it was actually a family of Koalas. They are definately not as docile and dozy as we had thought as they continued to fight and grunt all night!
Once off the coast road we did some walking in the Grampians which are pretty mountains because they just come out of the flat desert like plains.
Adelaide is a great city. Really compact, easy to get around and enough shops (but not too many so you get overwhelmed) to do some serious shopping. Chris had to say goodbye to his much loved Brasher boots (even the duct tape had failed to keep them water tight!) and bought a new pair of boots which make him even taller! Adelaide was also the first place we stayed put in the same place for 4 nights which was really nice. We were also right by the beach for some serious fittness training...I managed to run for 27 mins...shocker!
