You know, if this book were sent to me last week I’d have been over the moon – now I feel like I’ve lost a bit of the passion that I had in the past few weeks; no doubt there’ll be a turnabout once I start reading. Hehe.

I went to Adelaide for several days with my parents. We drove there – which is quite an amazing feat. I think Adelaide very fine – in spite of what Premier Brumby said re: Adelaide being a backwater. I suppose in terms of trade and industry it’s a little lacklustre, but the people are generally very friendly and the area is very clean. Mother Nature was very good to us – the weather was glorious! I particularly like how the CBD layout is structured, and the really nice, quaint Victorian and Edwardian architecture surrounding. I went to the Art Gallery of SA (quite an impressive collection, although I didn’t have time to peruse every section of the gallery – I saw my first Waterhouse and Bouguereau paintings, wow!). The Rococo, Baroque, Regency, Pre-Industrialisation and Pre-Raphaelite collections are a notable mention. Then again they always are. Also went to the Museum, which was simply enormous, and seemingly neverending! I was very interested in the extensive indigenous artefacts collection but I didn’t get the chance to really check them out, which is a shame. So yeah, in all, a jolly ol’ time, excepting the part when our car radiator sort of pucked up on the night before we left for Melbourne… It went through a rather unsuccessful diagnosis today, hah.

My next trip out of town will be in June – I booked tickets with Tiger Airways (it’s their ubiquitous $9.95 deals, wowsers!) for Hobart. Definitely not a peak season – it’s going to be absolutely freezing at that time – practically near the Antarctic! Still, I’m excited about it!

Meanwhile Kevin Rudd gives formal apology to Aborigines. About time.