AUS Day 35 - Alligator Gorge

A massive lie in of 07:00 brought us yawning and breakfasted into the bus. For the first time we unhitched the trailer, as it was too heavy too be driven to our morning hike spot. We drove in the bus to Alligator Gorge, set fairly high up in Fliders Ranges national park. On the drive we saw many kangaroos and emus, both doing their characteristic runs across the fields. Our guide also picked a living a Stumpy-tailed lizard off the road in front of us. This lizard has a tail that looks exactly like its head - a protective characteristics to confuse Dingos.

The land here is more undulating and arable, making a change from the arid area North of Port Augusta. We hiked a 2km loop around and then through the deep but water-less (and thankfully alligator-less) gorge. Then we went onto a couple of lookouts, although with the clouds rolled over the mountains it was tricky to see much!

Our tour bus then went onto its final final destination: Adelaide. The city was much larger and more uptogether than I'd thought it would be. There are three main shopping and eating streets, along with a few green squares. We walked down Rundle Mall, one of the streets, and ate Indian food on the end of it. Whilst we were eating, the heavens opened and the streets cleared whilst Adelaide got a good soaking. Thankfully this passed by the time we had finished, so we made our way back to the youth hostel, wandering back down the street (and accidentally venturing a street too far and into the red light district - oops!).