Day 51 - A Day of Caching and an Evening with Aggers

​I took my time this morning and enjoyed a very good hotel breakfast before heading out to explore Adelaide. There are lots of geocaches in Adelaide, so I had planned a walking route around the city based loosely around some of them.

My first target was a series of AdLabs that run along the Rundle Mall. Not only were there good caches, but there were also lots of Christmas decorations and general festive fun. The quality of some of the busking around was…. Dubious, but I loved the vibe.


My next stop was the war memorial, where there was a lovely virtual cache that ultimately led one to find a specific name on the memorial and to find out about them. I found my chosen name (C. J. Scott M.C) and carried on on my way towards the Museum of South Australia.


Here I settled in at the cafe for a bit (shielding from the sun) and did my research on C.J. Scott, a soldier who died in 1918, just months after receiving the Military Cross for bravery. 


I then had a quick look around some of the Aboriginal history at the museum, before setting back off in search of caches.

The next cache I wanted to find proved elusive for a while… and even included a rather embarrassing moment where I asked a passer-by for help in reaching what I thought was the cache but was not! Eventually I found it though (in a sock!!!) and then set off back south through the city centre towards one of the webcam caches that I was excited about. My route took me past lots of very cool statues - it seems like Adelaide does like a statue!


The webcam cache took me a looooong time to sort - I just could not figure out which side of what road I needed to be! I just about figured it in the end but may return to do it better at a less busy time.


By now I was getting a bit weary, so I headed back to the hotel for some time in my air-conditioned room with my book. I also used the time in the hotel to do some laundry.

In the late afternoon, I set out for Victoria Square for some more caches (including a fun one involving a talking flag-pole - I kid you not!) and then went to the Hilton which is where the Gulliver’s Cricket Forum was taking place.


We had not been told who was talking, but word soon spread that we would be hearing from Jonathan Agnew, Simon Katich, and Marcus Trescothick. The event was hosted by the Aussie journalist Adam Collins.


It was really interesting - Aggers was as brilliant as he is on TMS, Trescothick was a little defensive in places but gave a great perspective on the England camp, and Simon Katich was really eloquent and impressive. It was all a lot of fun.

After the event ended, I stopped off at a nice little Italian restaurant on my way back to the hotel for a late dinner. It was then time to turn in as tomorrow promises to be a big day!

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