Adelaide - Brighton, Henley and CBD

We really enjoyed our few days in Adelaide exploring some of the Lonely Planets Guide's (LPG) recommended hot-spots.
We arrived in Adelaide on Weds 17th October and headed straight for Glenelg beach, the hip traveller's end of Adelaide where we planned to set up camp for the night.
Gorgeous beaches and deluxe board walks paint the coast here (sorry if I sound like an excerpt from the LPG, I read it too much!), laden with runners pounding the pavements - we were so impressed and inspired to run again and made plans to run first thing in the morning.
We made our dinner and enjoyed with a bottle of local red (Adelaide is famous for it's vineyards, with some of the best Shiraz in the world originating from this area). Unfortunately we were prompted to move on later in the evening by patrol but he kindly showed us where we would be ok to park for the night (By a railway track - cheers bud!).

We set off early the next day on our longboards from the coast, where we left Autumn, into the City Centre (CBD). We calculated it was about 8km each way but, we usually underestimate our distances!
When we arrived in the CBD we hit the Central Market for coffee and fruit and then onto the shops to get me a new pair of trainers as I have manged to lose mine on-route (classic Emma manoeuvre!).
Adelaide's CBD is pretty small, probably no larger than Windsor town centre but with the addition of a few sky-risers. The great thing about this city thought is that it seems to have been really well thought out. It's easy to navigate because it's just blocks, like Melbourne and its surrounded by parks on all four sides which really makes it seem spacious and clean.

Beautiful sunset off Henley Beach

Later that day and after our long and hungry return journey on the longboards, we moved the camper up the coast a little more to Henley (All these English town names make it all rather nostalgic) where we stayed the night. On route, we were pulled over by a policeman (Again!?) and Luke was asked to perform two alcohol and drug tests! We were advised that we had been completely selected at random but running into policemen sure does seem to be an acquired art of ours recently!
Once Luke had passed the tests the policeman kindly advised us where the best spots were to publicly consume alcohol (Gotta' love Aus!) in the few non 'dry areas' of Adelaide's coast and also, the best wine valley to visit in his (Barossa Valley) and his wife's (Clare Valley) opinions. Off we went, merrily on our way with our newly made plans to visit the vineyards - we didn't need much encouragement!

We stayed at our spot in Henley until the evening on Friday where we met a lady qualified in the profession of 'Craniosacral Therapy', she kindly treated my stresses at the roadside, lifting it from my womb area and cleansing me of my negative energy while Luke waited patiently for an hour... You meet such lovely selfless people while travelling in a camper!