Today was a hot one, pushing close to 38 Celsius, so wisely we decided to stay local to West Beach and took a walk to Jetty Road in Glenelg.

We took the coastal path to Glenelg marina and took full advantage of the light breeze off the ocean which helped to cool us a little.

The start of Jetty Road, a strip of bars, restaurants and boutiques starts at Moseley Square opposite the beach. Here there are various monuments to the establishment of South Australia and to those lost in the two World Wars and it retains a sombre feel with Victorian architecture surrounding, notably in the form of the old Town Hall.

Like any tourist destination close to water, it has both a pier and a big wheel, although today it was pretty quiet with most people at work or keeping inside due to the high humidity.

We came across a heart shaped design, so Michelle positioned herself for the instagram moment!

After a round trip of almost 4 miles, the afternoon was spent relaxing at the beach and the pool side in the camp park. Every hour or so, the heat would require a dip into the pool to cool down, before being repeated a hour later!

When travelling around it’s funny how you keep bumping into the same people. We got chatting to an Irish couple who live in Manly when in the Barossa Valley at Jacobs Creek, only to see them the next day at another vineyard and then today we met them again on the beach. Such a lovely couple and despite their 40yrs in Oz, still with broad Irish accents.

Tomorrow we leave Adelaide and head to the airport for a flight to Hobart and a 8 day trip around a part of Australia neither of us have visited before.