Back "Home" in Adelaide

Western Australia has been quite an adventure for us from the heat of the dry north to the incredible beaches and turquoise water of the entire state. The south west corner is full of enormous eucalyptuses and windswept beaches with NO people as the Southern Ocean rolls in. Wineries are EVERYWHERE. In fact there is now a glut of grapes and they are moaning about it, but I digress.
We finished up back in Perth and boarded the Indian Pacific for one of the world's classic train rides across the Nularboor Plain and on tho South Australia. Three days and two nights along the straightest stretch of track in the world. A lot of nothing out there. We stopped at Kalgoolrri, a mining and prostitution town (no kidding) and took the midnight tour (of the gold mine!) and then were off again. Stopped in Cook, a town of 5 where it was 105, too hot for us. Finally we made it to Adelaide, rented a car and drove out to Henley beach where we lived in 1972. How sad. Our "flat" seems pretty run down these days and it was a bit depressing but then we don't look much better after the 37 years of wear.
We have changed our plans once again and will drive to Sydney rather than fly as there is a lot to see along the way.
This has been an interesting time for us as we have no plans most of the time and really are just feeling like snowbirds that have really gone south. It hasn't been one of those thrill-a-minute type trips, but rather a much more layback style of travel. We are getting a lot of reading done and just enjoying the hospitality of Oz.