Visiting a Friend

Anita decided to have  a day looking around Adelaide while I visited an old friend. I took Blue with me and he saw a cat bigger than him. We didn't let them have close contact even though the cat is used to dogs.

I stopped to buy a couple of things at Supercheap Auto, and called into Bunnings to use their toilets - I can take Blue with me into Bunnings but not into the other "public" toilet, otherwise known as MacDonald's.

Till was sleeping on the end of the bed. Blue joined her adopting a similar pose.


This evening we all went to the Dunstan Playhouse to see Ripcord, a play about two women sharing a room in a nursing home. It was poignant, clever and funny. Out ticket information clearly stated that only every second seat can be occupied, but the theatre attendant had to tell some people to sit in their allocated seats and not sit immediately next to other people.

We caught the tram to the city. A tram stop is only a short walk from our caravan park and we all travel for free outside peak hours. There is a lot of construction work around the riverside area, but we navigated our way around it. At Elder Park by the river there is some type of tempoary entertainment venue, but I could not see what it is for. There is a Victorian era rotunda in the background.


When we got back to our van Blue was seriously crazy. He has been left alone with Tilly at night before, but not for such a long time. As we got him settled Tilly started her crazy antics trying to get Blue to jump off the bed and chase her. It took an hour to get them both settled.



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