The bonsai

Especially for the Suzannewoman: There's a little shoppy close by that sells gifts but also advertises someone's clearvoyance. A man called Nigel Gould is the medium to be exact and I had a little chat with him while Nicole went to the Pakistani supermarket. It apears that Australians are actually open minded enough to consult him which I would not have thought. He added though that there are slightly more women than men in this country (YAY!! ;-P) which explains part of his statement.

We drove into town to visit 2 modelrailroad shops. We don't have much to do anyway so why not? This is a sign explaining the parking regulations where we parked for the irst of the 2 shops. They usually have a working-week part and a weekend-part. The "P" stands for the max. number of hours you may park there.

This is the new Adelaide tram. It replaces the ancient and historic ride that was still here last time we visited. it was noisier and slower but had a thousand times more character than this new piece of poo.
Oh, Adelaide only has 1 tramline btw. Let's not compare public transport here with a city like Amsterdam. (Yes, A'dam is WAY better with public transport)

The second model railroad shop was a HUGE disapointment because they stopped stocking european N-scale models, bastards! Now I'll have to import all the way from Europe damnit... I'm even happier for spending close to EUR 1000 on some rolling stock before I left! Anyway, we also had to go to Bunnings for some screws for the bed but they didn't have them. Bunning sells little Bonsai kits though...

Parked infront of Bunnings was this old Ford "Prefect" (yes, the "r" is correct there). It's a beauty but the seats were in a horrific state.

So about the Bonsai kits. I ended up buying a bonsai (bon=shallow tray, sai=plant) growing kit and a little plant. I've always loved plants and growing plants myself (as you could tell by the ammount we used to have in our apartment in Amsterdam) and now I want to try Bonsai's. With the kit came a little book explaining a LOT about Bonsai with plenty of examples, really cool. Also in the kit were a small Bonsai pot, fertilizer and metal wire to shape the plant. Oh, and a small bag of soil with a health warning about not breathing in the air from the bag. Probably because of possible legionaires disease or something. I'm quite excited about this and hopefully soon we can visit a nursery (common word here for what we used to call a "gardencenter") with bonsai tools. I'll keep you all posted!