A hot build up to Christmas

The day starts in a panic as my hire car keys had accidentally been swept under a cabinet. I can’t imagine the hassle and cost had they been lost.

I am really starting to see the “fair go” and “Mateship” Aussie business culture. This is clearly proven this morning as I sit at a beachside coffee house with Dr Paul Dare. It’s 37 degrees out and in between complex precision agriculture discussions, he casually points at a passing boat and informs me that he had hired it for his companies Christmas party that evening.

Later I head for the hills and seek out Scott Samwell. His brothers dogs clenched jaws found me first. Scott was due to join us in New Zealand but missed out due to injury. He runs an extremely interesting farm specialising in Brussel Sprouts  and I’m sure we share many similar points of view.

I find a motel room in a Hahndorf, a town professing to be the most distant German habitation from the fatherland.

I discover that Adelaide doesn’t take long to look around, having booked my bags in and headed off for a mooch. The central market is buzzing and quite interesting, with a large Chinese quarter I also encounter a Chinese protest march. Eventually my time is up and I embark on the long journey home. Still no contact from Quantoss and no upgrade despite my protests also no send off from the countries prime minister either.

Back in blighty and guess what – its foggy and cold!