Day 29: Port Adelaide, a doctor and an x-ray

Inside the Maritime Museum - beachfront amusements display (the clowns, not Andrew)

Well, the weather at least was cooperative today, in the mid-to-high twenties, with a cool breeze blowing. Bliss!

We headed off to Port Adelaide after a leisurely start, mindful that Callum would not be able to do a lot of walking. We had a drive along the Esplanade in Semaphore, then went to check out Port Adelaide itself. Our first stop was at the Maritime Museum, which had a lot of good stuff to look at. Andrew was particularly impressed with the ketch, which could be boarded and explored. Especially enjoyable for us was the section on swimwear dating back to about the 1890s (full dress and stockings for the ladies!) There were some quite riskee fashions over the years, including the topless swimsuit (!). The videos on the synchronised swimming of the good ol' days was hilarious and we had a good laugh.

A lighthouse with the skeleton on the outside.

Callum was really hobbling by the time we finished looking through the three floors of museum, so we opted for a lunch break under the lighthouse (yay! another one!). By this stage we thought it probably a good idea to take Callum to a doctor to check out his foot. After a phone consultation with nurse Mary, we decided definitely to go and find a surgery. The nice chap at the lighthouse directed me to a nearby doctor's surgery, so off I went while Duncan and Andrew climbed to the top of the lighthouse and Callum sat waiting below.

Callum, waiting.

The Old Port Road Medical and Dental Centre was very helpful - especially as they have x-ray facilities on the spot. So, we saw the doc, had the xrays and got the foot strapped. There is a possibility that the toe is broken through the growth plate and/or the tendon is damaged/separated from the bone, so we have to go for an ultrasound tomorrow to see what the story is. This whole process took about two hours, so there was nothing for it but to come back home afterwards.

A bit of schoolwork this evening and a lovely stir-fry was on the cards. Tomorrow morning we will have to be up early - our first experience of Adelaide rush hour traffic.