Adelaide, Heat Waves, Flooding, and World Nutella Day

Hey everyone! So... you would expect that I would be well rested and relaxed from staying in Adelaide for almost a week now, but no. The weather is insane! It has been over forty everyday since we got here! It was 43 today! Apparently over thirty people in Adelaide have died from the heat. Usually when I hear about heat waves, they don't really concern me because they are so far away. I am in the place where people are dying from the heat, I feel the same heat! I've averaged about six litres of water a day since we got here. Anyways, Adelaide is a nice city, we're in the north-east, so we've taken the bus to city centre a few times. I've read before that there are separate roadways for busing and that is what they have here. It is much like a railway, but for buses. There are concrete tracks with ruts for the bus wheels, it is called the O'Bahn. We've been doing some trip planning. It's funny that your plans can come full circle in just a few days. Here's what happened. We originally planned to go up the east coast and go to Ayers Rock via Brisbane. Once we got here, we realized that Adelaide is much more direct, so we decided to go to Ayers Rock from here and then go up to Cairns and make our way down the coast. I don't know if you've heard, but in the north-east of Australia (Queensland), where Cairns is, there has been major flooding. There has been a hurricane (I think another one is coming) and some areas have received two metres of rain in one day. So... the south of Australia is experiencing extreme heat, and the north is experiencing extreme rain. So... needless to say, it is not possible to get to Cairns. Get this... it was on the news that a car actually hit a crocodile. That is insane! It's too bad, we were getting really excited about going north earlier. It wouldn't be the wet season yet and we were going to get our dive cards at Magnetic Island. If we wait until May, it will be jelly season and we'll have to dive in special suits. Anyways, now our plan has returned to the original. We're still going up to Ayers Rock tomorrow, but we're coming back to Adelaide, then going up the east coast. That's just the way it will have to be. Anyways, for those who don't know, February 5th was World Nutella Day! To celebrate, I bought a 750g jar of Nutella, yes, the real thing. I ate it on everything: crepes, bread, baguettes, with a big spoon, and on these apples we picked off of someone's tree. Needless to say, between us two girls and the other two guys we're staying with, there is about a quarter of the jar left. It's been a Nutella fest, but has been amazing. Tomorrow we are headed up to Coober Pedy, an underground village. Then we're heading up to Alice Springs. In all, that is a twenty hour bus ride. And bad news, my mp3 player is not charging. It will probably die within the first two hours. From Alice Springs, we're taking a three day tour to Ayers Rock, the Olgas, and a few more places. After, we're going to do a bit more hiking in the area. It should be good, but I don't think the weather is going to be any cooler in the desert. It will probably be hotter. I have never felt heat like this. It just radiates off of everything, you can't get away from it. All of the bad things I've ever said about air conditioning I take back. It is a valuable resource that makes life bearable here. Anyways, I'll talk to you guys in a few days. Since we have to come back to Adelaide, our bus time will clock in at over forty hours in a week. Ouch. Would I receive a series of groans if I said that I miss snow right now?