Adelaide
We went to Adelaide for a few days to spend time with my friends Nathan and Julie. They live in a nice suburb in the hills around the city.
Adelaide city itself is very small - only about a mile square. The shopping centre and the museums, libraries and galleries are contained in this square mile, surrounded by parkland on every side. This makes Adelaide an attractive city. Very few people live in the city part; most people live in the suburbs, in a similar style to Perth. Our first stop when we arrived was the lookout point from where a statue of Colonel Light who designed the city points down towards his creation. His finger appears to be pointing directly towards the Adelaide Oval, the cricket ground, obviously as that is the spiritual centre of the city.
Adelaide appears to be a lovely city to live in, but not the liveliest of cities. As most of the people live outside the city, each suburb has its own centre and so there is not much reason for the locals to come into the middle. There are a lot of good cheap restaurants in the city centre, but also in the suburbs. We went to eat in Glenelg, the main beach area of the city. There is one tram service in Adelaide, which runs from the city centre to Glenelg, as that is the happening place to be.
Near to Nathan and Julie’s house is the Belair National Park, which we took the opportunity to visit. We were glad we did, as we could tick off another few Australian animals - we saw our first koala, some emus, and a galah bird. We were trying to work out who is famous for saying , “You great galah!”, but couldn’t, so answers on a postcard please.
Nathan and Julie also took us to see another native bird of Adelaide, the penguin, which inhabits an island just off Victor Harbour in the south. It was a scorchingly hot day when we were there and sadly all the penguins were hiding. Or it was an elaborate hoax.
We also managed to find time in our busy schedules to do some more wine tasting in the Maclaren Vale region. Apparently, the verdelho was very good, but I was sticking to the reds.
Adelaide city itself is very small - only about a mile square. The shopping centre and the museums, libraries and galleries are contained in this square mile, surrounded by parkland on every side. This makes Adelaide an attractive city. Very few people live in the city part; most people live in the suburbs, in a similar style to Perth. Our first stop when we arrived was the lookout point from where a statue of Colonel Light who designed the city points down towards his creation. His finger appears to be pointing directly towards the Adelaide Oval, the cricket ground, obviously as that is the spiritual centre of the city.
Adelaide appears to be a lovely city to live in, but not the liveliest of cities. As most of the people live outside the city, each suburb has its own centre and so there is not much reason for the locals to come into the middle. There are a lot of good cheap restaurants in the city centre, but also in the suburbs. We went to eat in Glenelg, the main beach area of the city. There is one tram service in Adelaide, which runs from the city centre to Glenelg, as that is the happening place to be.
Near to Nathan and Julie’s house is the Belair National Park, which we took the opportunity to visit. We were glad we did, as we could tick off another few Australian animals - we saw our first koala, some emus, and a galah bird. We were trying to work out who is famous for saying , “You great galah!”, but couldn’t, so answers on a postcard please.
Nathan and Julie also took us to see another native bird of Adelaide, the penguin, which inhabits an island just off Victor Harbour in the south. It was a scorchingly hot day when we were there and sadly all the penguins were hiding. Or it was an elaborate hoax.
We also managed to find time in our busy schedules to do some more wine tasting in the Maclaren Vale region. Apparently, the verdelho was very good, but I was sticking to the reds.
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