Adelaide - CBD and a walk by the river
My favourite animals in the middle of Rundle Street – once the city’s trading hub - lots of restaurants and shops. One of these was called Oliver!
There were three little piggy’s in total. I want one.
As in Melbourne and Sydney lots of 19th century buildings and arcades. This is the Adelaide arcade. The hat shop on the LHS is where Paul and I got fitted out for our Akubra hats – just wait.
Colonel Light couldn’t apportion the river (Torrens) in his master city plan because it was such a valuable asset. As a result it became very polluted as the city expanded, now being cleaned up and natural plants being replanted. We walked along the river into the city one day, took about two hours (with stops). The lady in the caravan park said it’ll take an hour. You can walk on both sides of the river, with regular cross over points. Some were suspension bridges. Here’s me but Paul refused to get on one.
This is the Adelaide O’Bahn - busway. It goes from just outside the city centre off into the suburbs. Ordinary buses are fitted with a guiding wheel either side attached to the front steering wheel. All the driver has to do is control the throttle and break. The buses drive on and drive off, straight from and to the road respectively.
These are Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) which are common around most of Australia. Unlike in Brisbane, these guys were foraging for natural food not hassling people for bits of sandwiches and fish and chips.
In the afternoon we had a didgeridoo lesson from an aboriginal man at Tandanya, which is the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute. Paul now wants one. Interestingly women are not allowed to play one, but guess what? Yep, women get to make and decorate them. According to aboriginal man, bad for women’s diaphragm and having children! So why does that not apply to opera singers? |
