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City Centre   Adelaide

City Centre, Adelaide

 19 Reviews  Every city has it's rich area or street. The first 2 photo's I attached are from the richest street of Adelaide. The other 2 photo's I attached are from the house of the tennis player Lleyton Hewitt... 

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Food and drink   Adelaide

Food and drink, Adelaide

 10 Reviews  As I first mentioned on my Australia COUNTRY page, we Americans have been taught, via television advertising, to believe that all Australians LOVE Foster's Beer. Before I visited Oz, I thought Fosters... 

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Parks   Adelaide

Parks, Adelaide

 12 Reviews  The Botanic Park is a 34 hectare (84 acre) park in the Northeast Parkland's of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Its nestled between the zoo and the botanical gardens making it a perfect spot... 

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Native Fauna   Adelaide

Native Fauna, Adelaide

 8 Reviews  Elder park in the city centre is home to Adelaide's beautiful black swans who spend their days swimming back and forth in the river Torrens. These elegant birds are very use to living with people and... 

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Beaches   Adelaide

Beaches, Adelaide

 4 Reviews  If you love the beach, take the time to go to at least one of these beaches rather than the tourist beach, Glenelg: Moana, Christies Beach, Port Noarlunga, Port Willunga, Aldinga, Silver Sands and... 

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Culture & History   Adelaide

Culture & History, Adelaide

 6 Reviews  The Kaurna (which is pronounced GAR-na) people are the traditional owners and custodians of the Adelaide plalins. As is the case throughout Australia, the aboriginal past is not far beneath the... 

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Festivals   Adelaide

Festivals, Adelaide

 6 Reviews  Adelaide is a city rich with festivals and performing arts events and venues. Among the more notable attractions and sites for artistic opportunities are (1) The Adelaide Festival Center, on King... 

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Barossa Valley   Adelaide

Barossa Valley, Adelaide

 7 Reviews  My friends and myself met this Canadian couple (Hans and clarie)on our trip to barossa valley. They are such lovely people and we chatted a lot during our trip and also shared with each other'spast... 

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Adelaide Botanic Gardens   Adelaide

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide

 4 Reviews  Victorian "Palm House" was built in 1868. The glass was in a very bad way when I was a kid. It had several broken glass panes and just looked unloved. In 1995 it was restored back to its former... 

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Glenelg   Adelaide

Glenelg, Adelaide

 4 Reviews  Visit Glenelg, a beachside suburb with a large beach, amusement park, and nice dining and shopping venues. Magic Mountain in Glenelg... I was 7 years old, and so the amusement park left a fond memory... 

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Port Adelaide   Adelaide

Port Adelaide, Adelaide

 2 Reviews  hi, okey... So you're thinking of enjoy open road freedom with campervans, well Aussie Campervans is the biggest suppliers of rental campervans and motorhomes in adelaide. When you are looking for... 

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Hahndorf   Adelaide

Hahndorf, Adelaide

 1 Review  My thanks to VT member an good friend Kate-Me for pointing this place out to me. Just half an hour from Adelaide lies the small tourist town of Hahndorf. Apparently, at one time this area had been... 

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QUARANTINE LAWS

by balhannah

This is a tip for all people who travel by road transport from Interstate to South Australia.SOUTH AUSTRALIA IS FRUIT FLY FREE....and this is the way they want to keep it, so they rely on travellers like you and me by doing the right thing, and that is, either putting your fruit, etc in a voluntary disposal bin, or declaring it at a check point.This is a way to keep our Fruit and Vegetable industry surviving!It is illegal to carry fruit and vegetables across all borders into South Australia, unless they have been certified free of pests and diseases. Quarantine road signs and disposal bins are located on approaches to the Riverland within the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone as this is a very important fruit growing area.South Australian Quarantine roadblocks and honesty bins are placed throughout South Australia. You may think it worth while to keep a bit of fruit, but BE WARNED, just because...

All along the Nullarbor

by iandsmith

This is the ultimate trip for many Australians. For some it's part of "The Lap", a colloquialism for going right around Australia, which happened to be what I was doing. This was early in my trek. As most will tell you, "It's a long way across the Nullarbor". They're right, anything up to a couple of thousand kilometres depending on where you count the start and finish.It also includes the longest stretch of straight road in Australia, 146.6 kilometres without a bend. That would seem incredible to people of most countries but here we just take it for granted. By the time you reach the eastern end from either direction you will have travelled so many stretches without a curve from 20 to 60 kilometres that you wouldn't even notice it unless there was a sign.Strangely, for me, the whole thing wasn't boring. There's just something special about traversing that road that you'll never...

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Para Wirra little Lizard

by hennanights

Para Wirra national park has many lizards and they are very easy to spot in the warmer months because of their tendencies to warm themselves on the walking trails. Most scuttle under rocks as soon as they spot you but this one was a little curious and he stuck around for a picture or too.

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Elegant Parrot of the Flinders Ranges

by hennanights

I saw many of these beautiful birds whilst in the Flinders Ranges. Its easy to understand why they are called the Elegant (Neophema elegans) for that's exactly what they are! A rich lime green with patches of reds, golds and blue. Their call is delightful and quite in contrast to the loud noises that come from other natives such as the Galah. They seemed to be more abundant in the shaded areas. We had two in the tree above our campsite in Rawnsley park. We also saw many of them at Wilpena Pound.

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South Para River

by hennanights

South Para Wirra is the small river that runs through Para wirra National park, and is the parks namesake. This small river plays a role in providing water to the Northern suburbs of Adelaide. The name is an Kaurna Aboriginal's word which means flowing water. In September, 2006, when these photo were taken it was a very dry winter so this section was just about dried up. In winter time the small foot bridge my husband in walking across is normally covered completely with rushing water.

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Stumpy-tailed Lizard at Para Wirra

by hennanights

When spring arrives its common to see a variety of lizards warming themselves in the sun. This Stumpy-tailed Lizard was very sleepy and reluctantly moved away from me as I snapped a few pics. They are not aggressive but can give you a very nasty bite so its best not to touch them. Stumpy tail is what most people in Adelaide call these lizards but depending on where you come from they are also known as sleepy lizards, bobtail, pine cone lizards, stumpy-tail, shingleback, boggi and double-headed lizards.They can live up to 30 years old if left unharmed by large predatory birds, snakes, Feral cats, wild dogs, plus man and his cars.

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Emus: large birds with long necks

by hennanights

A couple of Emus foraging for food at Para Wirra. http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/para_wirra/index.htm I spot them nearly every visit to the park. Often in couples with a few cute babies running along side.

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Mad Magpie

by hennanights

This crazy little fellow gave as many laughs on our camping holiday at Edithburgh. Obvousily use to dealing with campers he had little fear in raiding our kitchen even though we had two fox terriers dieing to get a taste of him. The 2 dogs were tied up so he would stand just out of their reach waiting till they turned their backs so he could swoop in and get their dog food.

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Edithburgh Sea Birds

by hennanights

Little Pied Cormorants are plentiful on the Yorke Peninsula. This picture was taken from the Edithburgh jetty. These coastal fish eaters make their nests in the large cliffs that overlook Troubridge island. When fishing they dive deep into the water reaching up to 45 metres below the surface. Because they lack the oiled feathers of oceanic birds they spend a lots of time flying or perching in the sun in attempts to dry their wings.

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Black-eared Miner

by hennanights

A grey bird, to 27 cm long. Plumage predominantly dark grey on head, back and upper wings. Flight-feathers olive-green and black. The Black-eared Miner, Manorina melanotis, is a critically endangered honeyeater. Today it is absent from much of its range, with very few wild birds remaining.

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Q:  I am currently organizing a couple of weeks trip to Melbourne in June with 3 others. I haven't got an itinerary at the moment. ... 

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A: Hi - I see you are from NZ so are well aware that June is winter and sun sets about 5.30. To Adelaide I'd suggest 3 days for the GOR as it is so spectacular. Lorne or... 

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