15 ReviewsSHOPPING HOURS
In South Australia, the trading hours from ....
MONDAY - FRIDAY are 9am - 5.30pm some Adelaide city stores to 7pm and Fridays 9pm.
SATURDAY.................9am -...
7 ReviewsAs 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...
8 ReviewsElder 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...
9 ReviewsThe 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...
3 ReviewsVictorian "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...
5 ReviewsMy 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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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...
5 ReviewsThe 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...
3 ReviewsVisit 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...
6 ReviewsAdelaide 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...
1 ReviewMy 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...
3 ReviewsIf 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...
This is a VERY IMPORTANT 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,...
KESAB
by balhannah
KESAB = KEEP SOUTH AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL!This was a very clever idea put to work by the South Australian government.The idea is to keep the state beautiful, that is clean.There are Tidy town competitions, so now we see many well kept, clean towns, lengths of Highway are adopted by organizations and volunteers keep the roadsides clean in their area, and probably the best is they have a deposit on their drink bottles and cans. Even if somebody throws a bottle out, there is always a child that will collect the bottles until they have enough to take to the recycling depot. Each Bottle is worth 5 - 10 cents, and is a very easy way of making pocket money and keeping the roadsides clean.A great idea the more Australian states need to follow!
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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