Peter and Vicki's Travel Blog: Adelaide Adventures

Amazing weather here in Adelaide today!

Jumped on the bus at the front of the tourist park and headed into the CBD. Great deal - free all day for us seniors! - can also use the train and tram as well :) Enjoyed the sight seeing on the interesting route the bus took - Harbourtown Outlet Shopping, Ikea, the Airport and then into the city.

We thought the city might have been a bit quieter today, with a lot of Adelaide headed to Morphettville to watch Black Caviar win her 20 straight races. But that wasn't the case! - there is a big "Feast for the Senses" weekend being held in Elder Park in the city centre and so if the Adelaideans weren't at the races they were at the feast! Bonus for us! We not only got to enjoy the city sights but we joined in the "feast fun" -we savoured browsing and looking at SA's food and drink industry on display! There were cooking demonstrations by prominent chefs on the stage at the Miele Chef's Showcase, and talks about wine / food in the "Word of Mouth"tent.

She did it!

Adelaide is a very easy city to explore - walked and walked and walked! - loved the 19th century architecture, the parks and the squares! Good job Colonel William Light!!!

William Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adelaide is a unique and interesting capital city as it doesn't share the convict settlement history of the other Australian cities like Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Hobart.

"Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely settled British province in Australia.^[6] Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people. Light's design set out Adelaide in a grid layout, interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by parkland. Early Adelaide was shaped by religious freedom and a commitment to political progressivism and civil liberties, which led to the moniker "City of Churches".^[7]"

Adelaide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We got off the bus at Hindmarsh Square, roamed up the Rundle Mall busy with Saturday morning shoppers and hopeful buskers, headed along King William Street up to Victoria Square, scoured the Adelaide Central Markets - fabulous array of everything you can eat and drink!, checked out Gouger Street renowned for its restaurants, and lunched in China Town.

Replete, we headed back to Hindley Street, the Kings Cross of Adelaide!, and then onto North Terrace, the cultural boulevard in the city centre. Curiously we followed the crowds down to Elder Park on Torrens Lake and found ourselves in the middle of "Feast for the Senses"! :) We finished our city trek for today by wandering down to the Botanical Gardens at the end of North Terrace and back up the restaurant precinct of Rundle Street to catch the bus back out to West Beach. A very tiring but pleasant day! Had 40 winks on the bus! :)

RUNDLE MALL

The beautiful Adelaide Arcade built in 1885

"The Slide"

Love Oliver and his mates!

The police presence in the Mall was interesting! :)

Famous Beehive Corner, Rundle Mall

KING WILLIAM STREET

and

VICTORIA SQUARE

Edmund Wright House (now a historic looking Fitness First!) .
The explorer Sturt began his expedition near where this building stands

The GPO with its Victoria Tower

Lovely hotel, The Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury, on Victoria Square
Originally the offices of the State Treasury

John McDouall Stuart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St Francis Xavier's Cathedral

Charles Kingston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Supreme Court

Queen Victoria

Charles Sturt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Town Hall

THE CENTRAL MARKETS

and

GOUGER STREET

Her Majesty's Theatre across the road from the Central Markets

NORTH TERRACE

Holy Trinity Church - a National Trust building

The Adelaide Railway Station

Old Parliament House

Am interesting combination - Parliament House (the back), Adelaide Railway Station and
the entrance to The Festival Centre

Adelaide Festival Centre

Interesting art work at the entrance of the Festival Centre

Government House

Lord Florey, Nobel Prize winner!

Lord Florey (1898 - 1968) - The University of Adelaide

National War Memorial

South Australian Museum

Art Gallery of South Australia

University of Adelaide

Adelaide University

Scots Church

Historic mansion Ayers House , built in Regency Period style
"It is named after Sir Henry Ayers, five times Premier of South Australia and wealthy industrialist, who occupied it from 1855 until 1897. It is the only mansion to have survived on North Terrace."