Blogs from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 93

Cold, windy and wet. Walking around Adelaide. Cut short. Raining hard. I woke up at 6:45 and couldn't sleep anymore. I guess I'm getting used to all of these early morning wake up calls of the last couple of weeks. I lay in bed ‘til about 8AM waiting for Coles to open up so that I could get some food for breakfast. My roommate Laura also got up and we went over there together. We bumped in to Di on the way there. Laura and I met up with Di and Anna and attempted the walking tour of Adelaide that was listed in the Lonely Planet. We made it to the Art Gallery and the Southern Australian Museum. Both free! We all had packed lunches and since it was raining outside we headed over to the ... read more

This was a sneaky walk hiding down the back of Flinders University. You went down some side streets to get to the track. It went steeply down to Sturt river which was flowing. Large rocks and gorges. Looks like the Flinders Ranges. Scramble up hill for view out to sea. Along a horse trail to suburbs and “back to where we started from”.... read more

we got to adelaide last sunday on the Ghan train - no mum! it was cold and fairly uncomfortable! but views were good and we had a nice sunset/rise. but apart from that! we arrived early in morning sunday so just had a lazy day. on monday we were very cultured! and went to the art gallery and museum. on tuesday we went on a 3 day tour to kangaroo island...3 guesses why its famous! we saw several kangas and lots of other wildlife - possums, pengins (little), seals and sea lions, koalas, galas, and we, by chance, happened to see some dolpins - once we saw 2 when we were waiting for the ferry across - they we just swimming and jumping in waves in a bay. second time was when we were looking at ... read more

A family favourite - this was an introduction for a friend to family fun day walks. We did the standard 2 hour ring to the Giant’s cave, Kookaburra, first falls, Eagle nest, and down to the base of the first falls. Link to more information about Morialta ... read more

Traveling in a foreign country for a long times means also learning something about its past and its people. So I went to the migration museum of South Australia here in Adelaide. I saw there a tiny exhibition that is not really relevant to migration, but felt very relevant for me. They "celebrated" here ANZAC day 2 weeks ago, on 25/4. I didn't know that 25/4 was the day the invaded to Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire) 90 years ago in World War 1, with British and French forces. This was a horrible battle, lasting many months, with heavy losses on both sides (about 90,000 Turks and 44,000 allies). The exhibition was called "Gallipoli - A Turkish view". It shows the other side of the war. In those days the Turks were the enemy. For me ... read more