Adelaide fountain

Adelaide or Semaphore on the beach

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January 9th 2011
We have decided to make this a short blog even though we did spend 10 days here. Ok, let’s start. Two days were spent in Adelaide itself, one for shopping (the Myer Centre on Rundle mall is a copy of the Myer Centre on Queen St Mall in Brisbane, or vice versa) and one for sightseeing. We walked along the River Torrens past the zoo and into the Botanical Gardens before making our way back along ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more