Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia part 2
No Comments »18th November, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Picnics, Plants, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, has been deliberately planned with parks and gardens surrounding the CBD. Botanic Park is one such park and is located between Adelaide Zoo and Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The Bicentennial Conservatory is just a five minute walk from where I took these photos.
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Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Happy birthday to me
2 Comments »16th November, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Animals, Birds, Himalayas, Photos
Yes indeed – it is my birthday today.
As a treat for my many readers, today we will have something a little different. Instead of an article about somewhere I’ve travelled to, I want to share some photos of my favourite places.
Enjoy.
If you’d like to leave a birthday message in the comments section, that would also be great.
Australian Pelican, Mallacoota, Victoria
Ama Dablam, Nepal
Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
No Comments »14th November, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Picnics, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
At the end of August we took our daughter to Adelaide Airport. She was on her way to teach for the rest of the year in Ethiopia. After seeing her off we drove to Botanic Park near the CBD of Adelaide. Here we had a picnic lunch before driving back home.
Adelaide’s park-lands are a feature of this beautifully planned city. The main park-lands, of which this is just one section, surround the CBD and separate it from the suburbs. It’s certainly a wonderful place to picnic and spend some time relaxing.
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Tungkillo, South Australia
1 Comment »5th August, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Mannum, Mt Lofty Ranges, Murray River
Tungkillo Hotel, South Australia
When we go to visit our daughter in Clare in the mid north of South Australia, we usually go through the small township of Tungkillo. This town is near the eastern slopes of the Mt Lofty Ranges on the road from Adelaide through Birdwood to Mannum.
In all the times we have driven through this town, I recall only stopping on one occasion – to buy an ice cream from the general store – the only store which is now closed. The hotel (shown in the photos) does good meals I believe, but we’ve never been through the town at the right time to stop for a bite to eat. The town is a small community in the midst of farming country, mainly sheep, mohair goats, cattle and some wheat farming where it isn’t too hilly.
The photo below also shows a large pipeline. This transports water from the River Murray at nearby Mannum to the reservoirs which store water for our state capital city, Adelaide.
Tungkillo Hotel, South Australia
Hay bales near Tungkillo, South Australia
Stenhouse Bay, Yorke Peninsula
No Comments »9th June, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Historic places, National Parks, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula
Stenhouse Bay jetty, Yorke Peninsula
Stenhouse Bay on the southern end of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia was once a thriving port. It was established in 1913 when gypsum was mined in nearby Inneston. The rock, once treated, was used in the building industry as plaster of paris and cement. Many older homes in Adelaide have plaster ceilings made from gypsum mined in this area. The mining works closed in 1972 and many of the houses in Stenhouse Bay and Inneston were demolished. Some still remain and are used by the national park rangers, either for staff accommodation or for hire for tourists. I’ll show some photos of them in a few days.
Stenhouse Bay jetty, Yorke Peninsula