Each year, from mid-Feb to mid-March, Adelaide hosts the second largest Fringe festival in the world. In 2018 this included a Parade of Light. I’ll select some for Becky’s pen-ultimate challenge day.
beginning with lighted trees near outdoor eating
then projections against heritage buildings
And ending with laser lights through dry-ice clouds.
For sonofabeach’s which way challenge this week,
A rare hybrid from the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, for Cee’s FOTD.
Views of Adelaide for Becky’s month of squares – in the pink.
A change of flower for the day – the grevillea. They grow very easily on the plains in Adelaide, Australia,
with hot summers and frosty winters. Very hardy and bright.
They come in different colours and arrangements; a mess of pollen and nectar that attracts birds. There are over 70 species native to Australia (http://www.oznativeplants.com/plant/Grevillea.html)
Having heard so much about Hahndorf, we made use of a free Autumn weekend, got in the car and headed for the hills of Adelaide. A reasonable crowd heralded the town’s popularity and the colours, smells and quaint heritage buildings promised varied recreation.
Our first stop was the Hahndorf Academy, established 1857 and now housing a museum with early artifacts, a shop selling handmade goods and an art gallery featuring works of Hans Heysen and various Aboriginal artists. Fabulous designs, textures and patterns.
It wasn’t long before we found our favourite diversion, an antique/curio shop, down a wide lane,
before the famous fudge shop, of which people had told me.
Which set us thinking about lunch. We ate at Otto’s Bakery, famous for it’s vanilla slice, but there was no shortage of options, indoors or out, and plenty of traditional German fare.
The Alec Johnston park, with a large playground and grassed area, is central, if you have children who need to burn off some energy.
Then it will be back to bric-a-brac at Grass Roots
Sidewalk sales
soap or honey
sacraments at St Paul’s Lutheran
a smidgen of history/folklore
follow a chair fetish?
appreciate Autumn
admire old architecture
and make time to visit a winery
We spent 4 hours in Hahndorf and it went very fast. If you are coming to Adelaide, be sure to put it on your itinerary. You might even stop at Lofty National Park on the way.
Safe Travels.
A rare event! Rain in Adelaide. So, with visitors from Western Australia in tow, we headed back to Morialta Falls and did the same trek. There’s no need to lead you through the same, but I’ll use photos to show the difference 10mm of rain can make to colour and effect.
Perhaps my first blog on this waterfall could have been Prequel to Precipitation at Morialta. So many more water shots could be taken, and you see both falls from more vantage points. The path was at times slippery.
Walk safely, with the map downloaded on your phone (although it’s only very general) and take water because even in the rain you get thirsty.
