Moose on the Loose: Adelaide Farewell

Today is our last day in Adelaide. So while doing laundry, I thought I would add a few odds and ends from our visit.

on monument at foot of Glenelg jetty

The city of Adelaide got its start here in Glenelg. Both our wine tour guides pointed out that Adelaide was the first non-convict city in Australia. That's why it had some planning behind it. It was laid out in a logical format (east/west, north/south streets), with a park (Victoria Square) in the center and small parks in each corner. Parklands were established all around the city.

We noticed a unique flag flying at several places downtown.

Turns out this is the aboriginal flag. Red for the earth, black for the sky, and at the center, the sun.

Speaking of the sun, we have been enjoying great sunsets. About 10 minutes after this was taken, there was a bright contrail in the sky. (I got it on film, but it's hard to pick out so I chose not to show it here.

We were enjoying dinner the other night, and we got a double -- sunset and a boat show. The Glenelg Surf Life Saving Club had one of their boats out practicing. Four rowers and a coxswain brought it in right at sunset.

turning towards shore

pull, pull

landed

At Rosenvale Winery, they had an artist in residence so there were paintings all around the tasting room. Now I have an idea of what to do with the barrel I have under the staircase at home!

Where we are is about 40 degrees south latitude. Glenelg sits on St. Vincent's Bay, an arm of the Great Australian Bight. If you look at a map of Australia, the entire southern coast is on the Bight (an old nautical term for a bay). Below us is the Southern Ocean which surrounds Antarctica. While it is not quite like going to Prudhoe or Barrow to take a dip in the Arctic Ocean, we figured that this is as close as we could come to dipping our toes in the Southern Ocean.

No, Scott did not drive it out on the very fine sand... we carried it to the tide line.