By the time we reached Adelaide’s Chinatown we had been walking around the city for about four hours and were famished. It was well and truly time for lunch.
As I indicated in my separate review on Chinatown, the area is comparatively small. That said it has a number of eateries of various Asian ethnicity, not just Chinese though we chose the T.Chow Chinese Restaurant for lunch. Continue reading “T.Chow Chinese Restaurant: “Yum Cha in Chinatown””
The Adelaide Central Market first opened in 1869, though was called the City Market until 1965.
In earlier days, besides selling produce, the market area doubled up as a venue for public meetings and outdoors entertainment, such as Wilson’s Circus troupe with its man-eating lions. I have seen nothing to suggest that they actually ate any men. Continue reading “A Place of Insidious Temptation”
Adelaide’s Chinatown is, to be honest, rather underwhelming when compared to those in say Sydney or Melbourne. It is small and consists of just a handful of Asian grocery stores, Chinese herbal and medicine shops and a number of restaurants, tucked in beside the Adelaide Central Market, between Gouger and Grote Streets, the former of which is laden with great cafes and restaurants. While there are Chinese restaurants,and stalls in the food court, in Chinatown (as one might expect!) the majority of eateries are now of other Asian ethnicity with Vietnamese predominating. Continue reading “Adelaide’s Chinatown”
This rather different piece of art work (is it competition to the Mall’s Balls?) is a colourful addition in one of Adelaide’s narrowest roads. The inflatable ball is wedged between Enyesbury College and Faraway House in Trades Hall Lane. Continue reading “Trade Hall Lane’s Ball”
Topham Mall (close to the carpark) was the original “Free Wall” in Adelaide – a place were graffiti/ street artists could come and legally paint whatever they wanted (undoubtedly there were some restrictions!). Continue reading “Topham Mall – Street Art”
This rather pompous looking statue of Charles Cameron Kingston somewhat detracts from his achievements and lifestyle which were anything other than highbrow or pompous in nature.
I must say that on first seeing this statue I had not heard of Kingston and wasn’t going to bother writing a review. I make a point of not writing reviews on statues unless the subject is well known (to me at least!) or unless there is an interesting story to tell. With Kingston, having now read up on him, it is the latter. Do let me tell you about this interesting man. Continue reading “CC Kingston – Patriot and Statesman”
With a name like John McDouall Stuart it will come as no surprise to my reader that this chap was of Scottish extraction. He was, indeed, born in Scotland in 1815 and emigrated to Australia and Adelaide in January 1839. Continue reading “John McDouall Stuart Memorial”
I should state upfront, lest people who have visited this fountain prior to 2014 think I have lost my sense of direction, that this fountain has in fact moved. It is at the southern end of Victoria Square and not the northern end, having been moved in a 2013-14 redevelopment of the Square. Continue reading “Three Rivers Fountain”
The subject of this statue requires no introduction. It is Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901, Empress of India from 1876 and Queen of her dominions, including the Australian colonies, from various dates to 1901. Continue reading “Victoria R.I. – In Adelaide”
Victoria Square is in the centre of Adelaide’s one square mile grid and was part of Colonel William Light’s blueprint for the new City of Adelaide in the mid 1830s. Continue reading “Victoria Square/ Tarndanyangga”
The Rambling Wombat 