This is day ten of our trip from Adelaide to Canberra, and we have not even hit 100 kilometres from home, with another 1,100 kilometres to go if we took the shortest route, which of course we will not be taking. We have dilly-dallied around this part of the Murray River because there is lots to see and do. Indeed, we could stay longer, but we really need to get moving. We can, and will, come back here again as it’s so close to our new home in Adelaide. Today we will head pretty much due east to the small town of Pinnaroo and in so doing double our distance from Adelaide.
Continue reading “Time to get moving – off to Pinnaroo via Karoonda – Day 306 (Pt.1)”Outer Harbor Station And Its Artwork

Outer Harbor Station, on the northern tip of the Lefevre Peninsula on the Gulf St Vincent, is the terminus of the Outer Harbor Line which starts in the city at Adelaide Railway Station. Continue reading “Outer Harbor Station And Its Artwork”
Tandanya – Street Art

I was very disappointed with my visit to Tandanya Aboriginal Arts Centre.
In that review I mentioned three redeeming features of Tandanya and one of these was the existence of some artwork on the pavement outside the centre which I feel is worthy a look and is thus the subject of this review. Continue reading “Tandanya – Street Art”
Pyongyang Metro – The Artwork

Anyone who has visited the Moscow Metro will understand where the inspiration for the Pyongyang Metro artwork/decoration came from. Indeed, the whole Metro is modeled on the Moscow one. What I saw in the Pyongyang Metro was socialist realist art at its best – in the form of mosaic murals, metallic reliefs and statues. Continue reading “Pyongyang Metro – The Artwork”
