We were on a short weekend holiday in Adelaide. Just came back on Sunday.
People call Adelaide the city of churches. And yes, there are really alot of churches. It reminds me of Mainz, Germany, with every 20 steps you take, there’s a massive church. Adelaide is something like that, but not that close in proximity.
People say Adelaide is a very small city. Well… we finished walking nearly the whole city in just 3 hours, including a 1 hour tour in the museum. That should give you an idea how small the city is. I think the size of the city can be compared with Kuching. I like it. Small, quiet, relaxed. For first time visitors, I would advice to go to the information centre in Rundle Mall and get maps and advice how to go around the city. Very good tourist service there.
Silver balls in Rundle Mall – this carless street is Rundle Mall, in other words, shopping haven
One thing we noticed, Adelaide is such a clean place… like Kuching… I think I’m a little biased here.. hehehe
Well… they have pigs to clean up the rubbish…
One place in the city you must see is the Haigh’s Chocolate shop. We bought a strawberry in white chocolate, and it tastes really good. Abit expensive on the price, but, I’m assuming it’s quality chocolate.
Haigh’s Chocolate
There are 2 churches here that you need to visit. We only managed to visit 1. The other one is walkable, but abit too far, and we had limited time for we had other things to do.
First church, Holy Trinity church and clock. It’s the oldest church in the state, built in 1838.
Holy Trinity Church and Clock
This next one is the old Parliament House:
Old Parliament House
And just next to it, is the new Parliament House. We wanted to go in for a tour, but we missed it by 5 minutes. We won’t be able to make it on the next scheduled tour. Oh well… next time.
New Parliament House
This building, is the State Library. I was in awe when I stepped into the old part of the library. It is absolutely amazing!
State Library
I was like wahhhhhhhhh…. then turned and wahhhhhhhhhhh…. then went upstairs and WAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH somemore.
This library is so beautiful, no wonder people in the olden days had such motivation to read and study and research eh? If my library was like this, I’ll read in here all day long.
Close up of the books from floor to ceiling
Mathias missed 3 days of doing this studies and research, so he had a little catch up time with his revision.
Talking about competition, The University of Adelaide and The University of South Australia is just side by side.
We passed by Governor’s House. It was opened for public on Sunday, but we had other places to visit. Maybe next time.
And just outside the Governor’s house is
…. oh… they shouldn’t have…
… oh.. I’m so honoured!… …
There was some service going on at the National War Memorial. This was erected in 1931.
Next stop, Botanic Gardens. Very much like the Botanic Gardens in Victoria.
There is a vineyard. Behind the vineyard, is this futuristic looking greenhouse. Well… you have to pay AUD8 to go in… to see what you ask? A Tropical Rainforest. I think I have seen more than enough in Malaysia. So I shall leave this to the people who has never seen a tropical rainforest. They built that humongous greenhouse to control the humidity.
What’s left of the vineyard:
And a rose garden:
Chinatown… seems like every where outside of China, there is a chinatown. Chinese are just in every corner of the world. The usuals… chinese food, chinese people, chinese ornaments, etc.
China Town
Adelaide too has a Central Market. Very much like Victoria Market here in Melbourne, but much smaller.
And this last picture… is for my mother-in-law to see.
More pictures to come.
