I love this place :)…read more Well, it is more of a place of interest. As far as I am aware this is one of a series of fairy doors. Or something like that. This one is in the front of a shop called Naked in Rundle St. it is only about 7 inches high, but it brings a little bit of magic to the street :) There is not really any more to say about this. But i would love to know if there are any more of these around town anywhere - if there is anyone who knows about any more of these doors, I would love to know about them :) And for those of you who have never seen this door - check it out next time you are in Rundle St :)

I was introduced to this place by Karen M and now I'm on the hunt for more!…read more It always poses so many questions as I dawdle down Rundle St. Who produced such a tiny door? Where does it go? Who is allowed through and what is the secret password? You get my drift... Like the Rosina Car Park, Frome St wall mural and giant fork on Melbourne St, it is just one of the many weird things I love about Adelaide.

SA Brewery has hosted the annual Christmas display alongside the river bank of the Torrens, for…read morelonger than I can remember. I haven't seen this display for years, but tonight took a trip down memory lane and revised my childhood. Old classics such as the Volcano and the carousel have been restored the same as I remember. Although the volcano display wasn't as loud as I recall to be. My favourite would have to be the giant Clipsal Safety Switch, which I'm not sure is meant to be a standing feature or not (I guess the lights wouldn't be the same without it though.) The food vans and carnival stalls are a good touch, and great distraction for the kids on the way back to the car. As good as I remember.

Many a childhood memories have been had here, visiting the Brewery lights just before Xmas…read more In the weeks leading up to the big day, this place gets packed! You pretty much have to crowd surf to the front to see the displays. But as the years have gone on, the displays have improved, after a few times when the Torrens flooded and washed half of it away. In a very iconic spot in Adelaide, right across the road from the Entertainment Centre, on the new tram line and only a kilometre or 2 from the city. Make sure you bring the kids and the camera to get some snaps of the moving sleighs, erupting volcano and crackers which teach you to say Merry Christmas in a variety of languages, There are also food vans and amusement rides on site which surely get a work out, especially the pancakes and hot donuts.

It can be a little confusing, the park that it, because it is actually part of a much larger…read moreconservation park. As such, I would suggest that it is probably the park that is located in the Gully, and it probably ends at the second falls, not that there is any indicated as to where this park ends and Cleland begins. Mind you, this park, or at least the gully, certainly doesn't feel like your typical national park, in that the trees here make it feel much more like England. On the other hand, this place is the best place to start your trek up to the top of Mount Lofty, probably because there is a car park here. On the other hand, there isn't a kiosk, just a fancy restaurant.

Like many others, what struck me about Waterfall Gully is its proximity to the Adelaide CBD. I'd…read morespent years in Adelaide before ever coming here, and I was surprised at how close a natural treasure like this could be situated so close to the hustle and bustle of the city without any overlap. This is one of the reasons I hold Adelaide in such high regard, as you only have to travel ten minutes from the city to find yourself in an oasis such as this. The waterfall is grand and magnificent, and a short walk up to the top will give you a a breathtaking view of the flora (and the carpark) below. However, for the greatest view, one must traverse the walking trail all the way to Mount Lofty. It's no easy feat, and I've experienced my fair share of wanting to turn back. Though it starts off quite pleasant, the climb soon becomes steep and relentless, and simply grounding yourself on the rocky path is a challenge. However, the reward once reaching Mount Lofty is worth it, and you can enjoy a coffee or lunch at the cafe before making your way back down. The scenery on the drive in and out of Waterfall Gully is also picturesque, with age old architecture and rolling hills in the background. I even spotted some deer once on the drive out! Keep your eyes peeled.

Adelaide fringe is what makes Adelaide WONDERFUL. Running from Feb to March, it is the second…read morelargest fringe festival in the world next to the Edinburgh Fringe. The Adelaide Fringe is a bohemian festival of comedy, music, drama, dance and visual arts. The difference between Edinburgh and Adelaide is that Adelaide is big enough to be a wonderful international, unique open access festival that is small enough to have that sense of community. The people of Adelaide OWN this festival and it's fun loving, carefree vibe. The East End of Adelaide comes ALIVE during the fringe and it is starting to spread down Rundle Mall and into the West End, however there are fringe venues all over the state. Most people see the Fringe as the Garden of Unearthly Delights - which is a bright colourful venue - and therefore only a small part of the fringe. The Gluttony garden venue is just starting to take off across the road and nearly every store up Rundle is host to some kind of show. Rundle mall has a box office set up specifically for ticket and merchandise sales from December the year before. In the lead up to the fringe in Feb and throughout the festival, there are buskers and preview shows in the mall which gives the city an atmosphere that you just can not describe. Hundreds of local and international comedians, street performers, actors and artists flock to adelaide to experience this festival and give you a flyer for their show. Oh, dear god, I'm getting excited just thinking about it.

Bumped up from a biannual to a yearly event, the Adelaide Fringe has well and truly cemented its…read moreplace as a cultural high point for South Australia, and with good reason. Yes, it's massive and not entirely well curated (as Chloe points out), but its all encompassing and open nature is what makes it truly wonderful. Art, events and pop-up spaces fill every nook, waiting to be found. The late summer nights are full of music and light and people. It's the one time of year the city centre feels excited and energetic and new. It's a beautiful time for a sleepy city, and no matter where I am in the world I always try to get back home for the Fringe. I for one like getting caught up in the haphazard nature of the festival: this year I went from a dark German cabaret to stand-up to street art in the space of a night, getting pulled along wherever the mood took me. It wasn't all good, it's true, but that's not the point. There is something for everyone, and the atmosphere soaking potential alone makes it a magical time in Adelaide. Adelaide Fringe Festival (aka "The Fringe" for those nonnatives wanting to work the SA lingo) coincides with other events like WoMad and the Adelaide Festival of Arts - in a way it feels like we're cramming a year's worth of culture into 24 summery days, and maybe we are. I'm cool with that.

This is still one of Adelaide's wonders that I always take out of town/country visitors to. I think…read moreit's one of the most sublime things ever thought up and suddenly I'm even prouder to discover a friend helped the artist with installation. I think it's worthy of a restoration/maintenance. Pure love.

A quirky sight to be had down a Hindley side street: a butt-load (15,000 and dropping) toy cars…read moreglued to a brick wall. The story goes that the artist, Matej Andraz Vogrinic, was moved to create this piece after being overcome by Adelaide's superb selection of car parks in the CBD! Although from the title it sounds as if he's not a fan... Difficult to get pictures because they're up high and there's so many of them! Commissioned for the 2000 Adelaide Arts Festival.

As you've walked around the streets of Adelaide in the past year or so, you might have noticed…read morethere are a new rash of murals and paste-ups appearing. While street art has been happening for a while in Adelaide, the city council has now jumped on board - displaying an unusual level of understanding and support. And so they should - street art is one of those rare phenomenons that manages to get people interested in art instead of feeling bored/threatened. Courtesy of Adelaide CIty Council, Topham Mall now has a designated area in which anyone can add to, without asking permission. There is something a little less exciting about legal street art - I love the way the illegal stuff works with the pre-existing built environment and the creativity that comes out of avoiding arrest and but also trying to make attention-grabbing works. Climbing to extremely dangerous heights, wandering around in abandoned buildings etc. But Topham Mall is good - the walls are literally dripping with paint. Although I love to see the work of the local street artists I already know, it is also good to see stuff appearing that has been done by nobody I'm familiar with. Although I appreciate the extremely detailed figurative pieces, I've been following this style for a while, so I feel a little more excited now seeing the typographical-tagging kind of stuff appearing. Watching the layers of paint build and build into strange abstract patterns on the crumbling brick is a nice bit of unintentional magic. The great thing about this kind of work is it is constantly regenerating - there is something new to look at nearly every time you walk past. It's right in a thoroughfare between Currie and Waymouth St too - so all different kinds of people will see it, not just art nerds.

Shiniest balls I've seen in SA…read more And I have, in fact, met up at the balls on more than one occasion, so I feel like I live here now. There is an actual name for this sculpture of spheres (I think it's actually "the spheres" or something insanely simple like that) but even Google maps has this listed as the Mall's Balls. So, there you go. Very shiny balls, excellent meeting place, and great for selfies.

Laugh or cry, these balls are an Adelaide icon. Yes I could go on and on with references to…read moreballs-this and balls-that, but I'm too sophisticated to bother. Located in the pedestrian Rundle Mall (THIS is how K Street Mall in Sacramento should look like!), these balls are so famous they ended up in a Ben Folds song properly entitled "Adelaide." I know you won't bother to look up the lyrics, so here you go: "Rundle Mall Watching as the locals pass Silver balls I can see their eyes are round They're pointed down They scan the spanning sidewalks Learning that there is no hurry Fuss or worry Adelaide" I have a bad sense of direction, so I generally know which way I'm headed according to where the Malls Balls are...

Every school holidays, my kids and I venture out to Jetty Road and take part in Jetty Road Treasure…read moreHunt. Usually held in the second week of every school holiday break, this is a popular event with family and kids alike. Here's a few pointers on why you should join in the fun: - It's cheap. Tickets cost $5 per kid. - WIth a map in hand, you choose one of two routes and discover the many shops and vendors along Jetty Road. - At each pit stop, you collect clues and free giveaways from each vendor. - Our previous free giveaways include books from the Glenelg Library, ice cream from Andersen, fruits from the grocers, bread from the bakery, spring rolls from Yum Sing and even picked up a RM1 note from the Foreign Exchange counter. - Parents get to shop and dine during the treasure hunt as you go on your own pace. - A great way to rediscover the Bay. - Your last port of call is the Bay Discovery Centre, where you have to visit the the centre to pick up clues for your chance to go into a prize draw. - After the treasure hunt, hit the beach! - Your kids will thank you for an awesome rad day! On that note, if you haven't checked out this fun and affordable school holiday activity, you just should!

The Jetty Road Treasure Hunt is a very popular event in Glenelg. I happened to be looking after a…read moresix year old on the day and she had the time of her life. It's inexpensive: $5 per child. It's also easy to find your way around as the map you are given is clear and easy to read, even for the children. You're also given a backpack and a pirate eye patch for each participating child. Some freebies we scored last time: A small Boost Juice, a small bouncy ball from a sports store, a voucher from Cheap As Chips, lollies from the Lolly Shop and also from another store, a colouring-in book from Pages & More, a lip balm for the child & a voucher for the adult from a salon, a choice between two fruits from Woolworths (the same from Caruso's), and a fortune cookie from Noodle Box. At the end of the Treasure Hunt, we headed into the Discovery Centre where Miss Six had to answer a history related question (the answer was easy to find inside!). We then wrote it on the map, added a name and contact details so she could go into the draw to win a prize, then handed it over in return for some chocolate coins! The final treasure :) Just a heads up - Even if you are an early bird, you're still going to want to arrive 15-20 minutes earlier than you normally would. Everyone has the same idea so the line is always really long. Although while we were waiting, they did have a small Face Painting tent set up near the line which entertained some children. To quote Miss Six: "That was the best treasure hunt EVER!"

I've an engineering friend whose dream is to one day make it to space. It's places like the River…read moreTorrens that make me realise the redundancy of his dream. It may sound cruel to shoot down a man's aspirations, but trust me when I say this is the sort of friend who deserves to get shut down now and again. Every group has one. If there is too much of the world - too many beautiful places - to see and explore in one lifetime, why the flying fox would you want to shoot up to look at the stars, which you can see perfectly well from down here? The River Torrens is probably Adelaide's most beautiful locale. I say 'probably', because I'm petrified of commitment (even if it's merely a declaration), and because beauty if subjective, and all that. But every time I realise we have a place like this in Adelaide, it excites me for what the rest of the world holds.

24/12/2011 The River Torrens is amazing and I think is the…read moresingle most beautiful thing about Adelaide. You can only just look at my choice of my display photo for my Yelp profile, to understand why it's on top of my list of 5-star places to go to in Adelaide. No words will come close to describing it. But if I had to choose a phrase of my own, it would be "lovers' and joggers' paradise in the heart of Adelaide". Who comes here, you might ask? The joggers, young lovers cuddling up, wedding couples all nicely dressed, older adult couples just wanting some quality time walking together, bike riders, more serious-looking cyclists, exhausted students in need of a break, nappers, rowers, sexy sportspeople working out, boxers, bike riders, book readers, geeks, and tourists galore spend time around the river on a daily basis. I just wish they cleaned up or prevented the pollution of this once-pristine River. I personally find a personal escape from all the hard work of life, jogging around River Torrens via a warm early afternoon, with my handy towel and water bottle. It's the most inexpensive way to be one with nature and to get fit at the same time.

Thank you to our outgoing CM of Adelaide - Anita for arranging this event…read more It was well attended by Yelpers and friends. I didn't get there till after 5pm when the party was in full swing. A free drink upon checking into the event and I chose the Mount Lofty Ranges Vineyard (one of the sponsors) Pinot noir rose. Bit dry but a good choice for this function. A big platter of assorted cheese and accompaniments were the start of the nibbles and there were heaps of Yelp give aways like sunglasses, sweat bands, badges, bags, key rings, freezebies etc. A Yelp cotton bag with goodies can be picked up as well, handy and informative flyers within. The winners of the best photos of this 'food porn exhibition ' were announced and prizes were awarded and thank you to the judges for picking the great shots out of so many entries! Tough pickings indeed. More food from Soi 38 were passed around and it was great to have them aboard to enable us to sample their food. Will have to now properly go to their restaurant to have more, what a teaser! Thank you to Market Kitchen for the venue which is perfect to exhibit the selected Yelpers best shot of food and thanks also goes to Atkins Photography for a guidance sheet on how to take photos of food which most of us Yelpers love to do. Overall this had been a great event and it was fun to have the competition and winners were well awarded with prizes donated by so many other sponsors.