Do love Adelaide, i grew up but there but had to move away, unless you’re a tradie, in health, the public service or have a family business to go into (usually a winery) jobs are tough there for young people.

Most of my year level moved interstate, some have moved back now to start families. Hopefully does begin to change but then growth may ruin the sought after liveability.

Crazy to think there are high rises going up in adelaide now!

Agreed @Summer12 - There's also some of the best winery regions in Australia (Barossa, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley), Womadelaide festival (Australia's WOMAD, World Organisation of Music And Dance), Wang Wang and Fu Ni (the only two pandas in Australia), Monarto Safari Park (the largest safari experience to exist outside of Africa, spanning more than 1,500 hectares and home to more than 50 species of exotic and native mammals, birds and reptiles; you can fit every major zoo in Australia inside the Park and still have land left over) and Kangaroo Island. I've lived in rural WA, Perth, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie (when I was 1), spent 2 years in Tassie (1984 & '85), spent some time living in Melbourne, and now the last 22 years in Adelaide, and Adelaide is great, laid back enough, but with everything we need and more, and there's always something interesting to do, even if it requires an hour's drive to get there. As comedian Arj Barker likes to say at every gig in every city in the world, "It'll be even better when they finish building the roads!"

You guys are dead set blessed with cool stuff. Like the Grand Prix...oh wait, that's right...

(Possibly too soon).

Don't want the Grand Prix @Noddy74 - we've got the Adelaide 500.

I was waiting for this and its brilliant!!

great comebacks

Tasting Australia.

https://tastingaustralia.com.au/

Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant

My internal dialogue before hitting Reply:

Me: C'mon Noddy, you're better than that

Me2: I'm really not!

And whales too apparently...

7NEWS - Facebook - Whale escapes - floats down Torrens River - 28-Nov-2023

Riverbank Christmas Lights Display and homes damaged by storms across South Australia - ABC News

Adelaide Botanic Gardens reopens, giant whale sculpture rescued as storm clean up continues - ABC News

Flinders Ranges

Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens

Hahndorf and the Adelaide Hills

Hilltop Hoods!

1955: "You'd still look at me sideways and treat me like I'm backwards; But that's just fine, it so happens I'm Happy living in a city that is trapped in time."

The inspiration came when Matthew Lambert ("Suffa") and his wife went to see comedian Dylan Moran who opened the show saying he’d always wanted to come to Adelaide because he wanted to know what it was like in 1955.

“That cracked me up. I love Adelaide—I’ve lived there my whole life, but yeah it is sort of like that and when you’re from a small town it is almost like you’re stuck in a different era of time—which is just fine with me while there’s bombs over Damascus. I’m grateful to live somewhere beautiful and safe,” [Suffa] said.

Source: https://genius.com/Hilltop-hoods-1955-lyrics

Agreed!!

Rapid BayDolphin Sanctuary Blue LakeBeachoortShark Diving in Port Lincoln

Loving all the SA posts, and a reminder of what a great place Australia is (I write as a relatively new Australian).

But for me the reason for being of SA, and Adelaide specifically, is a place to land and rest (perhaps take a stroll and tea in the Botanic Gardens) before heading off on a tour of the Adelaide Hills, staying at Mt Lofty House, en route to the Barossa.

My great joy on a trip several years ago, on a visit to St Hallett, was not so much enjoying the latest release of Founders Block, but rather discovering the very affordable Blackwells Shiraz, and realising they do a 375ml bottle version. As the only red drinker in my nuclear Australian family, its perfect, and I’ve lost count of the number of orders I’ve placed at the online cellar door over the years.

Of course, in writing this, I confess I have not yet experienced the Coonawarra(in person), but that would likely be via BNE-MEL-MGB. (Very partial to the Zelma Estate Shiraz too.)

Anyways, God Bless SA.

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Restaurant

Restaurant Botanic (FB Page)

Mt Lofty House

The Barossa Valley, 1 hour from Adelaide.

Autumn in the Barossa (that's now by the way)

St Hallett Winery

St Hallet Wines Luxury Picnic Experiences in Barossa Valley - Klook Australia

Wang Wang and Fu Ni

Wang Wang and Fu Ni - Adelaide Zoo

Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Central Markets

The Smelly Cheese Co. - Adelaide Central Market: The City of Adelaide's premier food destination. Over 70 traders under one roof.

Poh Ling Yeow and Callum Hann's adorable Masterchef reunion in Adelaide | WHO Magazine

Poh's Jamface stand at the Adelaide Farmers' Market at the Adelaide Showgrounds

Jamface (@_jamface_) • Instagram photos and videos

Jamface | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/jamfacebypoh/]

Jamface – Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers Market (adelaidefarmersmarket.com.au)

Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers Market (adelaidefarmersmarket.com.au)

Orora (ORA.asx) - spun out of Amcor (AMC.asx) Glass Factory, Gawler, SA.

Osborne Naval Shipyard

AdBri, formerly Adelaide Brighton Cement (ABC.asx)

Plus BHP's Prominent Hill and Olympic Dam, and Santos' Moomba. Then there's this one (below), a personal favourite.

Codan (CDA.asx) HQ, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide.

St Halletts - Old Block - my favourite. A fantastic drop!!!

Food Trucks around Adelaide - damn fine tucker - especially Matty's "Smokin' It Up" smoked brisket burgers - another ex-Coca-Cola worker - he's now running his own business and the food is amazing - my Son and I have driven up to 90 minutes each way to grab a feed some weekends - "Smokin'" generally operates south of the city and we live in the NE suburbs, but it's worth the travelling time! He's often set up at wineries too, like Patritti in Dover Gardens, Merrill's in Woodcroft, Ivybrook Farm at Maslin Beach, or around McLaren Vale, so it's always good to tuck into some decent grub, have a glass of red and listen to some live music, as it's usually relaxed vibes and a relaxed atmosphere, and almost always a great view too, as most of these wineries (except Patritti) are on a decent block of land with big trees, even a large duck pond (@ Merrill's). The food trucks also occasionally all turn up in the same place for a day or two, such as in that image directly above this text.

Smokin' It Up | Adelaide SA | Facebook

The Patritti Experience - Events & More | Patritti

What's On - Geoff Merrill Wines

Events – Ivybrook Farm

Home (foodtruckcarnivale.com.au)

Food Truck Carnivale | Family Friendly Events | Feb-Apr 2024 - Play & Go AdelaidePlay & Go Adelaide (playandgo.com.au)

Fork On The Road - South Australia - Food Truck Event Series

I am hungry now.