South Australia – Page 22

Second Valley first

By drdblogs on November 1, 2016January 12, 2018

Weathering the storms of time It’s good that after living here for three years… there are still wonderful places to visit for the first time. Second Valley perhaps set the precedent for obvious place naming so prevalent in South Australia (e.g. Mount Lofty, Kangaroo Island, Diagonal Road, etc.) After British surveyor general and Adelaide founder

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Not so lonely planet

By drdblogs on October 26, 2016January 3, 2018

Its climate may be hot, but South Australia offers the coolest mix of brilliant wine country, abundant produce festivals, stark and stunning tracts of picturesque Aussie outback and crowd-free beaches that could make even the Bahamas jealous. Lonely Planet top travel regions 2017. Good to see South Australia as number 5 in Lonely Planet’s top travel regions

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Blue Mondays

By drdblogs on October 13, 2016October 24, 2016

Mondays need never be blue or stormy again. Monday evenings are usually quiet in Adelaide. UNESCO City of Music it may be, but not on a Monday as the vibrant local music scene takes a break. So when the city’s oldest pub, the Edinburgh Castle, invited me to host a live music evening on Mondays,