Tag: Adelaide Hills

Bikes, bushfires and bands

TOUR DOWN UNDER 2020 South Australia’s premier sporting event the Tour Down Under followed hard on the heels of the Adelaide Hills bushfires. With salvage and recovery on everyone’s minds, the aftermath of the fires provided a poignant and dramatic backdrop to the week long race. From the Tour’s opening ceremony in Victoria Square featuring

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Climate action

Don’t take any more than you need. This blog is meant to be about the customs, culture, everyday life and fun stuff in South Australia from a British ex-pat’s point-of-view. This is a place that often slips under the radar- and partly we like it that way. Unfortunately over the festive season we have made

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Chocolate (and cheese- and Champagne) is a state of mind

The Cellar Door Festival, Adelaide With 180 contributing wineries from 15 South Australian wine regions- yes 15 regions each one distinctive in climate, terroir and varietal diversity- the Cellar Door Festival in Adelaide’s Convention Centre is the tasting equivalent of an Olympic marathon. Not just a marathon but a whole track and field meeting- craft

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