An expat Brit in South Australia
Normally you would associate Glenelg with water sports. Now it’s all about frozen water sports. Six months ago it was forty-six degrees Celsius and Adelaide was the hottest city on the planet. And now here we are with our skates on in Moseley Square at Mamma Carmela’s Winter Wonderland, guests at radio station SAFM’s (107.1)
Being winter and being cold(ish) we decided I should invest in a pair of Ugg boots. So we went to Coastal Uggs on Jetty Road in Glenelg. “Great, they have a sale on!” I said. Inside walls of sheepskin boots, slippers and all manner of novelty footware awaited. “Hello,” I said to the Ugg man,
I stand on the brow of a small hill on a genteel suburban street. It is just past sunrise and the light appears liquid and effervescent. Birds call to each other in enthusiasm for the new day. I look one way. I see mist rolling over the hills, creeping down to the plain below. I
