Tag: South Australia

The Proclaimers

 South Australia’s 180th Proclamation Day, 28 December 2016 Modern Australia is a young country with much of its heritage imported from Great Britain or, more recently, the rest of Europe.

The mighty Murray

Murray River at Walker Flat

River life ambience What comes to mind when thinking of Australian travel experiences? Bondi and beaches? Uluru and outback? The Great Ocean Road/Barrier Reef? Big things? (Big Lobster, Big Banana, Big Pineapple, etc.) How about a mighty river flowing through three states of the driest continent on the planet? In a land “girt by sea”

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Second Valley first 

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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