Autumn Colours.

Autumn colours are in the Adelaide hills as the trees in the Mount Lofty Botanical Gardens turn from green leaves to red and yellow during the month of May.

North Terrace

While visiting the Royal Adelaide Hospital, we took advantage of some spare time to walk along the River Torrens in Adelaide South Australia, take some photos and return to the hospital via North Terrace. This photo was captured between the Museum and the Adelaide University.

Colours of Autumn.

Autumn colours at the Mount Loft Botanical Gardens in the Adelaide hills during 2008. It was a quick trip with limited time there before work after seeing some pictures in the daily newspaper during the morning. Next year we will be ready for the change of colour and will spend the day there with the cameras.

Diver Bridge.

With the new Diver Bridge opening to traffic today, Sally & I thought that we would brave the cold last night and drive to Port Adelaide and take some photos of the bridge. It was very cold in the Port, but hopefully the photos made the trip worth while.

Lion Cub.

Monarto Zoo is located in South Australia between Adelaide and Murray Bridge some 70 kilometres east of Adelaide. This little Lion cub didn't mind posing for the cameras while sunning itself on a rock.

Bridge.

A cloudy late morning photo taken looking south from Garden Island here in Adelaide South Australia. It was a cold and windy day and although you can not see the fisherman, he was standing in the water along side of the bridge. One hopes that he was catching some fish to make it all worth while.

Renmark.

Renmark is located in the Riverland 256 km from Adelaide when heading towards Sydney New South Wales. This photos shows the main wharf area where houseboats are able to tie up and walk to Renmark's shopping outlets to replenish groceries.

Garden Island.

This photo was taken at an area known as Garden Island which is an area of reclaimed land here in Adelaide South Australia. In the distance you can see a jetty which was built along the mangroves for the purpose of recreational fishing. On a calm day, the water reflections in this area are great if there at the right time.

Causeway.

The tourist town of Victor Harbor is located 80 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. One of the main attractions to Victor Harbor is Granite Island, and the causeway access is shown here in this photo.

River Torrens.

Following on from yesterday's post, we parked the car near the Zoo and set off on foot to walk the banks of the River Torrens. From the Zoo we headed west along the northern banks of the Torrens until we arrived at the weir for a short break before returning on the southern side making our way back to the Zoo and vehicle.

This photo was taken from the southern side looking back into the city, not all that far down from the Zoo. At times the water was smooth as seen here making for a very pretty location.

Adelaide CBD

It was a spur of the moment decision yesterday to drive into the city for a casual walk along the River Torrens. It has been something that we have been going to do for some time now so with a warm afternoon and full sun we thought we would give it a go. This photo is looking south across the park lands into the main part of Adelaide.

Boats.

Captured this photo at Glenelg, a suburb of Adelaide South Australia. We had first headed for West Lakes to capture some water reflections before we finally ended up at Glenelg.

Sand Hills

After being away for several weeks, we are back with lots of photos that have been taken between Port Augusta in South Australia to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.













These two were taken near Yulara in the Northern Territory and show how red the sand is in that region.

It depends on the time of the day as to how red the sand will appear. The sky will also change it's blue to a very deep and amazing colour.

Adelaide at Night.

The main Victoria Square fountain in the centre of Adelaide's CBD taken during late afternoon while were were waiting for darkness.














Once it was dark, we started to click away and finished up with this one amongst many others.

With the light shining on the water and the slow shutter speed, this effect was achieved.

Adelaide at Night.

These photos were taken a few years ago while in the main part of Adelaide's CBD with this one being taken at North Terrace soon after sunset.













With the neon signs lit up at night, this one in the Rundle Mall makes me wonder what sort of fun could be had capturing some of the lights in Vegas or Tokyo.

Cleland Wildlife Park.

Imagine what you would do next if you come across this Monitor Lizard when you were not expecting it. I think most of us would be heading for a toilet.

This large fella can be found at the Cleland Wildlife Park in Adelaide South Australia.










Like so many of the animals at Cleland, it is all rest and no work. Visitors have the luxury of walking amongst most of the animals within their huge holding areas.

Even this kangaroo isn't put off by people strolling by.

Saturday Drive.

While out for a Saturday drive yesterday, these two photos were captured during a period of limited sunshine.

This one is of the Semaphore CBD taken from the lawn area by the jetty which was shown in yesterday's blog.









It was a cold winters day and the wind was chilly when we were at this spot which is the bridge going over to Torrens Island, an area of Adelaide South Australia.

Although not show here, there was a keep fisherman standing in the water trying to catch a fish. Either he was keen for a feed of fish, or enjoyed fishing that much that it killed the effects of being cold.

Semaphore Jetty.

During the early evening of Thursday July 4th 2007 Adelaide experienced a king tide which with the heavy winds, caused extensive damage to the Semaphore jetty, one of Adelaide's several coastal jetties.











The jetty is now closed to the general public until the repairs have been completed. The relentless pounding of the waves on the underside of the jetty planks was too strong and eventually lifted most of the outer section from their bearers.

Botanical Gardens.

The Mount Lofty Botanical Gardens are a short drive from the Adelaide CBD in South Australia.










To view all of the areas within the Botanical Gardens, you would be best to dedicate a full day to it.










As it is in the Adelaide hills with some steep climbs, spring and autumn days are the best days to visit. This isn't to say that the winter months or even summer are not worthy of a visit.

Botanical Gardens

The Mount Lofty Botanical Gardens are a short drive from the Adelaide CBD in South Australia.











These photos were taken during November 2005 and illustrate the array of colours that are evident at that time of the year.










The Gardens have many walking paths to stroll along with all different gradients for the young and old to tackle.