From bugs to beaches to beautiful vistas
By Rachel This past week I had the pleasure and the privilege to travel with my colleague from Public Library Services and the State Library of South Australia through the southeastern portion of the state. Over the course of the two days we visited ten libraries in small towns and villages - five were public …
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by Rachel Rowan wrote a post about our cooking class that we all participated in while we were in Sri Lanka. I'm sure a few of you were a little skeptical as to whether anything would actually come of it - particularly once we were back in our regular (or as regular as this year …
By Neil Where to begin? We were only in Sri Lanka for ten days and only saw a tiny part of the country, so our perspective is admittedly limited. Sri Lanka, I think it is fair to say, was well beyond anything we had expected; a true culture shock. That's not meant to imply anything …
By Rachel I know it sounds a bit weird, but I was fascinated by road transportation in Sri Lanka – this with the caveat that my Sri Lankan experience was limited to the area around Hikkaduwa, down to Galle, and a one-day excursion to the Uda Walawe National Park. And not just the means of …
By Neil Adelaide loves a good festival or two. No, really, the City even bills itself as “The Festival City” and they do it very well. The latest extravaganza was the Santos Festival of Cycling. Built around the Santos Tour Down Under, it was an amazing event featuring a cycling tour with a variety of …
by Rachel Working without a dedicated office space - and staying focused - can sometimes be a bit of a challenge, but I'm happy to say that we have fallen into quite a nice rhythm in Adelaide. Most mornings we go to the Adelaide City Library, right in the midst of the CBD in Rundle …
By Rachel The outer edges of metropolitan Adelaide to the south and west have lovely sandy beaches and I had grand ideas of us visiting each one before we settled on our 'favourite' - and before I did a post on the Adelaide beaches. Well I think I might be dreaming. To date I have …
By Neil I’m sitting on the balcony of our lovely apartment, overlooking the northeast end of downtown Adelaide (although here it is called the Central Business District or CBD for short) looking at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital and marveling at the sight. Well, that’s not quite true. The part of the hospital …
By Neil I must confess that I’m a bit of a heritage geek, with an especial love for built heritage. I can’t really explain it, but I have always loved old buildings; the architecture, the texture of materials used, the smell and the stories they can tell, or you imagine. I was fortunate as …
By Rachel On Thursday I had the pleasure and privilege to spend the day with the Associate Director of Public Library Services for South Australia visiting four City of Onkaparinga libraries: The Hub (a joint use secondary school/public library); Noarlunga (a joint use post-secondary/public library); Seaford (a joint use secondary school/public library); and Aldinga (a …
A year of discovery 