By Rachel Well, here I am, sitting with hundreds of people waiting for Alexander McCall Smith – the last speaker of the last day of the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Not a bad way to spend my time! I have probably listened to more authors in the past five days than I have for years (check …
Community libraries of southeastern South Australia
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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Sri Lankan cooking – a follow up
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 …
Sri Lankan interlude
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 …
Tuk-tuks, buses, bikes, and more…
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 …
Santos Festival of Cycling
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 …
Working without an office…
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 …
The beaches of Adelaide
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 …
Adelaide update
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 …
Adelaide’s use of built Heritage
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 …
A year of discovery 