So, those of you who know me, know that I am a bit of a musicals fan, so it won't be any surprise that we checked out was on offer during our few days in Sydney. We ended up seeing two musicals (in one day); an overindulgence perhaps - but totally worth it! Show #1 …
Carry on Canberra
Our whole reason for this Australia jaunt was an Artificial Intelligence Conference that Rachel wanted to attend in Canberra. It has been illuminating. After a few fun-filled days in Sydney, we arrived in Canberra early Tuesday afternoon after a four hour train ride. I like trains, they give you the opportunity to catch up on …
Australia adventure part 2
Well, its been a week since my last posting and tomorrow we head off back to Canada. I miss my kids, but I'm reluctant to say goodbye to this wonderful part of the world. It has been a busy week. We arrived back in Adelaide on Monday evening, quite late after our week on the …
Sunny South Australia
Here we are, a mere eight months after we said our fond, slightly misty eyed, farewells to Adelaide, once again in beautiful South Australia. This time around, there are only two of us. Sadly, because of the school year and the nature of the trip, we had to leave Rowan and Pippa (our erstwhile and …
Adelaide Murals
By Neil Like many major cities, Adelaide has its fair share of graffiti. Whatever your views on the artistic merits of this form of expression it's fair to say that not everyone appreciates it and it is not going anywhere soon. The question is always one of how a city administration responds. In Adelaide, there …
Grand library spaces – the State Library
by Rachel As we count down our last days in Adelaide and Australia, another library-related post only seemed appropriate. It's down to the wire, but we finally got ourselves to the State Library of South Australia (we've only walked by it I don't know how many times!). The State Library is one of the grand …
Cleland Wildlife Park
By Pippa On Friday the 23rd of March, I went to Cleland Wildlife Park. The bus ride was a little long, but it was totally worth it! I saw Tasmanian devils, different types of wallabies, lizards, snakes, all sorts of birds, wombats, echidnas and dingo’s! I even got to feed kangaroos, emus and bandicoots. The …
Autumn in the rose garden
By Rachel When Rowan and Neil were off at Rowan's bagpipe lesson on Tuesday, Pippa and I decided to see how the roses were doing in Rymill Park. I took my camera for our walk; Pippa did not. It wasn't long, however, before she absconded with mine! I was left with my phone, which managed …
Meeting With Members of the Adelaide Sustainability Team
By Pippa I have recently been doing a project on sustainability so me and my dad decided I should interview some members of the city of Adelaide sustainability team. So, on Friday the ninth of March I went to interview Bec and Sarah. It was great because it ended up being a really good conversation instead of …
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The Lost and Found Orchestra
By Pippa On Saturday the third of March we went to watch the Lost and Found Orchestra which was fun. All the instruments were made of literally any and everything! Seriously! There were traffic cones, pipes, bottles, umbrellas with wind chimes, wine glasses, drums, bellows and more! It was so cool! I was amazed by all the things they turned into …
A year of discovery 