Saturday, September 6, 2025
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Restrooms in the Alice Springs Airport had Dyson systems,
with water automatically coming out of the center
and airblades on both sides to automatically dry hands |
We had a 9:15 flight from Alice Springs to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, a 2-hour 5-minute trip. It took us a while to find the correct bus stop at the Adelaide Airport, but were soon on a J1 bus, where we could use our own credit card to pay the fare.
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| The Ibis Adelaide Hotel had a room ready for us |
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| Ibis Adelaide bathroom |
We walked the few blocks to King William Street, and then a block to the tram stop.
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Adelaide, along with Melbourne, is known for its trams;
this is a Bombardier Flexity Classic tram #103 (2005);
we made extensive use of trams in the free fare zone
in the Central Business District/CBD |
We disembarked the tram at Victoria Square.
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Sir Samuel Way Courts Building (1916 as the Charles Moore
Department Store by William Lucas) |
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Supreme Court of South Australia (1866-1869, by
Robert George Thomas in Neoclassical style)
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Adelaide Central Market (est 1870); this is the
Gouger Street facade (rebuilt 2025 according to the
1899 design; had been removed in the 1960s) |
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| The Central Market has expanded and is being modernized |
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| Fair Seafood fish |
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| Fruit |
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| Baked goods |
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| Pig's Ears and Wagon Wheels |
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| Mostly nuts (KSS) |
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| Bagels, and cheese |
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| Vegan gummies... |
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| ...and sugar-free gummies... |
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| ...and regular gummies |
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| Gourds, root veggies, garlic |
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| For lunch we had salt & pepper squid and chips |
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| Two stories of shops (KSS) |
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| Wine (KSS) |
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| Plantain flowers |
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Haight Chocolates (est 1915 in Adelaide)
are found everywhere in Australia |
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Three Rivers Fountain (1968, by John Dowie);
Torrens is depicted as a woman holding a swan; the
Onkaparinga, a woman with a heron; the Murray,
an Aboriginal man holding an ibis |
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Adelaide Magistrates Court (1847-1851 as the original
Supreme Court by Richard Peter Lambeth) |
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Federal Court of Australia (2008);
the coolest building in Adelaide? (KSS) |
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| Colorful Primula x polyantha Primrose hybrids for Spring |
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| Water dispenser (KSS) |
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Statue (2009, by Judith Rolevink) of Saint
Mary MacKillop (AU's first saint) outside
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral (1856-1926,
by Charles Hansom in Gothic Revival
Early English style, bell tower 1996) (KSS) |
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| Interior of the Roman Catholic cathedral |
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| St Francis Xavier's Cathedral with tower |
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Victoria Square Statue (1894, by Charles
Bell Birch) of Queen Victoria with sceptre and orb |
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Victoria Square Play Space Fountain where children
are allowed to splash amidst the water jets |
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Adelaide General Post Office (1867-1872,
by Edmund Wright and Edward Woods
in Neoclassical style) |
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Treasury Building (1837-1907) is now an
Adina Apartment Hotel |
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Adelaide Town Hall (1863-1866, by
Edmund Wright and Edward Woods
with Neoclassical elements) |
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| Blackeby's Old Sweet Shop on James Place |
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| Blackeby's Old Sweet Shop window |
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Flying Saucers; Blackeby's still makes
sweets using original recipes in copper pots
over open flames, a method honoring
William Blackeby's legacy |
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| An American NFL reference! |
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| Umm, Captain Jack Swallow is playing a didgeridoo? |
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There are four pigs on A Day Out (1999,
by Marguerite Derriciurt) including left to right:
Truffles, Horatio, Oliver, and Augusta |
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| Oliver at the rubbish bin at Rundle Mall |
When Kent went to get dinner, the only place open was McDonald's!
Next: Adelaide II.
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