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From Auckland we flew to Adelaide to begin a two-week,
2000 kilometer trip across the southern part of Australia, along the
Great Ocean Road, through Melbourne and Canberra to Sydney. (Click on
the map above to see our route.)
Cosmopolitan Adelaide is bordered by the
Mt. Lofty Ranges and the Gulf St. Vincent. The compact city
center is laid out in an orderly grid, surrounded by parkland.
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The North Terrace is the hub of cultural
sites including the University of South Australia, the Art
Gallery of South Australia, and South Australian Museum. |
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The historic Adelaide Zoo has been home to
this tortoise for over 100 years. |
Near Lyndoch is the Whispering Wall, a
concrete dam with amazing acoustics. Someone speaking normally
at one end can be heard clearly at the other end, 150 meters
away. |
75 kilometers northeast of Adelaide is
Australia's best known wine district, the Barossa Valley, which
has been producing wine for 160 years.
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Hahndorf, the oldest German settlement in
Australia, was settled by Lutherans who fled religious
persecution in Prussia. |
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