Altitude to AdelaideI am a skier, traveller, copywriter, storyteller and runner finding adventure in my adopted home and mountains abroad.
At the southern tip of Yorke Peninsula lies a 94-square-kilometre refuge for native vegetation, wildlife, and humans. Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park is a favourite place for South Australians to camp, fish and surf, and with some of the best scenery in the state it should be on everyone’s bucket list. Known to most South […]
Shepherds Hill Recreation Park in Adelaide’s southern suburbs has a few short walks that are great for a quick escape into nature. There is a feeling of calm in the park among the tall gum trees. The hill bordering the northern part of the park keeps out the traffic sounds and you can hear plenty […]
Updated 22 September 2024. If not for the change in speed limit most travellers would probably fly through the town of Uraidla, which sits in an Adelaide Hills valley on a two-lane road that dips and climbs around blind corners never more than 300 metres apart. Ten years ago, they definitely wouldn’t have stopped. Located […]
Walking along the winding paths of the Adelaide Zoo shaded by bamboo and palms, with the whistles and chirps of birds overhead and the occasional soft hoot of a monkey in the background, it’s easy to forget that you are in the City of Adelaide. The landscaping at the zoo includes plants carefully chosen from […]
I don’t think I’ll ever forget my astonishment the first time I saw them. It was the shock of seeing something that seemed unnatural. Throughout my childhood in North America I had only ever seen trees with green leaves or the vibrant red, orange and yellows of autumn, followed by brown as the leaves began […]
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