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Adelaide, Autumn and the Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens

April 10, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Mt Lofty Botanic Garden, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

As any South Australian pedant (is that a tautology?) will know, Mount Lofty isn’t South Australia’s highest mountain. That honour, as said pedant/s would confirm, goes to the 1435 metre high Mount Woodroffe in South Australia’s far north up near the Northern Territory border. But Mount Woodroffe is a long way (and not visible) from state capital Adelaide, so Mount[…]

The Secret Lake in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia

TOP Aussie Birding Spot #1 – Somewhere in the Adelaide Hills …

January 8, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Bird watching, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Wildlife

I slowly climbed the hill through the knee high dry grass, each step raising a cloud of dust. Every stick looked like a snake. But that was better than the other way around. The heavy breathing behind me increased. The horse that owned the paddock was getting tetchy. I wondered what he’d do when he found out the camera bag[…]