Travel journal entry the fourth
Man, I'm far behind in updating this thing.
OK. Initial impressions of Adelaide: tight rental market; excellent birds; insanely expensive beer; somewhat expensive but great meals out; relatively cheap, very good wine. This place is going to be rough on my liver, that's how good the wine is.
I have a couple good pictures, which I'll put on flickr when I can be bothered to find all the relevant cables.
What else? Young women here don't seem to have figured out that unless you're built like a world-class cokehead, black tights under cutoff shorts just make you look apologetic and a bit too warm. As everywhere else on earth, a significant minority of people doesn't know how to look in its direction of travel while walking.
I'm not getting the anticipated break from my allergies, as I've already been exposed extensively to acacia, eucalyptus, walnut, and elm, so I am dying of hay fever over here. Ah well, I have a stupid, dysfunctional immune system. So what's new?
The city planners decided to put a giant ring of parkland all the way around the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide, and then build the suburbs out from that. I approve and think all cities should be rebuilt this way. (Allergies be damned, I like trees. And grass.)
Also, everyone should do whatever magic the Aussies do to make cheese. Man, their cheese is good.
Oh, and I cut through a random park in North Adelaide, after looking at yet another set of dismal apartments, and read this explanation of the naming of the park in question (Palmer Gardens/Pangki Pangki):
"The maeaning of Pangki Pangki, if it does have a meaning, is not known. Pangki Pangki was a Kaurna tracker and guide.
"In July 1841, Pangki Pangki accompanied Matthew Moorhouse, the Protector of Aborigines to Lake Bonney at the Rufus River to meet Robinston's overland party. This was the site of a well documented massacre in which some 70 Aborigines were shot dead, ten were wounded, and four were taken prisoner. This massacre was carried out by a party commanded by Sub-Inspector Shaw on the western side of the Rufus and by Robinson's party on the eastern side. Moorhouse, the Protector of Aborigines was present and actually presided over this massacre, admitting that 'the firing commenced before spears were thrown.'"
Enjoy your walk, European-descended Oppressor Person! Here, have a nice drink of water at the bubbler!
The Central Market is also very good.
OK. Initial impressions of Adelaide: tight rental market; excellent birds; insanely expensive beer; somewhat expensive but great meals out; relatively cheap, very good wine. This place is going to be rough on my liver, that's how good the wine is.
I have a couple good pictures, which I'll put on flickr when I can be bothered to find all the relevant cables.
What else? Young women here don't seem to have figured out that unless you're built like a world-class cokehead, black tights under cutoff shorts just make you look apologetic and a bit too warm. As everywhere else on earth, a significant minority of people doesn't know how to look in its direction of travel while walking.
I'm not getting the anticipated break from my allergies, as I've already been exposed extensively to acacia, eucalyptus, walnut, and elm, so I am dying of hay fever over here. Ah well, I have a stupid, dysfunctional immune system. So what's new?
The city planners decided to put a giant ring of parkland all the way around the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide, and then build the suburbs out from that. I approve and think all cities should be rebuilt this way. (Allergies be damned, I like trees. And grass.)
Also, everyone should do whatever magic the Aussies do to make cheese. Man, their cheese is good.
Oh, and I cut through a random park in North Adelaide, after looking at yet another set of dismal apartments, and read this explanation of the naming of the park in question (Palmer Gardens/Pangki Pangki):
"The maeaning of Pangki Pangki, if it does have a meaning, is not known. Pangki Pangki was a Kaurna tracker and guide.
"In July 1841, Pangki Pangki accompanied Matthew Moorhouse, the Protector of Aborigines to Lake Bonney at the Rufus River to meet Robinston's overland party. This was the site of a well documented massacre in which some 70 Aborigines were shot dead, ten were wounded, and four were taken prisoner. This massacre was carried out by a party commanded by Sub-Inspector Shaw on the western side of the Rufus and by Robinson's party on the eastern side. Moorhouse, the Protector of Aborigines was present and actually presided over this massacre, admitting that 'the firing commenced before spears were thrown.'"
Enjoy your walk, European-descended Oppressor Person! Here, have a nice drink of water at the bubbler!
The Central Market is also very good.