Earth and water

Well that was definitely another good day for sightseeing! As promised, I headed into the centre of Adelaide and took lots more photos.

You can see the results on Flickr, as always:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/81692166@N05/sets/72157647944491370/

My first destination for today was Himeij Garden, a small Japanese garden built on South Terrace, on the opposite side of the city from North Terrace (spookily enough). Adelaide's city centre is fascinating - it is completely enclosed by green space, from manicured gardens to parks with trees and fountains, to football ovals.

The garden itself was quite nice, and also quite small. A couple of nice ponds and sculptures thrown into the mix:

Himeji Garden

Then a walk up East Terrace to the Adelaide Botanical Garden, on the corner of North and East Terraces. It's a typical Australian botanical garden - lots of tall trees, a couple of greenhouses and other buildings, and some different landscapes thrown in:

Botanical Garden

After exiting the garden I walked up through the University of Adelaide. A far cry from the universities we have up in Brisbane, the uni has kept its Victorian-era buildings, including, among others, an abbey, while still allowing itself a modern flourish or two:

University of Adelaide

On the spur of the moment I decided to walk down to St. Peter's and Adelaide Oval for sunset. I got a couple of nice pictures of the church, before winding up on the other side of the Torrens from the city centre. I got talking to another couple of photographers who were there, and took some night skyline photos for myself:

Adelaide at sunset/night

That brought the last of my full rest days to an end. Tomorrow and Saturday will be half-days at the footy - maybe I might have a couple of hours to wander around Brighton. Until then!