Go Crows!

Last Saturday the Adelaide Crows played the newly formed AFL team, The Goldcoast Suns.
After a shakey start Adelaide won by a comfortable margin. The game was played at Adelaide's AAMI Stadium.


















This was the first game I have attended for several years; obviously I am not a keen Australian Rules Football follower. I think Adelaide won the last time I attended - maybe I should go more often!

ABC Wednesdays - A for Armstrong

This is Lance Armstrong with his Radio Shack team at the head of the peleton in today's stage of the 2011 Your Down Under. Lance Armstrong has been quite a draw card here in Adelaide; this is his third appearance in our special event and is to be his final race in the International Cycling Union's ProTour.

Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner, is also a cancer survivor. His return to racing three years ago was partly motivated as a chance to promote his cancer research message. Here is a video recorded three years ago when he arrived in Adelaide in which he talks about the race, South Australia and cancer.

This is the start of the eighth round of the ABC Wednesday meme which was initiated by Denise Nesbitt. To find out more about ABC Wednesdays and see other participants' contributions click here.

Jacarandas

This year afforded us some exceptional jacaranda blooms as seen here on an Adelaide suburban street.

ABC Wednesdays - S for Stobie Pole

The stobie pole is a common sight throughout South Australia. Made of steel and concrete, it was invented by James Cyril Stobie in 1924. Stobie poles are manufactured in a variety of sizes and are used to carry electricity, telephone and data cables.


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ABC Wednesdays - R for Ridley's Stripper

In the early days of settlement in South Australia there was a general shortage of farm labourers to manually harvest crops. In 1943 a competition was held in search of a design for a reaping machine. The eventual winner was John Ridley, whose machine was known as The Stripper. There was some contention as to the true inventor; John Wrathran Bull claimed he had submitted a design in the contest and Ridley's machine was an adaption.

Over the years the machine was modified and improved; it was used as the primary method of harvesting until the early 1900's. I am not sure as to the age and make of the harvester photographed.


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British Hotel

The British Hotel at Port Adelaide was built in 1849 but has recently been restored and refurbished.

Last Saturday whilst we were at the hotel celebrating my son's engagement, the hotel received great news; it was judged as the best hotel in the Western Region in the Messenger's Local Business Awards for 2010.

ABC Wednesdays - Q for a Quiet Rural Ride

A quiet ride in the country - that is how I spent last Sunday. This shot was taken atop a hill; quite a steep uphill climb but followed by a rewarding quick descent.

We caught a train to Gawler (about 40 kms north of Adelaide), then rode to Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley along mainly unsealed roads and returned to Gawler via a minor sealed road; in all about 36kms.

The ABC Wednesday meme was initiated by Denise Nesbitt. To find out more about ABC Wednesdays and see other participants' contributions click here.