Glenelg Photos

So, I'm in Perth now, have been for a couple days. I'll save all that for next time because I've got some photos and such from when I was in South Australia.

First up, we’ve got some photos from Glenelg, mainly sunsets but there’s also the town square and such.



This one, with all the trees is kinda neat. The trees are Norfolk pines, very pretty trees and pretty common around here in SA. They were planted by explorers and settlers because they’re really straight and it was thought they’d make good masts. A couple problems with that, though. One, by the time they were big enough to be masts, well, it was probably the 1950s and the demand for wooden masts had kinda dropped off. And two, you can see that all the branches come out radially (all around the trunk at each height) and this causes the trunk to be really weak at all those spots (a really bad quality in a mast). Anywhere you see them down here, though, tells you that there was a settlement there back in the late 1800s or even farther back.



Let’s see, what else is there to say about Glenelg? A couple nights while I was there, right after sunset, I got to watch a really funny hula-hoop show put on by these two girls, Stacey and Tracey. They call themselves, ‘Two chicks with circus tricks and great shoes.’ They change the shoes for the acrobatics but for the intro to the show, they had sparkly heels on. Overall, quite a good show, and they’re local, too.

Oh and the free bus around Glenelg (aka ‘the bay’ to locals) is called the Bay City Roller. I didn’t take it (it’s not that big a place!) but I did grab a brochure because the name amused me so.

Last night in Adelaide, had quite a good time. Watched a four-piece band in the street for a while. They were really funny and talented. They had a show somewhere that night but I’d already made plans to hang out with some girls in my room. One of them, we roomed together a couple nights in Melbourne, and even played Scrabble together. So strange (and great!) that we were in the same room again.



Wandering through town last night, there were lots of people around because of the Clipsal. Justine and I worked it out; Clipsal’s kinda like Indy in Vancouver. Now it all makes sense! Ooh, and I saw a couple of mounted police last night - I didn’t know they had such things here but it was fun to see.

And at some point, while I was in Glenelg and it was 37degrees, I went to see ‘Miss Potter’. It’s quite delightful, even if it doesn’t have much in the way of plot. The drawings are delightful and Renee Zellwegger was less annoying than usual. She’s better when she’s got an English accent, I’ve decided, because the last film I liked her in was Bridget Jones. And Ewan MacGreggor sings, which is never a bad thing. If you love the Beatrix Potter books, then you’ll probably enjoy the movie.