Adelaide is a quaint city bordering the outback and my first visit was to the Fleurieu Peninsula to watch the whales. Next stop was Barossa and Clare valley famous for its vineyards. The locals told me that the Jesuits who fled from Poland has planted the vines sometime in 1851. My main motivation to visit Adelaide is the Silver Band falls. We drove from Melbourne to Adelaide first to the Grampians National Park. The park ranger in the visitor center at Halls Gap was very helpful in explaining the trails. The falls welcomed us with misty sprinkles. Interestingly the water falls into the ground and disappears and come out again 55 yards away. The falls does not form a ground pool either.
Just like any other city, Adelaide has a past in the Aussie history. Gold... mining...immigration...expansion...assimilation....abandonment...and resurrection. Only the rivers, mountains and the cliffs are standing timeless like a silent witness.
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PEACE ON EARTH
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