Random thoughts and observations
Today I walked up Mount Lofty from Waterfall Gully near Adelaide for the first time in just over two years.
I’m much fitter now than I was in 2011 and made the climb without any difficulty whatsoever.
The pace over 4km was slow at 1:12:16 because my partner wanted to take it “slow and steady”.
It’s Christmas Pageant time in Adelaide today. I went last year for the first time and found it an enjoyable experience.
I’m not going this year, but looking outside and feeling the lovely weather, it should be a good day.
State Records SA has published a series of photos from earlier pageants on Flickr.
This artwork by Otto Herbert Hajek is between the rear of South Australia’s Parliament House and the Adelaide Festival Centre.
It’s titled Adelaide Urban Iconography and was commissioned by the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust and opened by the Queen on March 22, 1977.
Although I live just one kilometre from the edge of the Adelaide CBD, I’m also close to the sprawling parklands and remnants of native vegetation.
Adelaide is ringed by parks in accordance with Colonel Light’s vision.
On my side of the city I’m more inclined to call them wastelands than parklands, but they do offer space to get away from the hustle and bustle.
I posted this tweet today after discovering an old watch in my backpack and taking it to the Watch Doctor in City Cross for a new battery.
I’ve got two of these silver-colored wrist watches dating back to when I was in my late teens or early 20s.
I was never a big watch wearer, but used to like having one when I was travelling or out and about.
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