Living in Adelaide. This was taken precovid so some of it has changed with new buildings- central market is currently under reconstruction, the sculpture out the front of art gallery is gone. It is a clean city, easy to get around. Summers hot and dry from January to March, but can be mild weather through to April. Currently we are experiencing a wet spring expected into summer. I work for a national tour company Journey Beyond that operates the trains The Ghan and Indian Pacific and Adelaide is the hub terminal. Happy to answer any questions as I’m born n raised south Australian. Thanks for showing our city - I’m immensely proud of it and can’t wait to welcome your family.
Hi yeah I was raised and born here as well and love the place as well The company you work for it great I had applied for a job their but was unsuccessful But keep up the good work
Yeah the pre-covid footage gives an insight as to how much has changed. Especially with the railway station, currently it's going under revitalisation, looks much better with a new coat of paint.
That Mix 102.3 Ferris Wheel by the beach tells me this was filmed circa 2017… During “Mad March”. As a kid, I remember carnival sideshows and rides down Glenelg way during the summer and they only just started to bring that all back just before Covid struck. I don’t know if seeing as how Royal Show went ahead this year if all that will return in January 2023.
As a proud RAdelaidian I love our city. The entire west side is incredible beaches, the east side is the beautiful Adelaide Hills and then capped off in the north and south we have 2 different wine regions. In fact we have 5 within a stones throw! Adelaide is a simple mile square surrounded by our parklands, Botanic gardens and Zoo. We have great public transport, incredible dining and nightlife with all our tiny bars and independent breweries and gin mills! Best time to visit is Mad March when we have 3 festivals at the same time!
A lot of people like to give Adelaide a hard time, but we have everything you need. Beaches all along one side, hills and towns on another, and at each end there are well known wine regions
@@bradbudarick I love Adelaide, but from my experience, and having worked for a while in Melbourne- People from Adelaide try to compete with Melbourne, whereas Melbourne just doesn't care about Adelaide, lol. (I still think Adelaides better than Melbourne though).
Love Adelaide and the pace of life. Lots to do here with the beach, hills, wineries etc. I wish people would understand that no Aussie city is better than another, we each have something different to offer.
@@AN2431C I dunno I have been to Melbourne more than I can count, it’s the only city in Australia other than Adelaide where I know my way around. The amount of stick you get when they find out you’re from Adelaide… while it’s banter it’s still there. It’s also evident from stand up comedians who use Adelaide as the derogatory town butt of jokes. Maybe it’s also a generational thing, anyone born before 1990 would know the old sporting rivalry of the two states, especially on football.
Another great reaction. I moved to Adelaide in the mid-1990s from overseas (Europe) and can honestly say that - apart from Singapore where I spent some time - this is the cleanest place I have seen. Even after large public events such as the Christmas Parade which wanders through the city of Adelaide on one day in November, the city council has teams out straight away vacuuming all the garbage off the streets straight away. Never stepped on dog poop ever here! Weather-wise, Adelaide usually has a few days of 105 degrees Fahrenheit usually in February. Right now we are having mid-60 degrees Fahrenheit which is way cold for October. Overall Adelaide is a very dry climate. It's often compared to inland Spain or Portugal, which may account for producing some of the very best wines in the world: reds (shiraz and cabernet-sauvignon in particular) and whites (riesling, chardonnay). Penfolds Grange - which is released after 5 years in barrels - costs at leat US$500 per bottle. Vintage Granges can sell for tens of thousands per bottle. 16:04 is NOT Semaphore! The Ferris Wheel is at a beautiful beachside suburb called Glenelg (which is a palindrome!). Glenelg is about 11 miles south of Semaphore but the whole coastline consists of equally beautiful beaches. Brighton beach is just a little bit further south of Glenelg. University is not free at all - students take out what is effectively a loan from the government, called HECS, which they repay, but only when their income exceeds a certain level so no one is going to be financially distressed by having to repay student debt, Adelaide was founded by Colonel Light, and the actual city itself is one square mile (one mile from east to west, and one mile from north to south) - the roads bordering the city are North Terrace, East Terrace, West Terrace, and South Terrace - I expect you can figure out where they are. Also, the city is surrounded on all 4 sides by parkland. Adelaide also had F1 Grand Prix until 1995 (Melbourne stole it!) and we then had a V8 Supercar round each March until a couple of years ago - however it has been introduced again this year and takes place at the beginning of December/ As you follow Supercars, you probably know that SVG will likely be crowned champion in the next race, but I reckon even if the Adelaide round is a "dead rubber" it's worth live-streaming. Again, thanks for the video!
As a born and raised ADL local, you can really tell that although not being born here you're one of us now! You talk about our city as any other local would, and I appreciate that. P.S. The Adelaide GP street circuit was and is still one of the best f1 races to ever exist! I hope one day we get to hold it again as I was born too late to experience it myself
This year Adelaide has had its coldest and wettest winter and spring. We have more heavy rain on the way. Summer begins the start of December and they are forecasting rain up to Christmas. Very unusual weather for us. We can get up to and sometimes beyond 45 degrees celcius in the summer, luckily not often.
My wife and I have not long returned from a driving holiday (4K klm) that involved spending a week in Adelaide. We live on the south coast of New South Wales. This was essentially our first trip to Adelaide and we completely loved the place. A truly beautiful city. Lovely people as well. We can’t wait to go back and spend more time there on our next trip.
As a Country South Aussie Boy I'm not a fan of the city (any city really) but Adelaide is ok & certainly one of the cleanest cities I've been in. It is not really like any other city of Australia, it is well laid out & easy to navigate around. It is very Arty, lots of great food & entertainment too if that's what you want. Myself, I prefer to be in the country !
Yes, a lot of people from Sydney and Melbourne like to talk Adelaide down because it's so small, so backwards, so boring or whatever. I honestly don't know why they think that makes us inferior? Being a smaller city it's easier to get around and not overcrowded. We're not backwards, just more laid back. And it's only boring if you're unimaginative! I love visiting Melbourne, especially to visit my brother and his family, and i lived there briefly about 30 years ago, but i really love living in Adelaide
I'm a Fantasy Author from Adelaide and its so awesome and wonderful to see someone capturing and showing off Adelaide to the rest of the world. We've also been recognised as one of the most liveable cities.
Yes, light rain here today. Adelaide has four seasons. Cool to cold winters, hot to very hot summers and mild weather inbetween. The Adelaide markets smell awesome.
Lived in Adelaide for 25 years before moving back to home town; Hobart in Tasmania. Went there to study for 3 years and stayed just a little longer... Do still miss Central Market. Used to go every Saturday to shop and lunch in the International Food Hall. Best Vietnamese Beef Combo Noodle Soups - Best Seafood Laksa's and 'Most Wonderful' Hainanese Chicken Rice in Australia { mnnn still salivating...} Adelaide has a wonderful multicultural blend - not only the food. 👍 Fish N Chips on the Pier at Glenelg, Sunset on Brighton Beach, listening to the music from the 'Wind Harp' up on the Pier. Walking the dogs up at Semaphore. On hot days driving up to walk into the shaded gorges of Morialta Park to sit by the waterfall { when it was 'falling'} and of course a short drive up to the Barossa Valley Wineries, to sample a few, and lot's of great eateries up there too. Adelaide is a very livable city, and yes; well organised and clean! Check it out in person - and then come on down to Spectacular Tassie! 😊
A lifelong Adeladeian here. I love our city. So easy to live here. Everything is within easy reach, and even what we call "heavy" traffic is pretty light compared to other major cities in Australia. And why it is so clean is partly because we have a refundable deposit scheme for all bottles and cans, ensuring that these are not simply left on the street, but collected for refund. The climate is generally moderate in Adelaide with extremes of both heat and cold from year to year, but with most of the state being in semi desert to desert as you go north, with a cooler temperate region along the southern coast. We live on the fringe of the McLaren Vale wine region, one of many in South Australia. It's hard to buy bad wine or bad coffee in Adelaide.
I grew up in Adelaide. I have lived in Victoria and Queensland for extended periods but always come home to Adelaide where I am now and I wouldn’t live anywhere else. It’s very clean, very easy to get around and you can find country peace within an hour of town. The beaches are brilliant too. Love it here. ❤️💕🕊
It took me travelling overseas to appreciate how lovely Adelaide is, from the old section on North terrace, Crossing the king to the new modern section... its lovely.
Adelaide has several wine areas within half an hour to 3 hours in every direction. The Barossa Valley and Clare Valley are to the north, McClaren Vale and Currency Creek to the south and to the east you have the Adelaide Hills region. The Limestone wine region is a bit further south, about 5 hours I think. South Australia produces around 52% of Australia's wine from it's 18 wine regions; and wine exports are close to $400 million.
Im an South Aussie born and bred as well, , Funny enough I actually worked for a big Name branded Wine Company about 10 years ago, Hardys, became Constellation Wines, from USA, was there for best part of 25 years, I now drive Public Transport in Adelaide.(Buses) and been doing that for 10 years now. Outer Suburbian and country now welcomes RVs in most small towns, lots of camping sites everywhere. Lived south of the city all my life, Beach on one side, and hills on the other...its a great place here, Great People, Great food,
I'm from Adelaide shhhh we like it being a bit quieter No your right it is clean state we where one of if not the first state to recycle and have bins everywhere It's like living in a large town but convenient of a city Cheaper to live in and food plenty free stuff to do as well museums art gallery botanical gardens all free Lots of parks around city no more than an hour to most places in hills or beaches
Adelaide has so much to offer it really depends on where your interests are … Barossa valley wineries are world renowned, swimming with the dolphins , Adelaide goal ghost tours , hanging in a park and using the public built in BBQ’s , Adelaide oval is stunning , you could just spend the day immersed in the architecture of the pubs (well maybe a month) , cleland wildlife park … there really is so much you can see and do , but most of all grab your farmers union ice coffee and see the malls balls .
Adelaide hit 47C a couple of years ago, almost always hits 40+ during summer. Driest state in Australia also. Winters are cool but not freezing cold, gets to freezing occasionally, but not often. Certainly one of the best capital cities for ease of living, climate and safety. I've lived in every capital in Australia besides Hobart (Tasmania) and Adelaide is my favourite, really great place to live and have a family.
I love Adelaide, but am Perth born and bred. I was in Adelaide in July this year, and was freezing. One thing that I looked forward to back in Perth was the slightly higher temperature. And yes, Perth did feel much better.
I have heard Adelaide climate described as Mediterranean like since it has a similar(but opposite) latitude. It does get some seasonal peaks of very hot and cold but not for long periods. It's not stifling and humid either like top areas of Australia. This has been an unusual year for late rains, but I did notice after just coming back from 3 weeks in New Zealand the the grass is starting to lose its green as it typical going into summer. Adelaide people are litter conscious helped also by a 10 cent deposit return on drink containers. The botanic gardens is perhaps not the best barometer of what grows naturally in Adelaide. Gum trees are the predominant tree as well as numerous hardy shrubs and bushes. Domestic gardens do well cultivating palms, ferns, cactus, etc not native to the area. Some US cities could learn a thing or two from the abundance of trees like gums with large canopies that provide a lot of shade and lower reflective heat off man made surfaces. Here is Adelaide from a low angle on Google Earth showing how tree covered it is. earth.google.com/web/@-34.95928282,138.59271746,47.46461938a,304.59310386d,35y,3.36354454h,80.11852716t,0r/data=CkwaShJECiUweDJiMmJmZDA3Njc4N2M1ZGY6MHg1MzgyNjdhMTk1NWIxMzUyGXoWhPI-RjnAIXk-A-rNuGBAKglBdXN0cmFsaWEYASAB
I have lived all around Australia and I think Adelaide is the best place to live especially with a family. Perhaps not as good to visit as the eastern cities but it has great food and wine it’s a good size and easy to get around. Beautiful hills and beaches. Relatively cheap (comparatively) I absolutely love it and am very grateful my family settled here from Italy and England ❤️ oh yeh another thing. Almost no natural disasters. The whole eastern side is constantly flooded or on fire. Poor buggers
Totally agree - fantastic place to live. While perhaps not as exciting for tourists as the big ticket cities, you could use it as a base from which to travel to Kangaroo Island - which I'd argue would hold up as a memorable experience as any for a visitor to Australia from overseas.
I'm always excited to visit another state... but when I get there, I realise how good Adelaide is. 30/45 minutes each way to the beaches, forest, hills,outback,vineyards. Can't do that in any other state..
@@nunayadoxing4623 im always excited to visit another state.. but I realise how good adelaide is.. the city i live in. Cant do that in Brisbane.. On your way cob
Wow, Ian you’ve got a huge South Australian & Adelaide group of followers! Don’t be giving all our secrets away, we like the rest of the country and world to think we’re a back water, otherwise they’ll all want to come live here!!! 😉😁 Great video, so good to see Adelaide featured and great to see so many fellow crow-eaters in the comments!!! Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!
Must see places to visit in Adelaide/ South Australia ; Adelaide Central Market, Rundle St( coffee), Botanic Gardens,. Adelaide Oval roof climb, National Wine Centre, check out a rooftop or small bar in the city, Adelaide & Monarto zoo, the Riverbank & Casino/ Festival Centre redeveloped area, bike ride along linear park/River Torrens,, Glenelg, Henley, or Brighton beach, see a festival when it's on; Fringe etc, a great small city of festivals, also a food and wine haven ; Gouger st City ; Chinatown etc, wineries in the Adelaide Hills or Barossa Valley, Claire Valley or McLaren Vale, a hike up through Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty, a drive to Victor Harbour, Kangaroo Island if you love wildlife and great beaches, oyster farm at Coffin Bay, great white shark diving at Port Lincoln and more ! Best time to visit is from October at the start of the Oz Asia festival through untill Match/April ( the next year ) finishing with the tasting Australia festival.
My have to for any foreign visitor is the Gorge Wildlife Park - there is no comparison for up close interactions. It is cheap, small, rarely crowded, you can feed everything and (you are not meant to) you can pat anything, because the cages are so close. The open area with the roos is basically perfect for visitors to get the full kangaroo experience.
That university library at 4.18 is one of the most amazing libraries inside, with stone walls about one metre thick, it's absolutely stunning, the Mortlock library on nth tce is also amazing, great video and just to add Adelaide is in top 10 of most livable cities in the world
Working retail - one day I had a customer (can't remember where from) who moved to 🇦🇺. When they first arrived, they were in Perth "too slow", moved to Sydney(?) / Melbourne(?) "too much", came South Aus "more their pace" (happy medium) 😏😁
I have lived in Adelaide my whole life. It's described as a big country town. It's a beautiful and underrated city and as he said, the first 'free' state to be established. Local fruit and veg in Central Market, established in 1869, mostly grown in places like Virginia in the market gardens, lots and lots of local produce. It is clean because people use the bins. We have warm/hot summers and generally mild/cool winters although this year we are in a 'La Nina' weather pattern, so very cool and wet although yes, we are in the driest city in the driest state (usually). SA is indeed wine country, from Clare and Barossa Valley to McLaren Vale, we have world renowned, award winning wines. Our zoo is fabulous.. we're the only zoo in Aus to have pandas. The endish shot is at Glenelg but Semaphore beach is having a multi million dollar makeover. We also have many awesome, very safe beaches. Also (in case you didn't know), Adelaide Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's second biggest fringe!
I live in Adelaide. Actually just around the corner from where once the mighty Holdens we’re made. Originally from Sydney my family moved here in 1981. Adelaide is really a great city.. Less than 40 minutes from Adelaide you are literally in the country side. To the north are the famous Barossa Valley wines areas. South are rolling hills, beaches farmlands. East and over the hills beautiful farm lands and country drives. West are the beaches. Not surf beaches but safe family beaches to cool off on those 40 degree summer days. South Australia is known to be the hottest state, and driest state on the continent.
Not very dry now with La Nina.;), also I lived in Darwin for a while and it felt hotter all year round there because of the high humidity, even though temperatures don't get as hot as Adelaide.
As a migrant to Australia, living in Adelaide since 2018, I can say honestly that not a single person on my travels encouraged me to come here😂 it's one of the best kept secrets out here - literally! Probably not the liveliest spot for backpackers but for more matured humans it has absolutely everything you need! Great employment opportunities with very little difference in pay scale to the big cities, housing (while currently in short supply, like we're seeing globally) is a fraction of the cost, great schools, beautiful and untouched coastlines and beaches, parklands, nature reserves, wineries and fresh produce all over the state - truly is the bread basket of Australia! I could go on for days... I love this little city / big town - Thanks for the opportunities RADelaide💚
I had the same thing when I moved here in 2007. Everybody warned me against coming to Adelaide. Funny, none of them had ever been here but knew somebody who knew somebody that had been here and said it was shit. Always support the underdog and it made me want to come even more. Best thing I ever did!
Thanks for featuring my hometown of Adelaide. You might like the place because it was the first city in Australia to host the Formula 1 GP for many years, hosts the Clipsal 500 Supercars, has a world class race-track where you can fly in and stay trackside while testing out your wheels and is also big into classic vehicles. Adelaide was also home to the Holden and Mitsubishi factories in Australia. If you come on down, you have a place to stay at ours. Cheers.
@@philward141 actually it was with paticipation of the then leading drivers, as part of the world Grand Prix series. I as a secondary student worked at selling the race guides around the circuit and had easy access in the pits and even talked with some of the drivers.. The Sandown circuit is only just over 300m from home for me.
Albert Park also had a race decades ago too. Not part of the official calendar but many Formula 1 drivers and teams came over to compete. As Helmuth points out Sandown also had F1 races too in the 60's. The Holden plant at Elizabeth was not the only plant as the engines were made in the Port Melbourne plant. But of course as far as classic cars go, the National Motor Museum at Birdwood ( about 1 hr north east of CBD depending on traffic through the suburbs) is a great way to see Australian Automotive History. I have not been there in many years but they used to always have iconic racing cars from the 60's, 70's and 80's including at one time ALL the cars the Peter Brock raced and won in at Bathurst. (if the originals were not available then exact replicas) I remember seeing this as a kid.
Well, weather-wise it is pretty mild most of the year, and THEN COMES SUMMER!!! Mind you, this year has had a large amount of rain it has been ridiculous for the last 2 or 3 months it has just been pouring, apparently, it is due to some odd ocean and wind currents. Also thanks so much for taking a look into my city been hoping you would do this for ages now.
The beach he referred to as Semaphore, is in fact Glenelg; where the first settlers land in the Colony of South Australia. Semaphore is further north along the coast. There is a tram service that runs between Glenelg and the City, which is quite popular. Brighton Beach is further south along the coast.
I live in a coastal suburb of Adelaide and can walk to the beach. We have a huge coastline with many beautiful, (and un-crowded) beaches. Adelaide offers everything that the bigger cities have without the hustle and bustle We have a relaxed lifestyle, easy and quick access to world class wine regions, pristine beaches and the magnificent Adelaide Hills and Flinders Ranges. (And NO toll roads) I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
@@andrewsa3195 funny how people from the eastern states are currently moving here in record numbers after COVID. Must have something going for us. We may not be for the easily bored but if you like a relaxed life style without the hustle and bustle of big cities, easy access to great, un-cluttered beaches, world class wineries, the popular Adelaide Hills and Flinders Ranges then our City is perfect (and no Toll roads) Have you ever moved an hour out of Adelaide to any of our world class attractions?
@@shaz464 Think you will find most are moving to Queensland. South Australia isn't exactly number 1 on people's list. Migrants that are coming, are probably for the cheap housing. I lived in London for 20 years and Adelaide never got a mention as a tourist destination there, whilst smaller states like Tasmania did. Look at the population growth of Adelaide since the mid 1990s compared to other capital cities in Australia and the growth experienced by Adelaide is probably the lowest. It's a city which doesn't really have much going for it. I have visited many attractions in Adelaide and SA, not sure if you would call them World Class, but each to their own.
Yes, Hindley Street on a Saturday night full of drunk/drugged up miners and morons in loud cars in for the weekend. Best avoided. Otherwise, Adelaide is a lovely place.
I like visiting other cities but when I come home to Adelaide I appreciate it more and more. It is known as the tidiest city in Australia, probably the easiest state to get around in a vehicle, has amples of bike paths and routes stretching across the whole cbd. Road signs and billboards are minimal compared to our larger cities helping Adelaide look clean. Our traffic lights are green more than red meaning we don't have traffic jams but it does get thick in peak hours. If travel took you half hour in a car in S.A the same travel will take and hour in NSW or VIC.
Aww thank you so much... watching the vids I appreciate australia as a whole more and more and how lucky we are to be Australian. We are most down to earth, easy going yet firy haha people... we love our country and take care of it. Thank you for your beautiful comment hay. Many thanks from SA
The Adelaide Zoo is probably the smallest of all capital city zoos; but they have an outdoor zoo at Monarto, about an hour or so east of the city. They have zoo buses to take you through the different sections.
honestly after traveling all of Australia and doing all the Zoo's as much as i dont like living in Adelaide i do recommend it for tourists. The Zoo has character and well set out. I was thoroughly disapointed with Zoo's such as Australia zoo in QLD and Sydney Zoo.
One additional climatological anomaly that used to happen when I lived there as a kid and probably still does were the Gully Winds in summer. They were strong winds that blew off the Adelaide Hills in summer on most nights especially during heatwave. The air above the warm seas off the coast rises, while the hills cool more quickly than the shallow seas. The cool winds are more dense and rush down over the plains from the nearby hills and valleys. In order too cool off during hot nights we would sleep outside in the open air on the lawn or on top of a balcony enjoying the cool winds which also kept the mozzies away until dawn brought out the bush flies. The Santa Ana winds and the European Bora is a similar phenomenon of a katabatic wind but a more powerful version.
Yeah, I grew up in Bedford Park at the base of the foothills. Our house was double brick and without aircon back then, and after a few days of summer heat, it was like an oven. So every night Dad would open up all the windows and get that beautiful gully breeze through the place. Aaahhhh... 😉
The Popeye is a favourite to go from Elder Park, near the railway station, to the Adelaide Zoo; probably about a 10 to 15 minute ride upstream. If you feel like it, it is easy to walk to as well. The non indigenous name of the river is the River Torrens.
We have a unique meal everyone tries when visiting Called pie floaters It Aussie pie sitting in pea soup and put tomato sauce on it only in Adelaide Most people come from casino and clubs tanked early hours in morning and eat them Normally hot and dry in summer upto 45 degrees and winter we get artic winds and rain Sorry as you can see i love my state couldn't live in bigger ones this is enough
@@SalisburyKarateClub I know it shut down for covid but think it's opened again but not sure where they where talking about moving it I'd ring city council as they'd know where it is or running again Because they have to issue permits for them to operate
South Australia has four major wine areas I have visited , the famous Barossa Valley, Clare, Adelaide Hills, where I visited Hardy Brothers winery, and Coonawarra in the south east
A few more than that actually Neil. The Coonawara, McClaren Vale, Langhorn Creek, Riverland, Angle Vale, and even the Flinders Ranges have some good wines. We like our wines I guess 🍷😎
Nice video, yes it's more of a hidden secret for overseas visitors but plenty of great places to go to, this clip is a little old because the railway station has been renovated as part of the Casino/Riverbank redevelopment. Weather in Adelaide can get pretty hot and dry in summer, spring can get a bit of everything 4 seasons in one day, and mild/temperate in Autumn, relatively cold in winter for Australian standards. Normally overall dry with some rain but lately a lot more rain than usual due to La Nina.
I live just outside Brisbane and there's a large wine region about a 90 min drive to the south west but I believe South Australia is famous for it's Wine industry. Also they have a huge musical culture.
I grew up in Adelaide and really enjoyed watching this. When we were kids we used to go to the Central Markets every Friday night to get the scraps from the produce stalls for our rabbits and guinea pigs. I would have been about 10 so we are talking 50 years ago. The beach he says is Semaphore is actually Glenelg. Lots of memories! Thankyou!
He said Glenelg in the original video. The one is this video is a snippet were he was talking about the other beautiful beaches we have near by. I thought the same thing tho.
With you 100% Paula. I am of your vintage and have lived all my life in Adelaide. As well as the Markets, I remember going with friends as a child to Port Adelaide early in the morning, to buy freshly caught fish straight off the back
My parents came back from over seas and I picked them up from the airport, they both said damn this city looks like it has been vacuumed clean. Keep Australia Beautiful - that anti-litter campaign really worked in Adelaide, and South Australia as a whole.
If your into push bikes this has to be 1 of the best cities to visit. Plenty of churches with marvellous architecture. Terrific beaches. Haven’t been there for 30 years but made an impression on me then and looks great now.
One great thing about Adelaide is that it is a long, thin city situated between the sea and the Adelaide Hills. It is only 15km from the sea to the hills so everyone is close to both. It is, however, about 100km north to south if you go from where my brother lives in Willunga to where my cousin lives in Gawler. Go up to Windy Point or Mt Lofty at night for one of the most spectacular views in the world, with the lights of the whole city laid out before you.
I was in France, Paris 10 years ago or so. I was thoroughly disgusted with how filthy the city was. We went to a few more cities in various countries in Europe (we were on a bus tour) and there was no city that was clean. It was terrible. I'd never ever noticed how clean our cities were here in Australia until I went overseas!
Lived in Adelaide my whole life and it's a great city. I now live semi rural South Aus about 80kms south of Adelaide and it's beautiful. I have been to Melbourne and Perth but i would never leave SA to live. It's the underdog but that's the way i like it. Also not over populated, especially in semi rural areas.
I live in Adelaide, after growing up in Sydney. I love it. It’s easy living, little traffic and very friendly people. Adelaide doesn’t get the recognition that it deserves. I wouldn’t live in any any other Australian city. The Central Market is an amazing place to shop. We’re very proud of our city and like to ‘stick to the rules’, hence very little litter. We also get 10c deposit for drink bottles and some drink cartons, so the homeless people do a great job in keeping the place clean. We also have a fabulous arts scene. I’m glad you like it. ❤
Adelaide is a very clean and rather pretty city. It has it's good and less great suburbs like every major city in the world, but the inner city itself is lovely. It's in a temperate zone, temperature wise it's much like Sydney, but dryer.
@@dalelc43 No. I didn't say like every other major city, I said like every major city. Adelaide is a major city is so far as Australia goes, but not the world. Every major city has good and bad parts, most but not all minor cities have good and bad parts, thus it was better to explain it in relation to major cities as that is what most people are familiar with. It wasn't a comparative statement of size or significance of the city, it was about the living conditions within cities.
He Ian you'd be interested in this I think this weekend we bay to Birdwood car rally Basically where you see the ferris wheel at beach to the hills country car museum About 500 old cars do the drive every year You'll probably find previous one's on line it's the state they made Holden's and very early Chev
He was at Glenelg Beach which has a tram service from the city . With in a 1 hour travel time from the city centre you have the Barrossa valley / Adelaide hills /Mc laren vale / Clare /Langhorn creek / Wineries about 150 plus to try out .
Ok so our river is actually the Torrens. The videographer is using the local Kaurna name for it. Our city is actually pretty awesome. It was founded by Colonel William Light and the entire city is built to be defended. It's on a hill. It is designed with parklands around it a central square and four other squares distributed within the grid. It's essentially a roman garrison with a central point and 4 other rally points. If attacked the parklands could be set on fire to protect the town. So Adelaide is very much the product of a military mind. We get rain largely from Late April -October, with the worst of it in July. Our summers (Dec-feb) get very dry because north of city is the dry desert outback where the prevailing winds will bring the hot air in. It's not uncommon for Adelaide to get heatwaves where days can get as hot as 42-45 degrees celsius (106-114 Fahrenheit). The city was freely settled in 1836 with a proclamation at the Old gum tree at Glenelg on dec 28 1836. Yes we were freely settled, no convicts. Perth is similar but was partially settled by convicts and free settlers. Adelaide saw many waves of migration but the biggest and most important were the Germans who came over with Captain Hahn. They founded Klemzig and later Hahndorf. Adelaide therefore has a lot of German influence (the Barossa valley for example has many German towns in it). Adelaide culture loves the Schnitzel and what we call Fritz (that no other state knows what the hell it is). A lot of our jewellers are German (Wentz, Zamels) and even our drinking measurements differ from other states because of the city's German heritage (what we call a schooner or a pint is different elsewhere). Adelaide loves AFL football and we have two team the Adelaide Crows and the Port Adelaide Power. Outside of the AFL we have a strong local football competition called the SANFL where numerous teams play but where the dominant teams have been historically Port Adelaide, Norwood and Sturt (but in more recent times Central Districts have seen a lot of success). Places of note in Adelaide are Rundle Mall, the Central Markets, the North Terrace cultural strip (where the museum, art gallery and the uni are), the Wine Centre, the Botanic gardens and the soon to be completed Festival plaza adjacent to the casino and down the road from the Adelaide Oval. Adelaide has seen a lot of construction since this video.
Great to see that you're sharing about Adelaide 😊 It's a great place to live. Tonnes of great things to see and do! Barossa Valley is our wine country here.
You can add McLaren Vale (Fleurieu Peninsula) and the Adelaide Hills to that 😊 3 fabulous areas for a great food and wine tour, and take your time to take it all in.
You will find that Aussie cities are always kept pretty clean. Oh, and we have lots of wine-growing areas here that produce a lot of the world's best vino
Adelaide generally has a Mediterranean style weather pattern, back in the 60's & 70's when I was a young lad it truly was; each season was very distinct, and you basically knew what you were I for. Not like nowadays, where we hotch potch weather; and sometimes you end up with the four seasons in one day.
As someone from Adelaide, I'm glad that you're interested in us. We usually get over looked by Melbourne and Sydney but we're still the 4th biggest city in Australia after Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. 9:32 to answer your question here, in summer the weather is usually around 25-37⁰ Celcius but can occasionally go up to 40 or even 45⁰ Celcius. During the colder season the weather is very unpredictable as it can rain for like 10 minutes or so and the next be sunny or storming.
Been to Adelaide a few times, know as the city of churches. the river in the middle of town was originally called the Torrens River , Fun Fact : The beach suburb at the end, Glenelg, is a palindrome, the word is spelt the same backwards
Weather wise it’s great most of the time usually leading up to Christmas it’s a bit of are we … is it … uh … maybe … no no it will be fine … oh crap is it 40c for Christmas . Dry heat , got to love it .
I am very proud to be a south Australian. I live in a coastal town about 2 and a half hour away from the Adelaide CBD. I lived and worked close to the Adelaide CBD for many years. I know that you love car's. The Adelaide 500 supercars is on in December and my husband a I have tickets. If your a beer man we have Cooper's Brewery Ltd Is the largest Australian owned brewery based in the suburb of Regency Park. I would recommend the Pale Ale.
I also live in Adelaide & think it has many great sights & things to do, with many more being only a short trip away. It only takes a little over an hour to get from down south of Adelaide to the northern suburbs too. Having lived here for many years I'm a little biased when I say that the best views you get of Melbourne & Sydney are in the rear view mirror, it's funny you mentioned how clean our city is, as I've just returned from having to go for the first time to inner Sydney & walked from the hotel to Circular Quay & actually remarked to the others I was with, just how dirty & dingy the place really was compared to what they show you. I'll take our little city over any of the others any day.
Adelaide generally has a Mediterranean type climate with a mild winter with day max temps rarely getting below 14-15 C and typically a hot dry summer with a handful of days each year getting a max of over 40 C.
As you can hear the girl working in the national wine centre there is French so we get many French people coming to SA to work on vineyards and learn how we do wine making here
Looks really tidy and well cared for, good brief over view of adelade, once again, your vids are really interesting, from an expat living in s.america, thanks for the good things, scenes and intense feelings you've managed to convie,
Glad you enjoy my videos, I appreciate that 🎉😎 And that sounds cool that you are living in South America!! Much beauty and culture surrounds you I’m sure Of it
I have lived in South Australia all my life (over 50), i have been to Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.. all many many times, they all are lovelly places to visit with lots to see. I just cant stand the over crowding hustle of people and the sky scrappers in the large cities, i get claustrophobic. Always glad to come home.... theres no place like home ...
Fun Fact: South Australia’s first Surveyor-General, Colonel William Light was a visionary who thoughtfully and purposefully designed the capital, setting the city up ‘for life’. Light’s dream, was to create a city of the future. A city that combined the spirit of place and the urban built form to grow in a sustainable way, so people continue to live in balance with nature and without cost to their wellbeing. He succeeded. Adelaide is the only city in the world surrounded by Park Lands. It is a place that can be easily experienced and explored thanks to Light’s grid-like plan of wide streets, terraces and public squares. His master plan is now internationally recognised as one of the most important influences on the Garden City Planning movement. And yes I live in Adelaide by choice, and having worked in most of the major capitals Adelaide is unique, in it is easy to get around and has the atmosphere of a big country town but with all the facilities and services of a major city. My parents even retired to Adelaide after selling their farm as they didn't feel overcrowded like in other cities, and they appreciated all the parkland and sense of space Adelaide offers.
The Ferris wheel is only out during summertime, it is hosted by Skyline attractions and it travels across Australia. The railway station can go out as far as Gawler (53km away) and have both electric Bombardier trains and Diesel trains. We also have the best voted restaurant in Adelaide in the Botanic Garden. The Art gallery apparently has a 1930 penny on display. The central market has affordable cheese (mainly from the Barossa, and other regions) The temperature in Adelaide (in winter is quite cold, and in summer is quite warm.) Currently La Niña is affecting the weather here, so lots of rain. The botanic gardens currently have plants that are flowering. There is also another botanic garden hidden up in Mount Lofty. Regarding Wine. Most are made in the Barossa region, the Riverland region, and Maclaren Vale. The “Semaphore beach” is in fact a town called Glenelg. The railway system is quite interesting. So might be a good video to watch.
@@cowoljarwoff the big Ferris wheel is very popular, but is only out during the warmer months. I have been on it a few times, and can get good views from the top (it is a 35 metre wheel. There was also a Ferris wheel just outside the beach house but that closed down a while ago.
Adelaide is my favourite city. I am a proud South Australian. Sydney is my second, Brisbane 3rd, Darwin 4th , Canberra 5th, Melbourne 6th and Perth 7th. Some of the best wine in the world is produced in South Australia. Most important; I met my husband at the Adelaide Railway Station. Hobart is beautiful but a bit too cold for me, gorgeous though.
Adelaide is a nice clean and very liveable city… not as big and congested at Melbourne or Sydney, and lots cheaper to live. I’ve been to Chicago and seen the “Bean”… it’s much bigger than our little modest sculpture 👍😄
Moved from Adelaide to Brisbane back in 2016, but lived in Adelaide before that for 30 years. Loved almost every second of it, it is a beautiful clean place. Moved away for a job opportunity, but would love to go back one day. Well worth the visit. Having said that, I love Brisbane too. Go the Crows!!!
Thanks for making this and taking an interest in Adelaide. It's a beautiful city with a lot going for it. I'm currently in Osaka, Japan but originally from Adelaide and very proud seeing this. I've been all over Australia and South Australia is definitely very nice, but not yet tourist friendly like Cairns or Sydney/Melbourne. This is good because you can see amazing things, clean and cheap and with relatively few other people around. If you come with your family please look up the following: Carrick Hill (gardens and house), city botanic gardens (possibly most beautiful in Australia), botanic gardens in Adelaide hills in Autumn and Mt Lofty area (many small breweries, wineries, horse riding/etc.), Penfolds winery in Adelaide if less time (very expensive but good experience for lunch), Barossa valley wineries, MclarenVale wineries (after Barossa if you like red wine - super generalization but usually men like reds, women whites or sparkling), Victor Harbour granite island (furry penguins at sunset and beautiful seaside resort area + nearby beaches and Bluff hill short hike), Glenelg by tram from city (beautiful at sunset in not Winter season and many restaurants), Brighton beach also but more populated, look up the many beaches and go to one that is further away along the coast for an experience with few people compared to other countries or other states in Australia. Adelaide is a gateway to the Outback, so you can go to Port Augusta/Flinder's Ranges easily, etc. Close to the city you can find kangaroos or koalas at national parks or on the side of the less busy roads (old Eagle on the Hill is great for bicycle or night time red kangaroos, Belair National park or Morialta is super close to the city). Near Port Lincoln there is Coffin Bay and other places nearby that have huge biodiversity, similar to the Galapagos Islands. This is hugely untapped for tourists, but you need to choose Summer/Autumn to travel here without feeling too cold in the water. There are great galleries/museums/old buildings. The Central Market is second only to the market in Sydney, and probably more convenient to access ( you can drive here and park for an hour free with a free UPark card and cheap for 3 hours). Opals are from South Australia (Coober Pedy which you'll need to go by plane or on a really long trip to Alice Springs) and if you don't sound too much like a tourist they can be found at a good price/quality. The wines in South Australia are some of the best in the world, and are everywhere just a bit out of the city of Adelaide in stunning scenery locations. They are often free or very cheap.\ DON'T COME TO ADELAIDE IN WINTER! Winter is bad in Adelaide. Even though the temperature isn't that cold, the buildings are built for Summer, so lack good cold weather features.
Greetings from Adelaide! The Central Market is every bit as good as it looks. Atm the weather is cool and showery (12 - 16 degrees C) after a few comfortably warm sunny days maxing in the mid twenties. It's just starting to warm up into our spring after unpredictable September when for about six weeks the weather in Adelaide is almost as all over the place as in Melbourne generally. Cool with some rainy weather in winter, rarely dropping below 0C on the plains, hot and mostly dry and sunny in the summer getting between a few days and 3-4 weeks (sometimes in the last decade or so) of maximums 40C+, mildly warm sunny autumns, and springs that usually get progressively drier and warmer.
He forgot to mention that next to the railway station he showed at the beginning is the Casino and riverfront areas where a lot of events go on particularly in summer. We also have the yearly Fringe festival in Feb which is basically performing arts at locations all around the city. That’s followed by another festival and generally supercar street races (they block off a lot of streets for the Clipsal 500, whose name varies on the sponsor lol) The city is filled with parklands creating plenty of green zones for recreation. Not really tropical weather, that’s more Queensland, here is typically very dry and hot in summer and mild to cool in winter. A lot of the plants and flora in the botanic gardens are only grown there. We have a few major wine regions, the Barossa and Clare Valley in the north and the Adelaide Hills and in the south McLaren Vale and the Coonawarra which is way down south along the regions heading toward Victoria. Good beaches all the way down the coast line Don’t expect to eat out late though as most dining kitchens close 8/9pm. After that it’s pretty much takeaway lol
@@coffee-lp8iv Are you ok dude? You've been spouting a lot of weird garbage down here, this is probably the 5th or 6th time I've seen your name in the replies.. Have you got something going on or?
I took my daughter to that Dog exhibition at the Museum, I believe it was late '18, early '19. Adelaide can get to 49C in summer and I think the coldest day this year was 5.2C up in the hills and like 9C in the city. Adelaide is pretty clean, having spent time living in Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin, and numerous trips to the footy in Melbourne. Its pretty much a big country town here 🤣
@@grantodaniel7053 I have a photo of the villis temp/time on Sth Rd saying 50C a couple years ago.. we had nearly a week of over 45 with 48-49 couple days in a row.
We're experiencing a really wet, cold spring this year but we do get really hot summers sometimes up to 44 C and very rarely we get snow in the Adelaide hills region where I live now. I grew up on the coast and seeing the market was wow, Con's fruit and veg is still there! That stall was there when I was a kid back in the 60's! Adelaide gets a bit of a bad rap from other states because we're so small compared to cities on the East coast but we do have some amazing places like the Barrossa for wineries, the hills for great little country towns, the Flinders Ranges, some gorgeous out of the way beaches and of course the festival season in March.
Adelaide is the most amazing place to live, the city is clean and we have the businesses that we need without having to be pretentious. Our weather is beautiful apart from February & March when our temperatures can reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 f) . The people are mostly friendly, polite and genuine but our sense of humour might be a bit strange to tourists. The white van that you commented looked strange is a disability friendly van ……. SCOSA stands for Spastic Centre of South Australia ….the word spastic is not politically correct in Aus anymore so that’s why the organisation is known as SCOSA. ( Spastic = Cerebal Palsy) . The Barossa Valley is one of the best wine making regions in the world and our reds are superior to any other wine maker.
One of our favorite Australian cities. Lived in Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin but love Adelaide. We have stayed there many times on holidays. Planning to go back in February for a week. It's clean, friendly, beautiful architecture, great public transport, beaches, rivers, hills, wineries, sport, festivals, gardens, food. We did a dolphin cruise near the city too. 🖐💖 Ian worth a visit. Brighton beach is in Viictoria and has the brightly coloured beach change rooms.
Hey thank for showing our state off The weather been a bit mixed this year As drought has broken so we will get alot more rain for a while Then it will decrease and go back to droughts in time it a cycle of 10 to 15 yrs When we get those gaint fire storms we've just been through you get heavy incontinence rains for a couple of years
Adelaide is my hometown...and it is the most wonderful, beautiful and elegant city....gorgeous hills, fantastic beaches and wonderful wine...whats not to love?
I used to dislike going to Adelaide when young because there isn't a huge range of things to do or see compared to the larger cities but it is pretty, well designed and has great weather.
To me, Adelaide is what Perth was like 20 years ago, and IMHO that is its appeal. Australian cities are going all the time, and Adelaide is no exception, but where it differs from the other cities is that it combines big-city energy with small-town charm. Plus, and it's probably just me, but seems more civilised. Adelaide was founded as a free settlement and South Australians will jokingly tell you that whilst pardoned convicts settled in Sydney, only gentry settled in Adelaide.
It's not 20 years behind Perth, I have spent time in Perth and it's just got note money from mining, it's not like it feels super advanced over Adelaide, I agree with your other comments though.
Happy resident of Adelaide. We tend to get a bad rap from the eastern states, we get labeled boring because maybe our night clubs aren't as good as Melbourne and Sydney. If you like nature tourism, food, and wine, Adelaide is perfect. Also a good sized CBD for walking around, you just cant get lost in our square grid city. They even showed my home at Glenelg, just to the left of the ferris wheel you saw at the start. And yes, South Australia is home to Australia's largest wine region, the Barossa Valley, but on top of that we have the McLaren Vale and the Southern Vales area, Adelaide Hills region, and those are just the ones near enough to Adelaide for a day trip.
Thank you for showing our beautiful city of Adelaide, I am 75 and would not dream of living anywhere else. South Australia is the hottest state in Australia, in summer it will get to the low 40s , we very rarely get snow in winter, when it does people find it hard to believe. If anyone is thinking of coming to Adelaide you will find so many other wonderful places to see.
Australia is under the influence of a La Nina weather pattern right now, which means we are getting a lot more rain than usual. So now there is a lot of flooding in certain areas. There is no 'in between' these days. It's droughts and scorching heat for bushfires, or rain and floods. Never used to be like this, our climate has become so unpredictable, it's kinda scary.
That’s strange indeed, and not the first time I’ve heard that.. Here in the US, it just gets drier and drier out west and the east coast is flooding with rain upon rain. Definitely crazy times for weather
It varies were in summer now Jan 2nd just yesterday it got to 37 degrees Celcius Tuesday last week I think it was got up to 41 Degrees Celcius but if you visit the south coast of S.A. there some of the best beaches in Australia there.
Perhaps you should look up Dorothea Mackellar's poem 'I Love A Sunburnt Country' from 1908. "a land of drought and flooding rains". Nothing new happening.
I’m 21 and have grown up in Adelaide my whole life. I live very close to the city and what gets me every time is how I can be a couple hundred meters from the city and see it end to end. While we have a relatively large population we are a tiny, tiny city. And that’s why I love it! There’s just so much crammed in such a small city that even now, having lived here my entire life, I still find new shops, bars, or restaurants tucked away in tiny lil alleys. Great video 🤝
Adelaide and Perth always seem to be jostling for number one position of having the hottest temperature and heatwaves. And many times Adelaide or Perth are usually the hottest cities in the southern hemisphere during summer. Right now Australia is wetter than normal due to la ńińa and as a result Adelaide has had an unusually wet winter and spring. But yeah, some of the summer heatwaves are the worst.
Funny watching this as someone from Adelaide (Radelaide we like to say haha) We really do take it for granted sometimes. Seeing how you react some some of the most basic things we get to experience every day, love it. Compared to many other cities it is quite a clean city not perfect but definitely up there. Weather - in winter its often cold and raining (doesn't snow) and in summer it can get to as hot as 46C so (114F for you yanks) one summer it was so hot the roads were getting soft and the heavy buses were causing the roads to warp, which you can still see in some areas to this day. Adelaide is one of the few cities where if you have to drive through it to get to the other side its really not too bad. whereas some cities you tend to avoid going straight through because they are so busy. South Australians love and take pride in our local produce and we have some of the best farming land in the world and some of the best wine regions also, travelling europe and you see wines from "Barossa Valley" on top of their wine lists regularly and think to myself hey thats only 25min drive from my home haha. Some of the strange cars you point out I forget many countries don't have them I believe its because we do have a big Japanese influence on our car market here and Toyotas are one of the best selling brands here. The vans you pointed out near the botanical gardens at 14:41 are are called the Toyota HiAce. At the end of the video he goes to Glenelg. fun fact: the word is a palindrome and spells the same forward as it does backward ;) You should do a react video to watching what the AFL (Australian Football League) is. Its our countries most popular sport and is one of the most physical sports in the world, they recently have been building up the womens league and some of the women put blokes from other sports to shame with how physical it gets.
