C6-Wednesday, June 11, 1980 - North Shore News.

Visiting Adelaide - ‘my favorite city’

In whatever country we
visit, we find a favorite city.
In Australia, mine is
Adelaide. When  peopie
speak of our Victoria as the
“Garden City”, her sister-
city should be Adelaide.

trayel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

When, and if, Brian and |
ever retire, this could well be
the place where we would
escape the Arctic chill of
Canadian winter to rent a
spot near the ocean and
relax for a few months.

From the multitude of
beach apartments it is a '41-
hour tram ride into the
centre of town The tram
tracks parallel the famous
Anzac highway and the nde

is cheap -— about 65¢
(Canadian) will get) you
there, and provding you

return within two hours. the

same Uchet will get you
back
1 prowled a bit) on the

beach and picked up shells
by the ‘pound Exquisite!
Remembcr, there ts nothing
between Adelaide and the
Antarciic except) a lot) of
water

A three bedroom  bnck
bome tn a nice arca will set
you back $35 000 (Aust + All

Austrahans

are house

proud” but pride reaches its
zenith here. ['ve never seen
such a city of manicured
gardens, tidy houses and
clean streets. Littering will
earn you a $20 fine but, by
the looks of things, they
never have to enforce the
legislation.

Adelaide was planned in
1840 by Col. William Light,
who also planned Penang.
With the peculiar genius
known to eccentrics, he
planned wide streets, able to
cope with modern traffic and
a perfect square of a city.
The boundaries are ten miles
— im each direction — with
the streets laid-out in
geometric precision. Brush
fencing is used in many areas
— and the term “ugly as a
brush fence’ certainly
applies. What awful stuff! It
is even used for ceiling decor
in some better restaurants
and has to be a helluva fire
hazard. Can you believe that
it costs $12 (Aust.) a FOOT?

Downtown Adelaide has
scores of specialty shops and
restaurants, food and en-
tertainment mostly centered
around Hindley Street. Look
for the “Downtown Leisure
Center” uf you are travelling
with kids. Here you can
leave your little darlings jo
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provided that you leave
them enough loot to pay the
fees. The whole complex is
carefully guarded by teams
of security police so you
don’t have to worry about
their safety.

A good meal on Hindley
St. will cost about $20 for
two. Remember, Australian
wine is good and CHEAP.
There are lots of B.Y.O.
Grog spots so you can arrive
with either your “Esky”
(cooler. complete with
booze, ice, glasses) or a
bottle or two of wine under
your arm.

Leon's Wine Bar. about a
mile from the city center is a
favorite of locals as is
“Henry Ayers”, alleged to be
the best seafood spot in
Adelaide. Leon's won't cost
more than $20 a couple but
expect more at “Henry's”.

I enjoyed one of the best
meals of my life at a spot
called “The Grapevine”.
This place ts built around an
elderly grapevine, sall
producing heavy, sweet wine
grapes. You can pick some if

it’s all
With our
Bonanza Account.

you wish but by the time we
dined at the “Grapevine” the
harvest was nearly over and
the one I ate was fermented
to that stage between port
and raisin.

The Grapevine isn't cheap
and the decor is a_ cross
between 1950's kitch and my
kid's early fingerpainting.
We decided that the
proprietors hag hired their
wives to do the decor to save
decorating fees. Pity.

For openers, the Pate at
$3.90 is excellent. I could
kick myself for not ordering
an appetizer because the
avocado Belmare looked
good enough to frame
(seafood, mostly shrimp, in a
sauce and presented in a
huge ripe avocado). I
watched a friend deal with
ten rock oysters, helped him
eat two of them, and
couldn't believe my _ ears
when he ordered ten more!
At $4.60 a plate, that’s
expensive taste.

I ordered Barbequed
Prawns Greek Style (raw
prawns, marinated in herbs
and lemon and barbequed on

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that they were still wiggling
when they hit the fire.

The same guy who ate the
18 oysters ordered scallops
done the same way. I was so
busy attacking my shrimps
that I didn’t get a chance to
steal any of the scallops but
they were gobbled-up so fast
that I'd probably have lost
two fingers!

Some of our party ordered
the Paviova — a dessert
made of egg white, whipped
cream and strawberries. It
was described by par-
ticipants as “an erotic ex-
perience”. I believe! At
$1.80, a bargain.

To stuff yourself, right
through the entire menu,
including wine. allow $20
per person. Don't plan on
anything strenuous for the
rest of the day.

Next day, we took a tnp to
the Barossa Valley. |
distinguished myself early-
on by explaining that my first

taste of wine was “Barossa
Pearl". To a chorus of
“Yetch'” from our

Australian fnends I was told

that it is the Australian
equivalent of “Baby Duck”.

There are three ways to
vist the Barossa Valley
(about 25 miles from
Adelaide). Tours from your
hotel are provided at a
reasonable cost. Local buses
head in that diréétion, but
since the wineries are
located miles apart you just
might find yourself hitch-
hiking. Renting a car isn't
cheap — figure $30
(Canadian) plus gas and
mileage. You can sample the
wares for free, as you can in
wine distncts of southern
California.

Between the food, Cleland
Game _ reserve (remember
those cuddly Koalas?) and
Kangaroo Island, [d head

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