Glenelg, Australia Travel Blogs

Adelaide City
May 9, 2005 (5 photos)

... office where we had to pay evil speeding fine) and lots of statues dotted around town. On our last day in South Australia we headed out to Glenelg to visit the Rodney Fox shark musuem. This guy is a legend! He was attacked by a Great White Shark in the ...

Glenelg
Nov 25, 2008

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WE LOVE ADELAIDE!
Oct 27, 2007

Home =) Oh it's so great to seeeveryone again!

Glenelg Beach
Dec 2, 2008

... so it gets a lot of Antarctic water.  Cold, but I had to go ahead and get in for a bit.  Couldn't come all that way and then wimp out because of a little chill. The beach itself was nice, and Glenelg is a nice little suburb of Adelaide. 

Glenelg - New Year's Eve
Dec 31, 2008 (14 photos)

... of the year and enjoy a few bottles of wine (bought the day before) to get us in the New Years Eve spirit.   We returned to a packed Glenelg in the evening and walked past the live stage on the beach front to find a bar.  They were all very busy but as we ...

Tattoo Me
May 1, 2006 (4 photos)

The burly, shaven-headed biker with a needle in my back chuckles when he explains that he's not allowed to travel to Canada or the US because he once shot a man. "The motherfucker deserved it," he reasons. Hells Angels posters cover the wall above me, in ...

Last Few Days in Adelaide
May 9, 2006

Hey! We had another exciting Wine Tasting adventure yesterday (Sunday) here in the Adelaide Area... We went into the Clare Valley this time as they were having their Gourmet Weekend up there. Basically heaps of people between the ages of 18 and 60 ...

Touristy Week
May 7, 2006

... !!! How posh and grown up are we?! Today was a new and fun experience for Jenny and I. Seeing as we are in South Australia 'home to some of the best wine growing country in the world' we figured that we should go and taste some of the local selection. ...

City of Churches.....??
May 9, 2005 (6 photos)

... , I was glad to disembark into the fresh Adelaide air to wander Rundle St, the Botanical Gardens and tram to the Stamford Hotel in Glenelg. Being known as the City of Churches, I attended PJ O'brien's (just 900 k's from my local PJ's!) and gave thanks to ...

Glenelg
Apr 17, 2006 (5 photos)

... outside today (actually it's not today but tomorrow, the 17th), beautiful day for travelobloging! Today (actually yesterday) I went to Glenelg, a small village with a nice promenade along the coast. You reach it with a 30 minutes train, the vintage one if ...

Fun in the sun
Dec 9, 2006

... when I arrived in Adelaide, I was bag-less.  Now if you don't know, the only bag I have is a backpack.  Everything I have in Australia is in that backpack.  And I don't have it.  I am wearing a black cotton shirt and pants and it is 38 degree centigrade ( ...

A helping hand
Feb 2, 2005

... to try to understand what people are saying to him. His English isn't terribly good. He's been sent here alone, all the way to Australia, as part of a course of study to learn about wine growing. And I do feel sorry for him. Most people are here by choice, ...

Glen Elg
Jan 27, 2005

... several fridges and storage areas. All doors have meaty locks on them and fire exit routes are clearly displayed - plainly South Australia is a place where rules and regulations are taken seriously. By those making the rules perhaps. And I am quick to ...

Adelaide misunderstood
Jan 27, 2005

... being ' had ' , past tense. Established in 1836 , Glen Elg is the oldest European settlement in South Australia, Kangaroo island being the first. Wonderfully crafted municipal buildings and churches remain both here and in Adelaide CBD to preserve ...

Damn, it's hot
Dec 9, 2006 (6 photos)

Hey everyone,     I thought I would split this up. This one will be short.  I think I have recovered from the jet lag.  I am in a beach town away from Adelaide by about 10 minutes.  It's really nice and small, but hot.  The beach is gorgeous and the ...

Leaving Adelaide, third attempt
Feb 5, 2005

... the UK. Through the open window, we can all hear the music drifting across the city from the ' Big Day Out ' - Australia's yearly live music festival that happens in all the big cities simultaneously. We know it's fantastically expensive to get a ticket. ...

Leaving Adelaide, first attempt
Jan 30, 2005

... I cut back on my spending a little and make some visits to the supermarket - which is where you'll find most backpackers in Australia. Lurking around the meat counters, waiting for the ' mark-downs ' at about 5 o'clock. I change my phone's SIM card too and ...

Leaving Adelaide, second attempt
Feb 4, 2005

Continued from ; A helping hand I drive to the Mount Lofty range of hills through the time-warp town of Hahndorf. Which could be in Germany. With a small pack, I take the Heydon trail - albeit in the wrong direction, and after several hours the sky ...

Croisière dauphins en catamaran
May 5, 2009 (2 photos)

Glenelg
Jul 11, 1992

Glenelg

Glenelg River - South Australia
Feb 25, 2008 (5 photos)

Glenelg River - South Australia - February 25, 2008

To market to market
Sep 27, 2009

THe rain continued to threaten to fall all day but we didn't let it stop us from getting out and about. Denzel and I set off on the tram for the city to the Rundle St Markets. After chatting to a four year old the whole way there - well she did most of ...

Nuit avec vue sur mer et sur le port de Glenelg
May 4, 2009 (3 photos)

Adelaide - Glenelg Beach
Nov 1, 2008 (3 photos)

In the afternoon, Alexa and I had a nice walk on the beach after an Italian lunch at Glenelg. It is a beach and little town with much tourism. Good way of researching the Australian beach life. And again, weddings all over the place. Also quite Australian ...

Nuit avec vue sur mer et sur le port de Glenelg
May 5, 2009 (3 photos)

First day at the beach.
Dec 2, 2009 (5 photos)

... shark. Not too sure what kind of shark that is but its real tasty. Today was spent down on this drive on beach about 25mins away from Glenelg, cant remember the name of it now but it was nice, no jellyfish and now sharks! It was so hot I had to get in the ...

Dubai to Melbourne to Adelaide.
Nov 25, 2009 (6 photos)

After a good flight from Manchester I was feeling ok about the next and longest flight to Melbourne. I was about to be proved wrong. You should never think that everything is ok coz once your guard is down, that’s it! Before I knew it it was time to ...

Last day in Adelaide
Mar 3, 2008 (4 photos)

... HOT one today! The forecast was for a high of 32 C but it's still 30 C just now and it's almost 7pm. We'd always heard Australia (well the West and South at least) experienced a dry heat, rather than the humid heat we've had in, say, Mexico. We were never ...