Victoria Square is one of five public squares incorporated into the design of Adelaide by Colonel William Light. Named after Queen Victoria it is the central one in King William St. The others are Hurtle, Whitmont, Hindmarsh and lastly Light. Light Square, obviously named after Colonel William Light, also happens to be where he is buried.

You can see the Adelaide Post Office in the background of the above photo and the fountain itself was designed by renowned sculptor John Dowie. Named the Three Rivers fountain it represents the three rivers from which Adelaide receives most of its water—the Torrens, the Onkaparinga and the Murray.

It doesn’t matter from which angle you view the fountain, you get a great view of the city behind.

It seems though that the Adelaide Council is at loggerheads over the future of Victoria Square and have been for quite awhile. Everyone knows that something has to be done, but nobody knows what that something is.

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Australian blokes have many things on their mind, but the two things that occupy it most are women and beer. The bloke in this picture uses Aussie ingenuity to put this little beer carrying invention together.

Then there is this stall keeper at the Glenelg markets who is appealing to the Aussie’s sense of humor by having a small “Beer And Bullshit” section at his stall. I reckon he got the attention of a fair few tourists as well.

I will have some more great shots of Glenelg, an Adelaide’s beach side resort in future posts.

Just to finish off here is a taste of one of our finest beer commercials, Tooheys.

Oh, did I mention that the commercial was banned. I don’t know why.

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Adelaide has been known to host some very popular events and one of them is right around the corner. I’m talking about Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2008 which will run from 21st of Feb – 24 Feb. Adelaide is well known for putting on some great shows and even today people still rave about the times when we used to host the Grand Prix.

The Clipsal 500 has it all, from beautiful girls,

2007 Clipsal 500 Grid Girls
Originally uploaded by ScenicAviator

to heaps of hot cars.

Mark Skaife’s Commodore VE
Originally uploaded by ScenicAviator

It doesn’t even end when the race is over, because it’s then that the party begins with the after race concert which is free to Clipsal 500 ticket holders. This year they’ve got Santana, Powder Finger, Shannon Noll and Sneaky Sound System. Check it all out at Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2008!

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There are many who regard the Adelaide Oval as the most picturesque Test cricket ground in the world and it certainly has a lot of character. You can read all about it’s history at SACA History.

On this particular occasion I went to see Adelaide United play soccer against Sydney FC. I must admit that we have been playing pretty crappy of late, that and the fact that the umpiring was pretty crappy led to an Adelaide loss. No big deal as long as the Crows do well this year, and even there I have my doubts as we have lost a lot of good players.

As you can see quite a lot of spectators turned out for the match and all in all the atmosphere led to everyone having a pretty good night of it. On the way back to the car I took this shot of the city from across the River Torrens.

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The Adelaide Town Hall, which lies opposite the Post office, was designed by Edmund Wright and Edward Woods. Construction began in 1863 and was completed in 1866. Like The Adelaide Post Office it was done in The Italian Renaissance-style. The tower was named after Prince Albert but the clock wasn’t installed untill 1936 just in time for the centenary celebrations.

If you remember in my last post the tower in the post office was named after Queen Victoria and at the time of their courtship Prince Albert and Victoria were viewed as one of the great love matches in history, so it seems only fitting that they watch over our city.

As you walk past the town hall and under the grand arches you can only wonder at the grand times people must have had in those days. Even so the hall is probably most famous for when the Beatles appeared on the balcony in 1963 in front of their biggest crowd ever, a whopping 300,000 screaming fans.

Now it can be booked for functions and my brother-in-law actually had his wedding reception there. You can book it by ringing (+61) 8 8203 7590 or sending an e-mail to townhall@adelaidecitycouncil.com

Make my day and shout me a beer.