Genealogy South Australia at Unley, just south of the city centre, is a leading resource for South Australian family history information. We both have family ancestry in South Australia from the 1840s to the late 1800s so took the opportunity to expand our knowledge. There is an extensive library at the centre.

I was in a library once looking for books about paranoia. I asked the librarian where they were housed. She leaned in closer to me and whispered, “They’re right behind you!”

Thanks to Google reviews, we find a nice cafe at Unley close to the genealogy centre. The food and drinks were exceptional. Aside from the quality, they go the extra mile with presentation too.

The Adelaide Botanic Gardens are a nice way to spend a few hours.

Inside this futuristic building is a rainforest.

This sculpture is a glass act.

An industrious Australian ibis (bin chicken) senses spring is in the air with its nest building.”Why did the ibis work long hours to make this? Because there’s no nest for the weary!”

Mudlark (peewee) on patrol

Australian grebes are always active.

Hunting technique – get down low and go, go, go!

Heard before seen, a Sulphur-crested cockatoo joins the bird crew at the Botanic Gardens lake.

A warm glass house is home to Amazon water lilies.

An extensive succulents and cactii garden. Looking sharp!

Rymill House – one of many grand homes near the city centre.

Haigh’s Chocolate Factory at Unley – it choco-lit up our day.

We change our accommodation to the seaside suburb of Glenelg – the palindrome capital of South Australia. Wow, it was our civic duty to visit Glenelg (not in a racecar) – a top spot that was on our radar. We went shopping – No Lemons no melon. And we were careful on the sidewalk – Step not on pets.

One of the many grand buildings at Glenelg.

Glenelg Jetty

The Big Red Heart at Glenelg Beach Foreshore – encouraging people to spread love daily to make someone’s day a brighter day. I told my lovely travelling companion, “I aorta be with you!”

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle

The most bizarre looking Big Thing is Australia must be The Big Sesquipedalian Sea Squirt. It celebrates the more than 200 species of sea squirts in South Australian waters – the most in any region in the world.

The Big Flowers – one of Australia’s newest Big Things. “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank

 “In a world of plain windows, be stained glass.”