Popeye Cruise

I have finally got my act together and edited the video I took of the Popeye cruise. I blogged about it before in the Adelaide is beautiful  post.  Adelaide is beautiful. The cruise takes 40 minutes and it is a very relaxing , interesting trip along the river. This was taken in the middle of February in our summer. It really puts paid to the notion that Adelaide is hot and dry in the summer. The people who care for our city centre have done a great job of keeping everything green and neat. You can see Adelaide is a green city and that we have some lush vegetation. It is what makes Adelaide Adelaide. We have 3 Popeye cruise boats and towards the end of the video you can see one of them moored waiting for its turn to go out. I'd love to see more people going on the Popeye because it is such a good way to see our city but even if you live here, as I do, it is the best way to get away from it all and just watch all this watery world go by. 

Adelaide is beautiful

Today was a picture perfect cruise on the Popeye. There was a lady visiting from Canberra who had never seen Adelaide before and she thought it was a beautiful city. It is. Full credit has to be given to those who are envisioning our redevelopment. The talk of the town on the train was still the new, amazing, exceedingly impressive RAH building next to the station. The lady form Canberra said, as she flew over, the honeycomb building looked like an eye as she looked down. Who is having these brilliant ideas? We are all loving it. Down by the Torrens it has a wide open feel of water and greenness. Even the Versailles - like fountain by the steps and the landscaping are inspired. We took the 40 minute cruise and anyone who thought Adelaide was bone dry and crispy in the summer would have had that thought demolished. It was verdant. All along the river was green and lush. It would have been lovely to continue on down the river but maybe that isn't safe or cannot be navigated safely. The 15 dollars spent on the cruise was a lot cheaper than therapy. It was calming, delightful and everyone was happy. The Popeye driver had a good way with the little children and was a fount of information. The trip is charming and gives you a whole new look at Adelaide. Made me love this city even more. I look forward to the day when all the Popeyes are out on the water because we all want to be mucking about on the river. 

Extreme Adelaide

This is the GoPro video I made when I went to town last week and then came home and wrote the last post. Even though the weather wasn't particularly nice it was good to be on a train trip and it was good to go over the new bridge and see how that whole area is being developed. The one thing about the GoPro, which is new to me so I am still practising, is that it could take in the spectacular panoramic views from that bridge and from the train. That is what we have in Adelaide. Big sky. On that day it was a big cloudy sky threatening rain. Others were out on the bridge taking photos and lots and quite a few people were on the other side walking dogs, prams, children or jogging. It has such a good feel that area now. What do we do in Adelaide? Whatever we want!

Amazing Adelaide

As we were arriving in town everyone on the train was commenting on how huge all the new buildings were where the RAH is now. We could not believe how spectacular it all looked because on the other side is the imposing Adelaide Convention Centre. The architecture is very eyecatching. I walked out over the Torrens Bridge and the panormaic views of the River Torrens and its banks were just superb. It is a 360 degree uninterrupted view of sky, water , green and then our buildings. So much is being built, facelifted and reformatted. It has such a good feel and it really looks extraordinary. The poor pelicans were not too impressed with our unusual Adelaide summer weather. Bit cold, bit blustery, bit like it would pour with rain any minute.

So not us and the pelicans knew it. The black swans and other birds didn't seem to mind so much but the recent rain has made the Torrens banks look green and lush. The masterminds behind this reconstruction and new look can be well pleased with what they have achieved so far. We really are becoming more beautiful each week and the energy and creativity going into this is much appreciated.