The Waikerie Silo Art Mural is located in the heart of the town of Waikerie on the Murray River in South Australia. The theme of the big double silo project is “Healthy River, Healthy Community“. The Murray River means everything to the local community who have supported the project, which has been funded by the…
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Abandoned – Jacob Allert’s Home
Near Moculta in the Barossa Valley winery region of South Australia you will find the ruins of Jacob Allert’s Home. Built of the curiously named Pug in the mid 1850’s, this was a style of construction used by European settlers in the colony of South Australia which combined local stones such as Barossa Ironstone, held…
Coonalpyn Silo Mural – Hope for the Future
The Coonalpyn Silo Mural by Brisbane based, international street artist Guido van Helten features local school children from the small country town of Coonalpyn on the Dukes Highway in South Australia. The five kids were aged from 5 to 9 at the time the project was completed – in order of appearance on the silo, left…
Guido van Helten – Grand Artwork from Iceland to Australia to the Nuclear Wasteland of Chernobyl!
From Akureyri, Iceland to Brim in Victoria, Australia to Chernobyl in Ukraine and now Coonalpyn in South Australia, I have seen some wonderful artwork by Guido van Helten. This acclaimed Brisbane based, international street artist has completed some magnificent works around the world! Although I had first seen his work on a building in Akureyri…
Remnants of the Past: The Old Homestead
I recently spotted this old stone homestead on a farm near the highway north of Burra in the mid-north of South Australia. These types of places are dotted all over this region and make you wonder what type of life people lived out there in an age before cars and trucks rushed by?
Remnants of the Past: The Old Burra Burra Mine
On the edge of the town of Burra in the mid-north of South Australia sits the Burra Burra Mine. The colour of the water in this old mine pit is quite stunning. The greenish colour which changes throughout the year is believed to be caused by a scattering of light caused by minute crystals in the water….
Hogwarts in Adelaide?
Not quite Hogwarts and no Harry Potters about the place, but it is the Mortlock Wing of the State Library of South Australia which opened in Adelaide, the state capital in 1884. Amongst these shelves are many old and rare books, with many of them detailing the history if South Australia. The state officially became a…
Adelaide: Day and Night
Adelaide founded by Colonel William Light in 1836, is the capital of the state of South Australia and with 1.2 million people is the fifth largest city in the country. Known as the “City of Churches” it has many historic sandstone buildings including churches and is surrounded by a ring of parklands with the Adelaide Hills…
I still call Australia home
A sunburnt country… Although I currently live in the USA, my homeland is Australia and it is a place I love. January 26th is when we celebrate Australia Day so I thought I would write about that great southern land. “I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding…
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