Visiting the City of Churches…
by Rodney Campbell on Jan.24, 2015, under Life, Photography
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia.
Early Adelaide was shaped by religious freedom and a commitment to political progressivism and civil liberties, which led to the moniker City of Churches. We didn’t actually visit any churches on the few days we were there however 🙂
Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide’s founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens, in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people. Light’s design set out Adelaide in a grid layout, interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by parklands.
Visiting the city for a few days as part of a family holiday, we are having a brief stopover on the way to Kangaroo Island.
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.
Staying in the heart of the city on North Terrace we were very close to the Rundle Mall which afforded my girls lots of opportunity for shopping and inspecting the various artworks scattered throughout the mall.
Pleased to Meet You
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/800 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100
Oink!
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/500 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100
Silvered Balls
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm, 1/800 sec at f/3.5, ISO 100
Walking into Adelaide Railway Station at ground level I was inspired to take some shots of the architecture within.
Adelaide Railway Station
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm, 1/25 sec at f/5.6, ISO 160
Later in the afternoon my two youngest and I ventured out to explore the nearby parklands around the River Torrens. When it started to rain I got my girls to shelter under one of the bridges which cross the river and of course pose for me 🙂
Shelter From the Rain
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/80 sec at f/4, ISO 250
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