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Khalid M
7 reviews on 1 places
Really disappointing. Although the memorial itself is an important and powerful historical reminder, the fact that they decided to place public urinals right next to it is offensive and disgusting. The entire site smells so nauseatingly of urine that it’s impossible to spend any time at the memorial at all. In addition to the stench of urine, there was trash all over the place when I went to visit and the site was depressing for all the wrong reasons.
Beautiful oasis in the middle of the city! I had passed this place many times, but hadn’t taken the chance to explore it till recently. It’s a beautiful, well maintained, garden close to the train station. It’s split into multiple sections with a variety of plants and design. It’s a great spot to bring a book, a picnic, or just sit and relax for a while. Highly recommend for both tourists and locals—definitely worth the side trip to see!
Beautiful park to visit if you’re in the neighborhood. It has two small lakes surrounded by Plane trees and is a peaceful place to walk, picnic, or just relax. I spent about an hour here, which seemed to be the right amount of time. It’s also easily accessible by public transportation and close enough that you can walk directly to the CBD.
I don’t think I’d make a special trip just to visit this park, but it’s def worth visiting if you’re nearby and looking for something to do.
I don’t think I’d make a special trip just to visit this park, but it’s def worth visiting if you’re nearby and looking for something to do.
What an amazing concept! The Parklands is a continuous ring of green space surrounding central Adelaide and is comprised of several individually numbered parks with different characteristics (some more stylized, some more pastoral, some more for children/entertainment/sports).
We split up our walk through the Parklands over several days, which I’d recommend. There’s a walking trail loop easily identified by the blue circle markers on the ground (though it can disappear at times and then pop up unexpectedly—good to also follow along on a map or on your GPS). It’s a total of a little over 12 miles (19.5 km) to do the entire loop, but it can be split up in three sections which are easily accessible using the free sections of the Adelaide tram (the northern half above the River Torrens, and then the right lower fourth and then the left lower fourth). Also, it can be combined with sightseeing at many of the spots along the way, which is what we opted to do. Overall, def recommend doing if you’re in Adelaide! Never seen anything like it in any other city I’ve visited.
We split up our walk through the Parklands over several days, which I’d recommend. There’s a walking trail loop easily identified by the blue circle markers on the ground (though it can disappear at times and then pop up unexpectedly—good to also follow along on a map or on your GPS). It’s a total of a little over 12 miles (19.5 km) to do the entire loop, but it can be split up in three sections which are easily accessible using the free sections of the Adelaide tram (the northern half above the River Torrens, and then the right lower fourth and then the left lower fourth). Also, it can be combined with sightseeing at many of the spots along the way, which is what we opted to do. Overall, def recommend doing if you’re in Adelaide! Never seen anything like it in any other city I’ve visited.
I came across this memorial accidentally on my way to the nearby museums (it’s just across the street from the library/migration museum). It’s more of a walkway with several plaques indicating the different wars/struggles that Australia has been in, but it’s beautifully designed and gives you a great sense of how involved Australians have been in so many regions around the world. Worth the visit if you’re in the area.