Adelaide Region Nature and Wildlife
Nature and Wildlife photo album in the Adelaide Region featuring Adelaide Central Business District and Adelaide Botanic Gardens. Our first visit in September 2013 was a day trip to Adelaide from Victor Harbor in the Fleurieu Peninsula. This trip features city landscapes and wildlife in Adelaide City and Adelaide Botanic Gardens. In October 2019, we started and finished a circular road trip in Adelaide. However, galleries include images from both trips, but only from the Botanic Gardens visited in 2013 and 2019.
Adelaide Central Business District
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The gallery displays three architectural images from Adelaide’s Central Business District. Chinatown, a vibrant blend of restaurants, cafes, wine bars, and the Market Plaza Food Court. Also, Central Market, in the heart of Adelaide for buying fresh food products. And. Rundle Mall is one of many upmarket shopping centres
Moreover, the Adelaide Botanic Garden, featured in the following two galleries, is also in the tourist precinct.
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Palm House in Adelaide Botanical Gardens
Adelaide Botanic Garden Architecture
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We went to Adelaide primarily to visit the Botanical Gardens. The gallery shows the Bicentennial Conservatory and Palm House in 2013; both are on the South Australia Heritage Register. While the Bicentennial Conservatory was built-in 1988 to celebrate Australia’s Bicentenary, the Palm House was built-in 1877 but recently renovated.
Endemic Birds in the Botanic Garden
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The gallery features five Australian region endemic bird species: Rainbow lorikeet, eastern rosella, crested pigeon, noisy miner, and maned duck. And an endemic subspecies, the magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
Near Endemic and Native Birds in the Botanic Garden
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The Australian magpie [white-backed] (Gymnorhina tibicen telonocua) is a subspecies endemic. It is one of eight subspecies in five groups found in Australia; a ninth occurs in southern Papua New Guinea. Hence, the species are near endemics but introduced in New Zealand and Fiji.
The final five images are native Australian birds found within the Australasian region: white-faced heron, dusky moorhen, Australian/Australasian shoveler, grey teal, Pacific black duck,
Also, I photographed several other native species in the gardens: Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Australasian Grebe, Australian white ibis and muscovy duck, an introduced species.
Continue the 2013 Tour of Victoria
After visiting the Adelaide Botanic Garden, we returned to Victor Harbor via a scenic drive through Adelaide Hills and Maclaren Vale. Then, we spent the night in Victor Harbor, finishing our short South Australian tour. ‘Next’ we drove from Victor Harbor to The Grampians, Halls Gap, and Ararat Hills webpage.
Or ‘Back’ to return to Fleurieu Peninsula Nature and Wildlife webpage.
Or ‘SA’ to go to the Nature and Wildlife in South Australia webpage.to go
Or ‘VIC’ to go to the Nature and Wildlife in Victoria, Australia webpage.
Bibliography – Online Resources
1. Botanic Gardens of South Australia. 2022. [Online] Available from https://www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/ [Accessed 11-Jan-2022].
2. Botanic Gardens of South Australia – Adelaide Botanic Garden. 2022. [Online] Available from https://www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/ [Accessed 02-Jan-2022].