Adelaide the 'Sedate' city ........

Perth in Western Australia is remote, in fact it's considered by many 'Perthites', (quite proudly I might add) to be the most remote city in the world. That may or may not be so, but its Eastern States counterpart and perhaps the most ignored city in Australia is Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
Perhaps you've heard of it, I have of course, but up until it was suggested recently that I should pay it a visit, I had rarely, if ever, thought about it. I mean it isn't up there with Sydney, home to the Opera House and Sydney Harbour  or Melbourne, voted the world's most liveable city. It doesn't even have the exotic appeal of Brisbane and surrounds, with its tropical weather and world wide known, Barrier Reef.  Adelaide is simply your average, small city. on the edge of the Australian Bight.

It's called the City of Churches, obviously I didn't look hard enough, because whilst I noticed a few, two or three, that was it. I'd rather think of it as an elegant, sedate and somewhat old fashioned place. There were no noticeable traffic problems, and what traffic there was moved at a moderate pace. There is an air of genteelness, which I haven't felt in any of the aforementioned cities.

North Terrace

Along with the stunning older style stone and brick built buildings, there were plenty of new constructions underway, but all appeared to be at a moderate height, something the modern city seems to have moved away from. Certainly the trend in Perth is to build higher and higher.

Adelaide Convention Centre