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Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:24 pm
by Squawk
If there was a 'bucket list' or a '1000 things to do in Adelaide before you die', what would you suggest that some of those things were? Keep increasing the numbers as you post and let's see how many suggestions we get ;)

I'll have a crack to get things started:

1. Have Dinner at Jolley's Boathouse
2. See a show in the Spiegeltent at the Adelaide Fringe Festival
3. Take a tour of Coopers Brewery
4. Ski/Skate Mt Thebarton
5. Jump in the Victoria Square Fountain
6. A game of Friday night footy at the Parade
7. A tour of Adelaide Oval
8. Ride the Tram to the Bay and back
9. Spend Christmas Eve at the Edinburgh Hotel in Mitcham
10. Explore the tunnels under the Medina Treasury

11. - over to the next poster!

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:35 pm
by spell_check
11. Climb Mount Lofty from Waterfall Gully
12. Enjoy the view from Mount Lofty
13. Eat a pie floater
14. Visit the St.Kilda tram museum
15. Visit St.Kilda adventure playground
16. See Rann and Mike (oh wait, Wang Wang and Funi) at the Zoo
17. Cafe de Vilis

Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:40 pm
by White Line Fever
18. Drive up to windy point on a summer night
19. Jump off the glenelg jetty
20. Do a few laps of the revolving door at the grand down the bay
21. Have a beer at the jetty bar on a hot summer night
22. Dine in at pizza hut Marion all you can eat
23. Drive through the heysen tunnel windows down screaming wooohooo
24. Run up Mt lofty
24. Catch some waves at southport
25. Drive down hindley st sober on a sat night and tsk and ogle
25. Go to the food court at Elizabeth shopping centre for lunch on centerlink payday

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:44 pm
by Squawk
28. Take a ride on Popeye
29. Hire a paddleboat on the River Torrens
30. Grab a Yiros at "Yannis Yiros" on the Parade
31. Buy an Easter Bilby from Haighs on Beehive Corner
32. Take a Gondola ride on the River Torrens
33. Have your photo taken with Johnny and his Koala backpack on Rundle Street

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:50 pm
by fish
34. See Centrals beat Port in a Grand Final
35. See Centrals beat South in a Grand Final

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:51 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
watch glenelg be a dominant force in the sanfl

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:23 am
by southee
See South get into a grand final!!!! :D ...and win of course!!!

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:32 am
by Farmy
Watch south win a spoon.

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:51 am
by Big Phil
White Line Fever wrote:25. Go to the food court at Elizabeth shopping centre for lunch on centerlink payday


:roll:

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:05 am
by Big Phil
36. Have a meal and drinks sitting outside down at the Largs Pier Hotel while watching the sun set
37. Go on a picnic in Mt. Lofty Botanical Gardens
38. Go to Sotos at Semaphore and eat fish 'n' chips on the beach
39. Play a round of golf at Links Lady Bay
40. Visit the Art Gallery, Museum and Observatory
41. Wine tasting tour of Barossa Valley and Clare Valley
42. Helicopter tour of Adelaide and surrounds
43. Eat at Hawker's Corner
44. Watch as much SANFL football as possible
45. Shark cage diving at Port Lincoln

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:17 am
by Darth Vader
38. Ask Balfours how they have plunged from making the best pies and pasties in the state to the worst in a little over two decades
39. have lunch with Karlene Maywald and get her to admit being a traitor doesn't work
40. another lunch with Jane Lomax-Smith - but just point and laugh.

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:53 am
by Darth Vader
So I see the responses to the question have become broader than just Adelaide with suggestions like shark diving in Port Lincoln so here we go
1.fish and chip at the Flying Fish cafe on the sand at Encounter Bay- most scenic cafe in the State
2. A pie at the Old Bakehouse in Stone Hut- iconic bakery
3. Lunch at Skillogallee winery in Clare
4. An afternoon in Adelaide's Botaninc Gardens- beautiful
5. Flog your car up and down Moana Beach like we did in the old days
6. Visit the Adelaide Zoo- it is one of the jewels in Adelaide's crown

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:13 am
by smithy
Visit the past players shed at Richmond during half time of the league game. :-bd

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:15 am
by Bully
Darth Vader wrote:38. Ask Balfours how they have plunged from making the best pies and pasties in the state to the worst in a little over two decades
39. have lunch with Karlene Maywald and get her to admit being a traitor doesn't work
40. another lunch with Jane Lomax-Smith - but just point and laugh.



nothing wrong with balfours pies/pasties . vilis are worse.

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:25 am
by Darth Vader
Bulldog wrote:
Darth Vader wrote:38. Ask Balfours how they have plunged from making the best pies and pasties in the state to the worst in a little over two decades
39. have lunch with Karlene Maywald and get her to admit being a traitor doesn't work
40. another lunch with Jane Lomax-Smith - but just point and laugh.



nothing wrong with balfours pies/pasties . vilis are worse.


Oh I agree totally with the Vilis thing. They are dreadful. But Balfours pies these days are beyond me - I can't eat them at all.
The pasties are ok.

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:50 am
by FlyingHigh
Melbas Chocolates

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:07 pm
by Bully
Darth Vader wrote:
Bulldog wrote:
Darth Vader wrote:38. Ask Balfours how they have plunged from making the best pies and pasties in the state to the worst in a little over two decades
39. have lunch with Karlene Maywald and get her to admit being a traitor doesn't work
40. another lunch with Jane Lomax-Smith - but just point and laugh.



nothing wrong with balfours pies/pasties . vilis are worse.


Oh I agree totally with the Vilis thing. They are dreadful. But Balfours pies these days are beyond me - I can't eat them at all.
The pasties are ok.


agreed the pasties are ok but not the pies. still love my balfours pie and iced coffee for lunch. also love me balfours custard tart and iced coffee for breakky :)

but back on the topic -
Drink a 2 litre bottle of Farmers union iced coffee in one day. :D

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:13 pm
by CK
fish wrote:34. See Centrals beat Port in a Grand Final
35. See Centrals beat South in a Grand Final


See South beat Central in a Grand Final. :)

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:24 pm
by 85 WAS A GOOD YEAR
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:watch glenelg be a dominant force in the sanfl


I also would like to see Glenelg win some more League Premierships :)
Not really too fussed who we beat, but winning against Centrals would be satisfying ;)

Re: Things to do in Adelaide before you die

PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:26 pm
by The Ash Man
Eat an AB from Blue and White Cafe