I believe this is Dale Thomas' twin brother Fail Thomas.
Yes Adelaide has all those things, but so does every other city..in spades! Wood fires..cycling in the hills..swilling shiraz at wineries.. hardly makes Adelaide stand out. Don't get me wrong I dont hate the place and I have lived all over Australia but Adelaide truly is one of the only places its really difficult to find things to do..once you've done them once or twice. I mean, I can cycle or light a fire or drink wine and all that stuff anywhere. I lived in Perth for many years too and Adelaide makes Perth look like New York!
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I keep on reminding myself of snowtown, the Truro murders, the young men killings and the Beaumonts.
On a serious level always struck me how a state with some beautiful areas can concentrate these nutters. Is it the Australian version of going postal.So how can it be called dull??
So how can it be called dull??
You win that point!
I've got 2 friends who have lived in Adelaide for 30 years, they have been to the Barossa maybe 4 times, usually when they have visitors. What attractions are there there to keep a person coming back? As I said, go once or twice and that's it, you've done it. It really isnt such a big deal anymore, there are so many amazing wine regions in Australia, I now live on the Mornington Peninsula..I wouldnt swap it for the Barossa for the world, you could come here every weekend for a year and find something new to do or somewhere new to go or drink or eat. Surrounded by 2 magnificent bays awesome for fishing, boating swimming and theres markets and health spas etc and its beautiful and green! And you've got the seaside town of Mornington itself which is just gorgeous and worth a weekend just there..then theres the Yarra Valley, in winter its on the way to Mt Buller, in summer its on the way to Lake Eildon to boat and fish and swim..so you stop, do a cellar door or 2 and continue on..its magnificent. Then theres the Alpine Valley, Strathbogie Valley and Macedon Ranges wine regions and the gorgeous towns surrounding them..the Alpine Valley in Autumn is like something out of a picture book. Thats just some of them in Victoria, there's a dozen more..NSW has a dozen superb wine regions too.
I'm not saying my state is better than anyones, I love all of Australia, I'm just saying that bringing up the Barossa Valley as some sort of major attraction or draw card is overrated once you have been there a couple of times. There are so many amazing wine regions all over Australia now and the Barossa did not impress me personally as much as many of the others. Yea, I think its boring and less picturesque compared to others I've been to but thats just my opinion, I don't live there so I can be honest without feeling like a traitor. I actually like Adelaide, its very clean and friendly..there just aint alot to go there for!
Difference is I've lived in Perth and loved it, I've only visited Adelaide and always found it hard to fill in a week or 2 there. You can fill in weeks over there just going down south through Margaret river, Bussellton, Pemberton, theres wine, food, world famous surfing, huge forests, some of the most amazing forests in the world with tree tops walks, trout fishing etc. Or you can Stay in Perth do Freo, go have a picninc in Kings Park looking down at the Swan River and city, just spectacular, take a cruise down the river from the city to Freo going through all the wealthy suburbs and beautiful scenery, I mean everyone does the harbour cruise in Sydney but Perths harbour and river is also superb and worth cruising...then stop at the Leftbank pub in Freo and have a meal or go down to the famous Fremantle Fishing Harbour and gorge on the best sefood ever and drop in for some cold ones at the Little Creatures Brewery...awesome stuff. Once the new stadium and casino and sports precinct are finished it will be world class facilities around the city too, already the new tennis centre has gotten rave reviews.
I lived near the harbour and quite enjoyed Sydney, although truth be told I wasn't a massive fan of the nightlife - mostly giant bogan beer barns or huge nightclubs. Didn't mind a couple of the smaller places though.
