Sunday Selections #713

 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections. 

A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please. 

Nothing rude or vulgar though.

And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us.

The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look.

Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally.

Beginning with more views of the riverbank where the OzAsia Festival and Dragon were:

on the city side of the river, this is our Railway Station, the top half used to be posh bathrooms and other things that I can't remember, but is now our Casino. I never go there.

entrance to the railway station is a longish walk down this gently sloping ramp, easy on the way down, not so easy for old and tired legs on the way up but I do it anyway,

or you can choose the other entrance which has stairs and escalators

between the two is this set of short steps down

to the restrooms and baby change area, there is a second floor level entrance around by the stairs and escalators, for wheelchairs and people who prefer not to use steps.

going through these turnstiles will get you to the area where the suburban and country trains depart from and come into. This is just a few of them, there are over a dozen in a space that used to be completely open when I was very young and opposite these used to be a giant cafeteria where we would often get something to eat before catching a train back to Port Pirie. 

You need to tap your transport card to get through a turnstile and there are wider ones for prams and wheelchairs.

On the riverside now, this is part of our Convention Centre, the first part to be constructed,

followed a few years later by this lovely curved window bit,

and finished a few years later again by this pointy bit. It all looks quite impressive, yes?

Here is the dragon on the footbridge again

and across the bridge that huge white roof covers a large part of the seating area of our Footy Oval. On match days thousands of people stream across the bridge heading there to cheer on their teams.

much of the river bank is a grassy area where people sit and picnic or just eat lunch if they are taking a break from working, behind where I was standing there used to be a cafe and kiosk to buy foods and drinks and I was looking forward to a milkshake and some hot chips (fries) but those places are gone and the Festival theatre has been expanded into the space.

looking back towards the city, this is the Sky City Hotel next to the Casino/Railway Station, this would be where many of the Convention Centre people stay and possibly some of those who come here just for the Casino.

Further east, this huge yellow building is the Myer Centre, which runs from North Terrace through to Rundle Mall and which used to house many more shops that are now in there. Below ground level is a Food Court and the top level was an entertainment area with rides and games etc, which closed down fairly quickly after someone took a leap over a barrier and splatted onto the ground floor. A net was strung across just under that top level after that happened and I believe it is still there though the top two or three floors are now closed off with elevators/lifts and escalators no longer going up there.

Coming back to the present, this was the sunrise that greeted "no-one" when she got up early and went out to her laundry to get the washing machine going before going right back to bed because it was so cold. Her laundry is off the back porch, not inside the house.

And when I went shopping a bit later this is what I saw:

Kangaroo meat products: meatballs,

"snags" or "bangers", Australian slang for sausages,

Kebabs, great on the BBQ,

and even mini rolled roasts seasoned with garlic and herbs, there were steaks too, but I must have forgotten to photograph them,

thought I did photograph the Venison steaks right next to them. Any tips on how to cook with Venison? I'd like to give that a try.

Finally, the twins' cat, Azriel, with her very fine whiskers. She is used to the place now and leaps over safety barriers and couches like a gazelle. Knows all the good hiding places too.