Adelaide is also famous for its statues. Wherever you go in the city, you'll find everything from statues recalling famous figures from Australian history to the bizarre street art that springs up everywhere. On the pedestrian precinct outside Rundle Mall, litter bins along the street are decorated with full size bronze statues of pigs standing on their hind legs and nosing through the rubbish, other bronze pigs just standing around awaiting their turn. These pig...

In 2003, Eloise and I flew directly from Darwin to Adelaide as part of our mini-tour of Australia to take in some of the places we hadn't had time to see the previous year. When planning the return trip, we had heard a lot about the Great Ocean Road, a stretch of highway which spans much of the coast of Victoria and is considered by many to be the most scenic route in the country. Until that point, I hadn't known much at all about the route, and so was keen to se...