Summaries
Another year has passed by an it’s almost time for this year’s Feast Of The Madonna Di Montevergine. As normal it falls on the last Sunday in September and this year that’s the 27′th of this month.
For those of you interested in this year’s program you will be pleased to know that I will be posting it here for you.
Monday 7.30pm Virgin Mary Temple of our God, an evening of prayer for vocations.
Tuesday 7.30pm Mary cause of our joy, an evening of prayer for our families.
Wednesday 7.30pm Virgin Mary Mother of Unity, an evening of prayer for our children and young adults (English/Italian Liturgy) with distribution of Blessed Medals
Thursday 7.30pm Virgin Mary Supporter and Defender of our Faith, an evening prayer and anointing of our sick an elderly
Friday 7.30pm Virgin Mary Door to Heaven, an evening of prayer to our deceased with Procession of the Holy Cross.
Saturday, 6.00 pm Parish Vigil Mass (English). 26th Sunday Of Ordinary Time. Year “C”
Sunday Feast Day
9.00am Recital of the Holy Rosary in the Church of the Annunciation, Hectorville, led by the prayer group “Rosario Vivente”.
9.20am Procession from the Hectorville Church via Montacute Road, Newton Road and Graves Street. All Religious Associations are kindly invited to participate.
10.30am CON-CELEBRATED SOLEMN HOLY MASS by Padre D. Benedetto Komar accompanied by the choir San Francesco.
12.00 noon The Dame of Montevergine will prepare a lunch for everybody; proceeds will be donated to charities.
1.00pm Concert by the GUISEPPE VERDI BAND
3.30PM Armando Masone, I Cugini Calabrese and Popular local singers.
4.00pm Holy Rosary and Benediction, followed by family Mass
5.00pm Monteverdi Singers
6.00pm Elite Accordian Group
7.30pm Musical extravaganza: Ricki Giuliano with Napule E Na Canzone presented by Cav. John DiFede and Vince Palumbo
10.00pm Fireworks
And the fireworks bring the festivities of the day to an end.
Naturally everyone is welcome to celebrate this yearly feast. If you don’t want to take place in the procession and the mass you can always partake of the following festivities.There are a lot of stalls offering Italian specialty foods such as pizza, zeppoles, pasta, cakes and other delicacies. The best thing about the food is that it’s nothing like the stuff you buy in the restaurants as it’s just like ‘what mama used to make, because there are a whole lot of dedicated mama’s cooking up a storm for everyone to enjoy.
There is also a Souvenir stand offering many religious items and souvenirs including DVDs of the previous Festa which you can recognize by the following image.
They will retail for $15 per DVD and once again I would like to thank Nicola Zollo for supplying me with the information for this post.
I’m not sure when they put this together but I came across this the other day and I found it really interesting. It’s a sculpture of a huge tap and hose and the park also has what appear to be replicas of dinosaur bones.
Once again it just goes to show you how much you miss by driving around in the car. I reckon that all families should make some free time whenever possible where they can get together and explore where they live, and Adelaide offers so much, from the Zoo, to the many parklands, and when you get peckish, if you haven’t packed a lunch there’s always a cafe close by.
It provides a great photo opportunity and is a great place just to sit back and relax while watching the kids amuse themselves. You will find this unique little park off Little Twin St. in the heart of Adelaide.
The Seven Stars Hotel on Angas St Adelaide is one of the many pubs that you will find in and around Adelaide. People don’t just frequent pubs for the beer as the tucker is usually pretty good and it’s always a great place to get together with the mates. If your the type that likes to have a bet or two, you may even try your luck at the pokies. personally I’d rather perve on the shielas and have a beer and a chat with mates.
The Seven Stars Hotel even has it’s own comprehensive website complete with a virtual tour of the interior and views of the function rooms. I reckon these guys are so technologically advance that they would even be able to accept a credit card or two.
Thanks go to creditcardcity.com for sponsoring this post.
If you’re ever in Adelaide you have to visit the Adelaide Museum as it has a lot to offer especially if you are interested in Aboriginal culture. Apart from the permanent exhibitions there’s always the special exhibitions which are constantly changing.
Honestly you could easily spend the day here and once your done, or if hunger overtakes your curiosity and quest for knowledge, you can easily walk over to one of the nearby cafe’s.
Located on North Terrace in the centre of Adelaide it really is a remarkable building. You may remember the post I did on The Spectacular Northern Lights Display where this was one of the buildings that was featured.
Entry to the museum is free and it’s open daily between 10am and 5pm, except for Good Friday and Christmas.
It wasn’t all that long ago that I took the family for a holiday in Sydney, which was pretty good, but because of the wife and daughter, most of the time there was spent shopping and Frank, my son, and I were dragged helplessly along. Whilst I admit that Sydney offers a great shopping experience it is so much more than that. There is so much to see and I missed a lot of it because so much time was wasted checking out shoes handbags and other such crap.
If I was to go there again, I reckon I would spend a whole lot of time just soaking in the atmosphere and hitting all the tourist spots. The thing is that I could probably do it all again and save some money because, for a limited time only, there is an Accor Hotels City Super Sale on. This sale covers 27 cities across 10 countries in Asia Pacific, cities such as Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hanoi, Manila, Mumbai, Aukland and Sydney are included in the sale.
This time around I would stay at the Novotel on Darling Harbour because it offers so many photo opportunities. Did I mention that this time around the vacation was going to be one big photo shoot, and believe me there are a lot of opportunities for taking photos in Sydney. I took this one of the Opera House on my last visit and I would love to go there again to explore different angles, exposures and the like.
The thing is that Sydney is more than just your usual icons such as Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Opera House. The city itself is a mixture of new and old architecture and it is the old architecture that I found so appealing, especially the way it mixes in with the new. Whether by day or night photo opportunities abound but if I want to do it all again I will have to act quickly if I am to take advantage of the low air fares and hotel accommodation because the more I can save the longer I can spend there soaking up the atmosphere.
Although Adelaide is renowned as the City Of Churches, only one church can be known as being the first church in Adelaide. That church is the Holy Trinity, Adelaide’s Pioneer Church.
Governor Hindmarsh laid the foundation stone to this Anglican Church on January 26th 1838. The Tower Clock was built in 1836 by William IV’s Clockmaster and became Adelaide’s Town Clock at that time.
The church is located at 87 North Terrace Adelaide. They have their own website, Holy Trinity Adelaide, which is full of information including all the Church Services.
I’ve walked along North Tce on many an occasion but I’ve always failed to notice this tribute to the Kaurna people, one of the Aboriginal tribes of Australia.
The thing is that you can’t see it from the road and have to go down the stairs towards the Hyatt. Even then you will not see it unless you turn around. There are two plaques that say about the art work;
These works tell a story built upon other stories most notably that of TJILBRUKE a KAURNA ancestor.
The name YERRAKARTARTA means ‘without design’ or ‘at random’
YERRAKARTARTA how far do we isolate and unravel and what is measured?
The other plaque reads;
KAURNA YERTA NATTA ATTO NANGA YAKKO ATTO BUKKI NAKKI
This artwork is a tribute to the KAURNA people who are and have been part of this country since time immemorial understanding and observing the immutable laws that bind all things.
Located on 41-42 Greenhill Road Adelaide, I’ve driven past this church on many occasions but never took the time to stop and take a photo of it. It really is quite a beautiful church that was established 1946. The original church that existed on the site was demolished to make way for this more traditional Russian Orthodox Church design. The blue and gold domes are a stark contrast to beautifully rendered white walls.
As is stated on their website;
St. Nicholas is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. While adhering to Russian Church Tradition, it is a multi-ethnic parish reflective of the ethnic-cultural mix of the state of South Australia.
The Divine Liturgy is celebrated in Church Slavonic and English.
Mass times, photos and other interesting information can also be found on their website.
There was a man who many years ago had a vision of the City of Adelaide. I’m sure that he had wanted it to be a beautiful clean city which is why he planned all the public squares and the Adelaide Park-lands. I’m sure that there would have been those who would have laughed at his ideas saying that the squares and park-lands were just a waste of space and that he was living in a fantasy land. Lucky for us he stuck to his guns and we now have a beautifully well designed city.
Some 170 years later Martin Hamilton Smith, the leader of the Liberal party, has come up with a new vision for Adelaide. Martin’s vision for Adelaide is a riverside precinct, something that will invigorate our already beautiful city. His plan includes a Federation Square style plaza, an entertainment centre and a new sports stadium.
His main protagonist is Premier Mike Rann who calls the project a fantasy. I don’t find this at all surprising, as even if he liked the idea he would not give the opposition the satisfaction of admitting it. Mike Rann has other plans for the land, as he wants to build a state of the art hospital on the same location. A hospital that he says will cost $1.7 billion. How he can state this is beyond me as they haven’t even put the job out for tender and so it could end up costing a lot more than that, especially considering Labor’s track record of going way over budget on their projects so I wouldn’t be surprised if it actually turned out to cost double that.
According to their plans, the old Adelaide hospital will be demolished, except for some heritage buildings that will be kept, and the land turned into park-lands again. Naturally he hasn’t factored the cost of doing that int0 the $1.7 billion dollar quote.
Mark Hamilton Smith would much prefer revamping the hospital on the original site as there are significant cost savings, something labor disputes, shock, horror. This plan is supported by a lot of people including many doctors who complain that they were never consulted by the Rann’s gang.
The main complaint that Rann has against Hamilton’s vision is the claim that it hasn’t been costed and we could not afford it. Seems to me that he is being rather negative about it and he is a little worried that the Liberal party may deliver on their promise. After all they can get a major grant from the federal government as part of the stimulus package. They also have the savings from building the hospital on the original site. I’m also sure that even in the current economic climate, if approached properly there would be many business that would jump at the chance of investing in this venture.
I’m sure that if done properly there would even be many South Australians who would love to be involved in this grand vision. Perhaps donating a certain amount of money would ensure their family name engraved into the seats of the stadium or the new entertainment centre. The options are endless.
This is something that Adelaide needs to put us on the face of the map again. We are already known for putting on the best shows, what with the Grand Prix being touted as a worlds best race, and then there is the current Adelaide Clipsal 500, not to mention the Fringe, Womald, Tour Down Under and other ventures. Perhaps something like this can keep our young here rather than having the other states pilfer our talent.
I wonder what Colonel Light would have done?
Apart from the statue of Colonel Light the photos were taken from Martin Hamilton-Smith MP’s website.
I had some time to kill the other day, a four hour wait whilst my Honda Civic was getting serviced, so I figured I would take my camera for a walk. It was a nice enough day so I wandered down the River Torrens towards Cafe Lago. I’ve been to Cafe Lago a couple of times and I was always impressed with it’s menu. In those days the menu had a Tuscan flavor to it which was probably one of the reasons it appealed to me so much. That and the picturesque view of the city while I dined.
To my surprise Cafe Lago was no more as it is now known as the River Cafe. I went inside to ask if I could take some pictures of the city from the outside deck area and the manager graciously gave me his permission. Once on the deck I was presented with a great shot of Adelaide’s business district. From memory it was even more stunning at night, especially if the Torrens was very calm.
I’ve never actually had a meal on the deck, but I reckon if you wanted to have a meal whilst having the City of Adelaide as a backdrop, then the deck area would have to be the perfect spot. I also noticed the soothing sound of running water from a pond somewhere on the left which would only add to the whole eating experience.
This next shot was taken from the dining area which is down a few steps from the bar area, but not to worry as a small lift was installed to help the wheelchair bound diner.
The River Cafe is only part of the dining experience as it is, as was Cafe Lago, associated with the Red Ochre Restaurant, located upstairs, which also has stunning views. I must admit that I have never really tried ‘contemporary Australian Cuisine’ and this restaurant is touted to have innovative Australian food with a native influence. Perhaps it is time that I checked both out, the River Cafe to see how it stacks up against Cafe Lago, and the Red Ochre Restaurant to finally sample some traditional Aussie cuisine.
