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CHAPTER 10 . ADELAIDE & SOUTH AUSTRALIA
plus A$3 (US$1.95) extra on weekends. Club rental is available. Ask about
cheaper after 4pm prices.
TAKING IN AN AUSSIE RULES GAME &
OTHER SPECTATOR SPORTS
CRICKET The Adelaide Oval (& 08/8300 3800), on the corner of War
Memorial Drive and King William Street, is the venue for international matches
during the summer season. The Institute Building, part of the State Library of
S.A., displays the Don Bradman Collection & 08/8207 7595. The cricket legend
died in Adelaide in 2001.
FOOTBALL Unlike New South Wales, where Rugby League is the most popular
winter sport, in Adelaide you’ll find plenty of Australian Rules fanatics.
Games are usually played on a Saturday at the Adelaide Oval (see above) or
Football Park (& 08/8268 2088), on Turner Drive, West Lakes. The home
teams are the Adelaide Crows and the Port Adelaide Power. Games are played
February through October, with the finals held in September and October.
Tickets must be purchased well in advance from BASS (& 13 12 46 in South
Australia, or 08/8400 2205).
THE SHOPPING SCENE
Rundle Mall (between King Williams and Pulteney sts.) is Adelaide’s main shopping
street. This pedestrian-only thoroughfare is home to the big names in fashion.
Adelaide’s Central Markets (& 08/8203 7494), behind the Adelaide Hilton
Hotel between Gouger and Grote streets, make up the largest produce market
in the Southern Hemisphere. They’re a good place to shop for vegetables, fruit,
meat, fish, and the like, although the markets are worth popping into even if
you’re not looking for picnic fixings. The markets, held in a warehouse-like
structure, are open Tuesday from 7am to 5:30pm, Thursday from 9am to
5:30pm, Friday from 7am to 9pm, and Saturday from 7am to 3pm. Market
Adventures (& 08/8336 8333, or mobile 0412/842 242; fax/message 08/8336
4075) runs behind-the-scenes tours of the markets every Tuesday and Thursday
at 10:30am and 1:30pm, Friday at 10am and 2pm, and Saturday at 8:30am.
Tours cost A$35 (US$23) for adults and A$18 (US$12) for children 3 to 11.
Phone for directions.
The six-story Myer Centre, next door to the Myer department store, 22–38
Rundle Mall, has a Body Shop (on the ground floor), for beauty products; an
Australian Geographic shop (on level 3), for top-quality Australiana; and Exotica
(level 2), where you can find unusual futuristic gifts.
Just off Rundle Mall, at Shop no. 6 in the City Cross Arcade, is L’Unique
(& 08/8231 0030), a good crafts shop selling South Australian pottery, jewelry,
woodcraft, hand-blown glass, and original paintings.
Finds Shopping for Opals
South Australia is home to the world’s largest sources of white opals. (The
more expensive black opals generally come from Lightning Ridge in New
South Wales.) There are plenty of places to buy around town, but Opal
Field Gems, 33 King William St. (& 08/8212 5300), is one of the best. As a
rule, you’re not going to find any bargains, so just buy what you like (and
can afford—good opals cost many thousands of dollars).