Sharing our moments with our beloved ones

Friday, December 30, 2005

The only Capital city named after a woman



Born Adelheid Luise Therese Caroline Amalie, in 1792 to George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in Germany, she married William and became the queen of England when William was crowned as The King William IV in 1830. As king William died in 1837, he had no male children from queen Adelaide to succeed the throne. Queen Adelaide passed away in december 2nd 1849.

The capital of South Australia was named after the queen's name in 1836, the suggestion was made by captain Hindmarsh, the first south australian governor, which was accepted by King William VI. Adelaide comes from Adelheid which is a german word and means "noble woman".

this picture was taken from the Queen Adelaide statue in the city Townhall. for more information download this Brochure.

Thursday, December 22, 2005

City is invaded by Santas!


As we get closer and closer to christmas we see more christmas spirit around. as you can see in the picture, there is a bus driver dressed up as santa, boosting up everybody as they get on the bus. I also must note that being in santa's clothes is a very hard job to do here in this time of year, because as you now we have to celebrate christmas in the middle of summer. so we wish you all a very happy and warm christmas; MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Botanic Gardens


This piece of heaven is located inside the city center in 125 acres. It was opened to public in 1857 and more than 1.3 million people visit this garden each year. inside the garden there are a lot of glasshouses and museums about agriculture and containing non-indigenous plants. It's very hard to visit the whole park in a single day and every corner of it is completely different from another. i took a lot of photos from the park, which will be posted on this page in the few coming days. for more information about the Botanic Gardens please follow this link.

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Grand Lodge of Freemasons in SA


As you all know, Freemasons have a mysterious but effective history in our home country; Iran. back there freemasonry was known as an illegal or secret activity involving mostly politicians and scientists. It always reminds me of Faramooshkhaneh and all the secrets and mysterious stories about it. This picture is the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Adelaide, located just infront of the main building of Adelaide University. As you see, this is a legal community and nothing is undercover! As anyone could expect, their buildings are architecturally beautiful, specially the one in Sydney. They even have free tours every week to show you inside the building and it seems to be easy to apply for membership and become a MASON!!

Saturday, December 10, 2005

The world's second largest O-bahn!


We were calmfully sitting on this bus when it suddenly headed into these tracks that looked like train tracks with a speed of more than 80 k/h. We were just crossing our fingers that the driver knows what he is doing and that he can keep between the rails, but to our surprise he wasn't even holding on to the steer! he was only pushing the gas pedal! Well I guess now you know what an O-baun is. when buses get into these tracks some elements that are connected to the front wheels fix the bus between the rails and that's how it keeps in place. Germany has the world's largest O-bahn and the second largest is in Adelaide Australia! Hurray!!!

Christmas is everywhere!


yes, christmas is everywhere, but it is a little different here in Australia; It's summer! imagine what these Santas have to go through in their stuffy clothes.

Police on bike



Don't be surprised if you see a police chasing the suspect via bicycle or even a horse!! You actually don't see alot of police around in the city. Adelaide is a very peaceful city and during the 2 months that we've been here not even a single crime has been reported on the news.

The Main Idea

The idea of this photoblog was stollen from my beloved, innovative cousin Mohammad who has recently moved to Canada and created his blog (canpics) to share his everyday experience with the ones he loves. We see so many beautiful things everyday and keep thinking wish "they" were here to enjoy things with us. So this way we might feel like we're able to share our moments with our beloved ones; hoping one day it can be accomplished fully by their presence.

The pictures, although taken with a professional camera (thanx to Farrokh) are not professional like Farrokh's pictures. They are only a glimpse of our everyday life, wanting to be shared with you.