Every year car enthusiasts gather in Adelaide to show of their treasured vintage American cars and Hot Rods. These are just a few. There were literally hundreds. The always rally in Edwardstown at the Castle Plaza Shopping Centre just around the corner from where I live. It is a bit like Reno's Hot August nights, which I went to to about ten years ago. All the more remarkable that there are so many working models. Rather like parts of the Western United States, South Australia has a perfect climate to preserve these cars.
It is hard to believe that they were so modern and fashionable at one time. Just fantastic. I just love some of the detailing and especially the fins.
Because of a lack of suitable timber to make utility poles, a resourceful Adelaide utility engineer came up with stobie poles, which are a precast concrete and steel structure. They are everywhere around Adelaide and look spectacular against the sky.
Happy New Year everyone and all the best for 2012.
Having grown up just up the road from here, I can assert that the seas around here are cold in summer. Bloody freezing at this time of year. Certifiable nutters.
Unless you work in retail (in which case, you’re probably living a life of unadulterated hell) the working year is winding up. The light at the end of the tunnel that is Christmas, and Christmas ham, and sweet summery freedom, is inching ever closer. Maybe you’re getting into the festive spirit by decking your house out in fairy lights that flash along to the Pirates of the Carribean theme song. Maybe you’re on the hunt for a gift that will elicit a response even half as joyous as this. If your biggest social season concern is mistletoe-related, and you’d like to minimise the walk of shame pain the morning after (we’ve all been there, but just in case you need reminding: Harvey Nichols’ latest video), then do your best to avoid the following ten looks.
The dessert, made from frozen balls of butter and given a Scottish twist with Irn Bru batter, is already popular in the US. Described as a "heart attack on a plate", the chefs at The Fiddler's Elbow in Edinburgh serve the sticky treat with Irn Bru ice cream and coulis. For those wanting an even more potent version of the dish, called Braveheart Butter Bombs, a variation with whisky batter is also available.
You may be asking for trouble when you commission taxidermy work from someone who is unfamiliar with the species. That was just the case for King Frederick I of Sweden in 1731. The lion was a gift, but after it died, the pelt and bones were presented to a taxidermist who had never seen a lion. You see the result looks more like a cartoon character than the king of beasts. The stuffed lion is still on display at Gripsholm’s Castle. Ulrika Good tells us the story, with the help of Google Translate, and has more pictures. Link -via The Daily What
