Adelaide Gallery, South Australia.

Every time I am in Adelaide I try to make at least one trip to the Art Gallery. It is in an iconic building on North Terrace and a really nice place to escape the heat or cold depending on the weather. I don't know if photographing art is a good thing or not, but it helps me remember all the beautiful things that I took my time to stand and admire up close. You can see my last visit here with some different collection items to what is below.

I heart these sideburns!

It is also a great place for people to get an understanding on what the environment looked like for the early European immigrants. How they saw things that were very unfamiliar to them. Isaac Whitehead's Sassafras Valley.

This included the indigenous peoples, by Frazer Crawford.

The War Dance.

But there is something about eucalyptus trees that I will never tire of. By H.J Johnson

Love an old bloke with a beard. This one is Sir Henry Parkes by Tom Roberts.

Now it is all about the sculptures.

snakes love.

Bertram MacKennal's Circe

So, there you go the Art Gallery has visited you now.

Koala Day

While in Adelaide, we were super lucky to get to visit the Adelaide Koala and Wildlife Hospital where they take injured animals in to care for them and should all go well, release them back into the wild. Rae Campbell started this project and it is purely run on donations of money or more hands on/logistical support. It really is a wonderful project and has many success stories.

This little fellow is hugging a stuffed bear as his mother was killed by dogs, so he is a little lonely at times.

The classic sleeping koala pose

Fractures are very common when a koala is hit by a car.

This tortoise had swallowed a fish hook as the X-ray reveals.

Old food stock

Holding on to Rae for dear life

They are indeed curious little fellows, even if they have poor eyesight.

I wonder if we should fingerprint them to make sure they haven't committed any crimes.

Fluffiest butts in the business.

Someone is happy to be there.

You can't hide someone's happiness here....

Koalas trying to be monkeys

Who needs a manicure?

Koala leather

Sniffer.

You can't beat an Australian parrot for colour.

If you have the chance, please donate something to the cause - money, time, produce, anything you can. As they do some fantastic work. Voluntarily. Follow them on Facebook, here.