Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

Light's Vision: Adelaide, SA

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 4 June 2011 | Views [1292]

The famous obelisk on Mt. Lofty summit, which can be seen from the city itself, and is used as a navigation beacon even today. Just around the corner off-picture is the Mount Lofty Fire Tower, used to spot bush fires in the hills, and a central feature to the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983.

A cloudy day unfortunately but you can still make out the city, sitting in its island of parkland, 15 km away. Adelaide is the 5th largest city in Australia, with a population of about 1.3 million people. Most of it is flat-lying suburbs, with the only built-up part being the heart of the city itself.

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The opposite view from Mt. Lofty, looking east. Most of this and more was burned in the Ash Wednesday fires in February, 1983, which was the worst bushfire in Australia until the Black Saturday bushfires near Melbourne in 2009. The fire spread over Mt. Lofty and in 12 hours burned over 2,000 square kilometres of land. 3,700 buildings were damaged or destroyed, at the cost of the equivalent of A$1.3 billion.

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Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

Light's Vision: Adelaide, SA

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