Elder Park - This is turning out to be my favorite walk when stymied by homeworks - an hour walk around the Torrens Lake, north of Adelaide. I'd start from the Hyatt Hotel, go down the park through the Riverside Esplanade, turn left, go straight, then cross the lake via the bridge going to a golfcourse, turn right, straight ahead then I make a turnaround on the bridge by King William Road. There's a massive fountain in the middle of the lake put up in honor of Queen Elizabeth's visit to Adelaide in March 1954.
Interestingly, an inscription relates that, "During the romantic 1920s, the massive floating Garden Palais for "pleasure nights" was moored on the lake. Two levels included a promenade deck and a ballroom capable of accommodating 70 patrons. After only 4 years of operation, a mysterious explosion sank the Palais. The cause was never determined."
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