I’ve just published a new article on Adelaide Living about our ride on Popeye. https://living.cityofadelaide.com.au/adelaides-popeye-boats-heritage-icon-and-childhood-memories/
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Stobie Pole story on Adelaide Living
I wrote a story about stobie poles on Adelaide Living. The first stobies were erected on South Terrace back in 1924. Despite being an enduring solution for power poles in SA, they haven’t caught on elsewhere. https://living.cityofadelaide.com.au/stobie-pole-adelaide-icon-or-eyesore/
Adelaide Living podcast in SA Life magazine – the digital edition
The Adelaide Living podcast was recently covered in an SA Life article. They have now released the digital version of that article:
Nostalgia sells – The Cargo Club on Hindley Street
Nostalgia sells. This article has attracted a huge audience (2.7K+ page views) over the past couple of days on Adelaide Living. Written by UniSA student Faye Couros, via our collaboration with the uni, the article reminisces about The Cargo Club which operated on Hindley Street from 1988 to 1999. https://living.cityofadelaide.com.au/cargo-club-profile/ Look at that trendline!
Adelaide Living Leaderboard
Below are the top 25 articles on Adelaide Living, by Page Views, since the ‘new’ AL platform went live in August 2019. Content queen Georgie S takes out the top spot, with her ANZAC biscuit recipe taking the cake (or the biscuit?). Overall, AL has had 72K users and over 124K page views since August 2019.
UniSA students share the stories of the city in a content collaboration with City of Adelaide
In addition to our content collab with Wakefield Press, we’ve also entered into a collab with UniSA, too. Back in 2019, Jeanmay H got in touch with Dr Ben Stubbs at University of SA. Ben is the author of ‘The Croweaters’, a book of stories about South Australia (it’s a great read BTW), and he’s…
City of Adelaide content collab with Wakefield Press
We’ve been working with Wakefield Press on a little content collaboration for our online storytelling platform, Adelaide Living. Wakefield Press is a proudly South Australian-owned and operated independent book publisher, based in Adelaide. Many of their publications are inspired by Adelaide local identities, events and places, which makes them a great fit for Adelaide Living. Since…
Final three episodes of our inaugural Adelaide Living podcast series
We’re now down to the final three episodes in our inaugural Adelaide Living podcast series. The first series of ten episodes has flown by! A couple of weeks back we released our eighth episode, with the co-founder of IVF AI and imaging company Presagen/Life Whisperer, Michelle Perugini. On Monday this week, we released our ninth…
Adelaide Living Podcast Ep. 8 – Michelle Perugini
The eighth episode of our Adelaide Living podcast is now available and features local femtech entrepreneur Michelle Perugini, co-founder of AI fertility startup Life Whisperer. Michelle and her colleagues have pioneered a system that uses imaging and artificial intelligence to identify the most viable embryos for IVF. After a 3 year business journey, the first…
City of Adelaide podcast covered in SA Life magazine
We got a nice write up in SA Life magazine for the Adelaide Living podcast. Here’s the text: Among the latest arrivals on the South Australian scene is Cityof Adelaide’s Adelaide Living, launched in January this year andhosted by Dr Christina Hagger. Produced by Radio Adelaide’s Podcast Works, Adelaide Living has so far featured interviews…
Adelaide Living Podcast Ep.7 is live: Damon Gameau
You might recognise his face from his roles in films like ‘The Tracker’ and ‘Balibo’, or TV shows like ‘The Kettering Incident’, ‘Love My Way’ and ‘Underbelly’, but Adelaide-born Damon Gameau has found his true path behind the camera, as a filmmaker. His latest doco, ‘2040’, tackles the subject of the effects of climate change with a…
Colouring-in is an adult pursuit
Colouring-in. There was a time when this pursuit was reserved for the kiddies, but today it’s also recognised as an activity for ‘grown ups’, bringing with it a host of positive mental health and wellbeing benefits. In the current circumstances, we need all the help we can get to stay sane, so we’ve published a…
Six podcasts down…more to come
Exhausted your Netflix playlist? Need a more wholesome pursuit after binge-watching Tiger King? Why not have a listen to the Adelaide Living podcast. We’re 6 episodes in, and after a short hiatus due to COVID-19, we’ll be publishing more episodes shortly. Listen to some great stories from Adelaide people right now – Mike Turtur AO,…
The old pubs of North Adelaide
I published a little piece on the old pubs of North Adelaide that features some great old photography from the State Library. See the full piece here: https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au/see-and-do/heritage-culture/old-pubs-of-north-adelaide/ Linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claytonwehner_designedforlife-pubs-hotels-activity-6629885864950493184-fQIj Did you know some of the oldest hotels in South Australia can be found in North Adelaide? The British Hotel (1837) on Finniss Street and the Queen’s…
Article: Ben Folds and his ‘home town’ of Adelaide
I’m a big fan of Ben Folds…did you know he lived in Adelaide once? I wrote an article about it over on the Adelaide Living blog… Adelaide is recognised as the ‘home town’ of many talented Australian musicians – Sia Furler, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Guy Sebastian to name a few – but it was…