Travel in Australia has held a powerful attraction to world travelers for many generations, drawn to the cultures and the extraordinary sense of culture. It’s never been easier, either, and it still holds many fantastic things on the surface, and many mysteries beneath the ground. The contradictions between the visible and the invisible are particularly keen in the larger cities, and Adelaide has many stories to tell. On its surface, it’s a spectacularly charming place, and there are few cities as sweet as Adelaide. Boutique hotels are exceptionally lovely here, combining the old world charms with all the contemporary conveniences of our complex lives.
But even the complexity can seem small when you’re here, and the sweeter the accommodations, the more simple life can seem. The basic pleasures of sleeping in a perfectly soft bed, and a particularly nourishing meal, can take you back to a state of heavenly balance. In this marvelous state of well-being, you’ll be able to really appreciate all the city has to offer, as well as take the time to contemplate its deeper mysteries. Art has a way of revealing certain hidden truths so that the ordinary world never looks as ordinary as it once did, paving the way for new ways of thinking and being.
This is certainly the case in the works of Garry Shead, whose intense and lyrical figures speak of a reality that’s recognizable and at the same time fading into the distance. His work is some of the most acclaimed in the country, and he’s won the Archibald and the Dobell Prize. You may very well come across his work while you’re here, from his paintings inspired by D.H. Lawrence, or may even see some of his experimental films from the 1960s. He’s one of many artists who’s been deeply influenced by the dark and lingering poems of the great Ern Malley, and shares an obsession that’s rather common here, or better to say, uncommon but not uncelebrated, or even better perhaps, simply ecliptic.
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