The Easter Bilby: Enjoyed since 1993

Hopefully the Easter Bilby will be bringing you plenty of Haigh's chocolates this weekend. Here is the story of the Haigh's bilby, which has indeed been Enjoyed for Generations – if only they were still life-size! Wrapping moulded chocolate and eggs ready for Easter. Circa 1965. The idea came from Erwin Shulten, a ranger at Bundaleer Forest Reserve at Jamestown, who asked Haigh’s and a couple of other manufacturers to create a chocolate bilby to replace the traditional Easter rabbit in…

Adelaide Entertainment Royalty

While most of Adelaide has settled down for a well-deserved nap following the end of festival season, one favourite festival venue has no time to rest. Her Majesty's Theatre is continuing its campaign to raise funds for its major upgrade, due to be completed in 2019. In 2013 Her Majesty's Theatre celebrated its centenary with a beautiful book, Her Majesty's Pleasure. What better time to look back on Adelaide's beginnings as a 'theatre town' and the birth…

Five fascinating facts about the Adelaide Park Lands

Think you know all there is to know about the Adelaide Park Lands? Think again! Here are five fun facts from The Adelaide Park Lands by Patricia Sumerling. The Elder Rotunda comes from Scotland – Patricia says: While the Torrens Lake was fringed with promenades and walkways, there were few grassy places to have picnics, listen to bands or linger and chat. Sir Thomas Elder, sojourning in Scotland, read about the forthcoming opening of the lake in his most recent batch of Adelaide newspapers and…