I've always associated Australia with a very distinct sound.
[didjeridoo playing]
But what are the chances you randomly come across a ceremony
that's being performed for thousands of years
by a group of people that today represent 3% of Australians?
And better yet, being invited to participate
without having to pay a dime.
I feel like we're part of something special here in Australia.
That's exactly what happened where we least expected:
at the Botanic Garden in Adelaide, South Australia.
A city not many tourists visit,
but our day was actually full of highlights.
The Botanic Garden itself...
This is nicknamed the corpse flower.
- Ha-ha-ha, it tickles my palm.
- We also gained a few pounds in the Central Market.
I want my second breakfast.
And saw our first beach in Australia.
- It's nice.
First lesson in Australian English.
- G'day, mate!
[laughs]
Hello again from Adelaide, South Australia.
This is a very charming city
that generally is not included in the top places to visit
when traveling to Australia.
In the previous video, I started showing what you can do here,
and why it's worth coming.
And in this video, I'll give you a few more reasons.
First things first for the day,
Adelaide Central Market.
Look at that, I'm already greeted here in my own native language.
"Saudade" means longing or missing
something or someone in Portuguese.
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- A pizza with an egg on top.
- It's a breakfast pizza. - Yes.
And that one for you, vegetarian, you know.
Perfect for you [in Portuguese]
- Breakfast burger. Wow!
You can get an egg or you can get this.
Yeah, that looks very good. No?
- Yeah!
- There! Potato tortillas with toast.
- Wow. - I think you'll like that.
- Jumbo donuts.
- Oh, look at those.
- There are a ton of places here for breakfast.
It's amazing.
You remember the bread? - What?
Za'atar? - Yeah.
- Yeah. - It might be it.
- Can I get one of these, please? - Yeah.
- Oh, look at that.
- And look at that bread, huh?
- What's that, tomato, mozzarella?
Good?
Hot chocolates in Australia are different.
Always delicious.
Such a cool market.
It's even hard to choose what to eat.
I got something that I think it will be very unique.
- There you go, guys. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you so much.
Wow, look at this.
Honestly, I don't even know what I got. [laughs]
- It's sweet.
Is this a fig?
- Isn't it an apple? - An apple?
- No, this is not an apple.
It's a peach.
Wow, this is so amazing.
Pistachios. Mmm.
Oh, my God. I love this.
One of the most different combinations I've ever had in my life,
and it works so well.
I don't know if I'm supposed to put this on top,
but it is tasting so delicious like this that...
I'll just do it.
This was one of the most delicious things I've ever ate.
- Thank you.
- So I had to come back here and see exactly what that is.
Dutch pancake with vanilla, Earl Gray cream,
and topped with pistachios.
Absolutely amazing.
You know what it's so cool also here,
they are so agile in the way you order,
because you order and you pay right there
with your phone directly,
there's no wait in line for this, then you go to a different line for that,
everything is so fast.
- Alright, do you wanna take my photo?
- Yeah.
Yeah! [laughs]
Such a cool place for like a weekend big breakfast,
but it doesn't open on Sundays.
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Already thinking about lunch? - Yeah.
- I want my second breakfast.
- Lemon and oregano salmon skewers.
I could totally have this for lunch.
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There's a camera shop in the middle of the market.
And it's not just any camera shop,
it's the oldest camera shop in South Australia.
- Look at that, you can get this cheap.
It's all used.
Wow!
This is one of the oldest markets in Australia,
and one of the largest undercover fresh produce markets
in the Southern Hemisphere.
That is so cool.
Oh, that donut!
Look at how much they sold since when we got here.
- Yeah.
It looks so good, so good.
Oh, my God.
Mmm.
It's not a donut. This is a churro, actually.
It is the fluffiest churro I've ever had.
Absolutely amazing.
- It's good. - Isn't it?
- All mine, it's all mine.
- [laughs]
Coming out of the market,
you're greeted by this beautiful old theater.
This is Her Majesty's Theatre,
historical one here in Adelaide.
And talking about history,
let me share a few things about Adelaide's history
and how the city was a pioneer in certain areas.
This was the first city in Australia to give women the right to vote,
to recognize indigenous land rights,
and to criminalize sexual and racial discrimination.
Oh, that's interesting.
First time I see that, it shows not only how many available spots,
but also how many spots available for electric cars.
What do you say?
Victoria Towers... Majestic Theatre just down there,
so that is being built right here.
- That's nice. But what do you mean?
You want to move here? [laughs] - We buy.
Yeah. - He's always looking for places to move.
- It's too far, baby. Too far from Brazil, from the U.S.
- But you know what? Look how close it is to the market.
- [laughs] - You could go there every day
for your churro.
- What's the best thing about transport in the Central Business District?
- It's fast. - No, no, no, come on.
- It's a short distance. - No, come on. What else?
- You can have a seat. They got big windows you can look.
- It's free, baby. [laughs]
Look at what they call baby carriage: prams.
- The next stop is Art Gallery
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- The next stop is University
The next stop is the Botanic Garden.
This tram terminates here.
Wow, look at that house.
This is a historical house here in Adelaide,
and it's the only surviving house on North Terrace.
This important street over here that I showed in the previous video.
This house belonged to a politician who was the Premier here
of South Australia for five times.
In the previous video, we walked along this avenue here,
seeing the beautiful constructions,
but we didn't come until this very end here.
And, wow, the beautiful constructions continue here.
So if you're curious, you want to see a little bit more,
check out the previous vlog.
There is one avenue here in Adelaide
that concentrates a lot of the most famous constructions.
I still get a little confused as to where to look.
Why? [in Portuguese] - Well!
- You're supposed to look both ways, no matter what.
- I know, I know, but here, they drive, you know,
like in Great Britain,
so it takes us some time to get used to.
- Where to now? - The park.
- It's not just any park. Come on, what's this?
That's the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
And it's totally free to visit.
That is so cool.
- Not just free. Totally.
- Totally free.
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- It's so nice how a lot of people come here to picnic.
- Look how big this tree is.
And the bark is smooth and white.
Amazing. You know, it's called the Eucalyptus grande.
- Grandis, grandis.
- Grandis.
- Oh, so smooth.
[laughs]
Massive.
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So beautiful.
The Amazon lilies.
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Well, we're here a little late.
It's very rare when this plant here flourishes.
And it happened a few months ago, after one decade.
But in the other hand, it's kind of good,
because when it flourishes, it stinks.
No wonder this is nicknamed the corpse flower.
Yes, supposedly it smells like that.
I think you can still smell a little strange here.
It doesn't smell flowery. [laughs]
And this plant is rare.
It's raining here. [laughs]
No, I think they are watering the plants. [laughs]
Wow, it's a lot of rain.
It's so interesting that they recreate the perfect conditions like this
for the plants to survive, right?
Here, we're inside a glasshouse, and all this is free.
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They have some interesting and different things
here in Australia, right? - Do they? Only in Australia?
In Melbourne, there was the market built over an old cemetery.
- Mm-hmm. - Here, there's a Botanic Garden
near a morgue. - No!
- Insane asylum - Both, it was both.
- It was? - Yeah, yeah.
- Oh, I bet you, there's a lot of crazy ghosts.
- Ah! - [laughs]
It's not like they don't have a lot of space over here, right?
- Yeah.
It's an apple. - No, it's not.
- Yeah, it is. It's an apple. - This is not an apple.
It says right here. That's what it is.
- It's a Kamu. Kamu. - Whatever that is.
You may think that this is just messy, right?
But look at this, "wetland plants amazing water cleaners."
They absorb viruses, bacteria, heavy metals.
Wow.
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- That kind of looks like a corpse flower, you know.
- This looks like the real one.
This is a happening botanic garden,
a lot going on here, but it's only on weekends.
- Whoo! [applause]
Never ate at a botanic garden before.
Mmm.
This is an augmented reality exhibition.
- Are you saying you're not real?
You're augmented reality? - No, the exhibition.
- You're not real?
Oh, there we go.
It's mixed color, waves of color and movement.
And, you know, it gets me dizzy.
- It's like you've never seen augmented reality?!
It's like very splashy paint.
It's psychedelic... the artist did a good job.
- You know, this is an exhibition, actually, all over the world.
It's not only here. - Oh, really?
- it's a lot of botanic gardens coordinated all over the world.
- Really? What about Antarctica?
I'd do one in Antarctica. You know what it'd be?
Falling snow.
- You can learn about the artist that created it.
- Very cool. Ah, see? I told you, hallucinations.
- [laughs]
It's a hole to the other universe.
Go there, go there.
Oh, you passed through, you passed through.
No, come back, come back, come back.
- Oh, my God.
He's a man on my palm.
Oh, he's dancing in my palm.
[laughs] It tickles my palm.
He is right with you. Dance with him, Renata.
- [laughs]
Look at his face, like a kid.
[laughs]
[clapping, stomping]
Something is about to happen over here.
[didjeridoo playing]
[chanting]
We had no idea, but we were about to witness
a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony.
Please come up
This is a herbal smoke,
and it's believed to have both spiritual and physical cleansing properties
warding off bad spirits.
Wow, we caught that totally by chance
here at the right day, at the right time.
And I feel like we are a part of something special here
in Adelaide and Australia.
Let me tell you something you may not know about Adelaide.
- Tell me. - It is known as the 20-minute city.
- Why do you think that is?
- It takes 20 minutes to cross.
- Oh, you're right. Yeah.
- It supposedly takes 20 minutes to go anywhere.
Let's see how long it''ll take us to go to this other place right now
because it's probably 20 minutes by car.
- Maybe. - Not by tram.
- Not 20 minutes by foot? 20 minutes if I crawl?
How about 20 minutes if I walk backwards?
- You can try.
We're going from one end to the other
with a change in the middle.
It is free on both ends.
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Wow, so easy and convenient.
You get the tram at the Central Business District of Adelaide.
You don't need to get any special card,
just use your credit card directly inside the tram,
and then in 40 minutes, you are at the beach.
Look at this square, how lovely.
The tram arrives right here, so convenient,
and there are a lot of restaurants over here.
Welcome to Glenelg.
It's 6 p.m. and people are still coming to the beach.
Something really cool I already love about here
is that there's all this green area.
If you don't want to go to the sand,
you can sunbathe right there.
Look at you. All ready?
- I'm ready to take a dip. It's time.
- Very soft, the sand.
Oh, it feels great.
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Ooh.
Little cool, huh?
- No, it's nice.
- Okay. Now it feels very nice.
- Yeah.
This is a bay and there's an island down there.
You don't get any waves.
- Yeah. - It's not open ocean.
- See, there's people kayaking.
- There's a guy kayaking way over there.
Total flat ocean, perfect for kids
or just to relax, right? If you don't care about surfing...
- It's interesting that this water is warmer
than what I remember Bali being.
- Yeah, that's right.
Wow! Australian bikinis are like Brazilian bikinis.
Passed this gulf, what ocean is this?
- Antarctic.
It goes to the Antarctic...
- Actually, that is a debate online.
In a lot of maps and a lot of things that I read about Australia,
they say it is the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean.
But internationally, there's a consensus
that that ocean is only around Antarctica.
It doesn't come all the way here.
- Bull... So what ocean is it then?
- I don't know. - The Indian is way too far that way.
- Yeah. - Pacific is way too far that way.
So it's only one. - I agree.
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- Look at this. - It's really nice.
Wow.
Look at the beach in 1931,
totally crowded, totally packed.
But look at how people are dressed.
So interesting.
- This feels so much calmer than Southern Cal (California)
- Real beach vibe here.
Very relaxed, very nice.
- It's also not overpopulated.
Oh, how cool.
If you want to come out for a glass of wine, you can.
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There's a beach club here, look at how cool.
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Just one kilometer that way, there's a shellfish reef.
We're here.
Two very interesting things about Glenelg:
This was the first European settlement on mainland South Australia,
and today, it is the most popular beach in Adelaide.
The perfect way to end a trip to the beach.
How nice, look at everyone here enjoying the sunset.
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