As the Federal Government’s orders closed pubs, nightclubs, cafes and restaurants (except for takeaway), indoor sports centres and cinemas, Advertiser video journalist Emily Dawe and photographers Sarah Reed and Tricia Watkinson ventured out to capture the implementation of the strict new measures and the way they have already, so quickly, altered the feel of the city – from open noisy and relaxed, to closed, still and eerily quiet.

“It was hard to comprehend how quiet Rundle St was, with minimal traffic and only a few cafes open,” Ms Dawe said.

“Gouger Street was lined with empty tables but there were plenty of ‘we’re open for takeaway’ signs,” she said.

At Henley Beach, the square, usually abuzz with young families and beachgoers, is all-but-abandoned, the chairs at nearby restaurants stacked neatly for use again … who knows when?

Rundle St, too, heaving just over a week ago with tens of thousands of festival-goers is desolate, save for a half-dozen people walking the street with acres of space between them.

The same was true for the city’s premier eating strip – Gouger St – and some of our biggest shopping centres. See more pictures from this incredible moment in Adelaide’s history, below.