What to do after the post-footy blues
SOME call it The Empty Time, some refer to the Wasted Weeks, for others it’s simply spring – those strange, languid couple of months between the end of the football and the start of the cricket.
SOME call it The Empty Time, some refer to the Wasted Weeks, for others it’s simply spring – those strange, languid couple of months between the end of the football and the start of the cricket.
It’s a time when Sports fans find themselves doing strange things like tuning in to late-night telecasts of Russian cycling races and Canadian curling tournaments, or (danger!) pretending they actually know something about horse racing and “investing” in the Spring Carnival.
But fear not, couch carrots, there are things to do while we’re waiting for the Sri Lankans and Indians to land for a summer of Test cricket and … one-day cricket and … Big Bash cricket. Here’s a handy list that you can refer to when your significant other says, “what are we doing today?”
Sign up for Ocsober
Do you drink too much? Come on, tell the truth. We could probably all do with a couple fewer sherbets or chardies every week, and Ocsober is the perfect excuse to lay off the booze for a good cause. Get a team together, get sponsored and help raise some coin to reduce drug and alcohol related harm in young people. Who knows, you might even learn to enjoy Sunday mornings again. ocsober.com.au
Go and get forked
The Fork on the Road food truck festivals a a feast for the … well, they’re a feast for your guts really. October 6 sees our city’s food trucks (and vans, and even bikes) converge on the inner south for Unley A Fork Will Do.
Head to picturesque Orphanage Park on Goodwood Rd for some of the best food in Adelaide, along with music, kids entertainment and SA craft beer, wine, gin and cider (which you won’t be able to taste because you’re doing Ocsober).
Facebook.com/forkontheroad
See a film
Some of us see films at the cinema. The rest of us watch movies at the … movies. If you’re a film buff then the Adelaide Film Festival is the perfect excuse to see the stories that might not make it to your local megaplex.
For two glorious weeks, starting from October 10, you can lock yourself away in darkened rooms without anybody judging you.
Discover your roots
If you’re a Croweater there’s a fair chance that you’ve got at least a bit of German in your family tree, and even if you haven’t you can pretend you have while Oktoberfest is on.
Oktober
Held at the Showgrounds and featuring Adelaide’s largest heated beer hall, Oktoberfest is an all-drinking, all-eating, all-dancing slice of Bavaria in Adelaide. Except most of our ancestors were dour religious types from Silesia and Prussia. Nevermind.
adelaide.oktoberfestinthegardens.com.au
Go see Mamma Mia
Show us a person who doesn’t like Abba and we’ll show you a liar. Even late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain professed his love of the Swedish sensations. Anyway, the chances of all four members of Abba burying the Viking war hatchet and actually touring again are pretty slim, so Mamma Mia is a fair compromise.
The show, which features no fewer than 22 Abba hits, starts on October 9 at the Festival Centre and runs for six weeks. mammamiathemusical.com.au
Go crazy for Asia
This year’s OzAsia Festival, running over 16 days from October 25, is set to be the biggest yet, with six world premieres, 20 Australian premiers, 22 events exclusive to Adelaide and a crowd of 35,000 expected at the annual Moon Lantern Parade.
The Lucky Dumpling Market, featuring amazing food from across Asia, is expected to draw a crowd of 75,000 across the festival. You’d be a dumpling to miss it.
ozasiafestival.com.au