Navigating Adelaide

March 2nd

Time after time, people keep telling me the same thing: Adelaide is easy to navigate because the CBD is laid out on a grid.
And in principle, it should be easy. Except that there’s no way to orient N, S, E, W – particularly since it’s been epically overcast.

There have been several instances of walking in the opposite direction of my intended destination for blocks before stopping to ask someone, only to be told, “Remember, it’s a grid.”

I didn’t forget; I just have no idea where I am.

[Making it completely irrelevant that North Terrace borders the north edge of the city, South Terrace, the south...]