The Secret Fairy Door of Rundle Street

People have a tendency to be absorbed in their own little bubble when they are out and about. It's easy to stroll along the street peering at your phone, amble along looking at your feet or to hastily brush past people as you quickly walk to the bus, your next meeting or simply to get home. I myself am guilty of this habit and am only recently learning to slow down and really see what is in your surroundings. This morning I took a tour of Adelaide and had a big surprise!

Today was a scorching 39 degree Celsius day which meant that the day was already hot first thing in the morning, having cooled down to 30 degrees by midnight the night before. Our tour consisted of us scuttling across the gaps in the shade as we crossed the road, and then crowding together behind the next building, jostling and shuffling to get a place in the small square of ground which offered minimal relief to the burning sun.

As we crowded around a Boutique on one of the busiest streets of Adelaide, someone pointed down to the wall below the display window and exclaimed 'Look! What's that?'. As we shuffled closer and peered down to an area which none of us would have glanced at twice, we saw the most peculiar miniature door positioned in the wall.

This little door was a 'fairy door' and is the only one left of seven of the historical doors which were built in the 1800s at different locations around Adelaide. While this in itself was unusual, the strangest fact is that no one knows why these doors were built or even who built them, they simply appeared and have remained a mystery.

It it amazing what you can see when you open up your eyes and take the time to look around you at the hidden beauty that can be found in the quaint little city of Adelaide.