The empty retail shops in the CBD of Adelaide are quite noticeable when I walk around the city on my visits from Encounter Bay these days. I interpret them as one of the signs of the difficult economic times associated with Adelaide's slow transition from being an industrial to a post-industrial city. This is still a city undergoing de-industrialization, with a stagnant population, high poverty and unemployment rates and increased homelessness.
I accept that I cannot now photograph the CBD as I used to when I lived in the city and I walked the standard poodles in the early morning and late afternoon. As the low key commute involves an hours drive to Adelaide from Encounter Bay on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula coast, so I have to accept whatever light there is when I walk and photograph the city during the day.