“Please stay on the sand – swimming is not permitted” is an unusual PSA to see before an opening night performance at the Adelaide festival.
It’s also kind of novel at Glenelg/Pathawilyangga, Adelaide’s most popular beach, where hundreds of people – from tween girls to 80-somethings – are camped out on towels and folding chairs as the sun inches over the horizon before being swallowed by sea.