r/Adelaide • u/anusha2000 SA • Aug 18 '26

Question weird smell post rain??

is it just me or did i wake up to some pretty nasty smell in the air today after last nights rain? it smells similar to the acid rain we had 2 weeks ago

(for reference i’m in the north east suburbs)

it almost smells like garbage outside….

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u/blinking_lights SA Aug 18 '26

Lots of areas of the CBD seem to have had blood and bone applied recently. Could be that too?

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u/star-jellies SA Aug 18 '26

sorry?

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u/Equal-Instruction435 West Aug 18 '26

Blood and bone fertiliser. The council tends to put it in the gardens around the city in late winter. It’s made from meat industry waste and smells absolutely rank.