River Torrens like: Sheoak ("Casuarina stricta"), native cherry ("Exocarpos cupressiformis"), native pine ("Callitris preissii") and Australia's floral emblem the golden wattle ("Acacia pycnantha") From its source the river flows westwards through Birdwood and Gumeracha. It then continues down through Torrens Gorge entering suburban Adelaide at Athelstone with some of its path paralleled by the O-Bahn Busway. It passes between the city-centre and North Adelaide, forming the Torrens Lake between the Adelaide Zoo and a weir opposite Adelaide Gaol. The river then continues the remaining eight kilometres to the sea at Henley Beach South, emptying into Gulf St Vincent via a constructed outlet.
José Anastasio Torrens Córdova. As a result of his secondary participation in a plot against the Colombian President, and his systematic involvement in local politics, Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister cancelled his diplomatic passport and asked him to leave the country. Back in Mexico, Torrens was ignored for other public missions until he was appointed brigadier general in Michoacán, on 4 February 1854, and died three years later in Mexico City. José Anastasio Torrens José Anastasio Torrens (1790 – 1857) was a Mexican colonel in the army of José María Morelos who served as chargé d'affaires of Mexico to the United States from 3