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City Highlights Adelaide is known as the city of parks, gardens and churches. Most unlike big cities, it is more akin to a large county town; easy going, inhabited by very friendly South Aussies called “Crow Eaters” as in earlier times, desperate farmers, attempting to grow wheat in dry, arid lands, are suspected to have eaten the black crow spirit bird. The city is internationally known for its two week long, major Arts Festival held every two years. Walk along the North Terrace, an elegant boulevard and visit Parliament House, Government House, the museum and the Art Gallery. See the Botanic Gardens and the Adelaide Railway Station, a huge classic 1929 sandstone building that has been converted to the Adelaide Casino with the only remaining rail service operating from the underground level. Many heritage buildings and the Bicentennial Conservatory, with tropical plants from the Asia-pacific region, are located in the Botanic Gardens. Nearby is the Adelaide Festival Centre, a modern performing arts complex with five theatres used for conventions and trade shows as well as music, dance, drama, opera, mime and film. Tandanya is a museum and venue fostering Aboriginal art, culture, visual and performing arts. Shop at the Rundle Mall. Many Australian cities and towns have malls where the roads are closed to traffic and have been converted to huge, street covered and open shopping centers. The pedestrian comes first in Australia. The Rundle Mall is no exception. Shop at the cities major department stores and arcades while the eastern end of Rundle Street boasts many outdoor cafes and a market. Take a tour and learn about the gastronomical and cultural history of Central Market where you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry and even tailor made items such as individual coffee blends. Outdoor Fun Ride the tram from the city center to the seaside suburb of Glenelg with its wide, white, sandy beaches, grand old homes and many restaurants. Don’t miss Glenelg’s “all you can eat” seafood buffet where you can feast on all the delights of the ocean including oysters, sand crabs, lobster, quaffed down with an inexpensive but excellent Barossa Valley wine. The nearby eastern Adelaide Hills, also known as the Lofty Ranges, provides splendid views of the city and its parklands. Visit Cleveland Conservation Park, an open-range wildlife park near Mt Lofty or Warrawong Sanctuary, home to a large variety of platypus, kangaroos, wallaby and many other native animals. Nightlife
Sports Adelaide, like all other Australian towns and cities, has a very sports active community. Aussie Rules, cricket, tennis, squash, golf, soccer and the ever popular horse racing. Adelaide Cricket Ground - See
Aussie Rules and international cricket. Seasonal. Adelaide Golf Adelaide Golf
The parks and garden city of Australia. Three world class, private sand-belt course are to be found here. Royal Adelaide, Kooyonga and
The Grange East & West courses. International visitors are welcome but you should carry a letter of introduction from your club.
Restricted visitor times apply (Kooyonga visitor policy tbc). Other regional courses well worth the time to play are Victor Harbour,
south of Adelaide, Mount Gambier, east, and the Riverland travelling to Adelaide from the north-western Murray River golf region.
Play all year round. See Adelaide golf courses: Royal Adelaide Kooyonga Grange East Grange West Glenelg Golf club Other South Australian courses: Victor Harbour - Links Lady Bay - Mt Gambier - Riverland
Golf & Wine Tanunda, Eudunda, Kapunda, Nurioopta, and Angaston are the villages of today’s generation of once German refugees who settled the Barossa Valley over 100 years ago. You will find wineries such as Wolf Blass, TNT Tolleys, Seppelts and Orlando where the well known Jocobs Creek red is produced. Many buildings and shops reflect the European tradition of this region. Names such as Swartzchoff, Luckie and Schmidt are common in this beautiful and glorious valley.
Other top wine growing regions are McLaren Vale on the Fleurieu Peninsula, the Adelaide Hills, the Riverland east of Adelaide but the best red wine region is Coonawarra, south east near the Victorian border, where world award winning red wines are produced. Coonawarra is located on the same 20’ deep sand belt that runs through South Australia and Victoria, hence the famous Melbourne and Adelaide sand belt golf courses that drain within the hour after heavy rain. Ideal for red wine production, as well as for world class golf courses. Events - What's on in Adelaide Beyond the City Kangaroo Island, accessible by ferry or plane, is Australia’s third largest island, with beautiful bush, national parks and abundant wildlife, including a permanent breeding colony of sea lions. The Remarkable Rocks along the southern coastline are among the island’s many wonders. Day and extended tours are available. Do ride the Pichi Richi Railway at Quorn. The railway is an operating museum, operating regular heritage train journeys on the oldest remaining section of the famous old narrow-gauge Ghan railway. Quorn, is the gateway to the Flinders Ranges, 155 miles north of Adelaide. These spectacular mountains, stretching for about 250 miles into the Outback, are noted for their rich colours, majestic peaks, wilderness areas, prolific wildlife, historic ruins and Aboriginal rock paintings. Activities are camping and bush walking. The best time is in the spring (Sept) when the prolific wildflowers bloom. The lower mountains and plains are absolutely covered in a thick carpet of richly coloured wildflowers that reach further than the eye can see.
Also see the Yorke Peninsula Getting Around There is an extensive public transport system of buses and trains that operate between the city and the suburbs. The only tram runs from the city center to the beachside suburb of Glenelg. A free “Bee Line” bus operates in the city center and the Adelaide Explorer Bus follows a 21 mile circuit, stopping at major attractions. See Adelaide Rail and Great Southern Railways for Australia's great train journeys
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