Adelaide & South Australia Holidays

Where is Adelaide & South Australia?
South Australia sprawls from the centre of the country to the south coast, sharing its borders with the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Adelaide sits in the southwest of the state, flanking the Gulf of Saint Vincent, and is the region’s main transport hub thanks to its international airport. Smaller airports offer domestic connections, including Mount Gambier, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln and Kingscote.

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Adelaide
Australia’s wine capital, Adelaide combines a world-class culinary scene with an impressive array of cultural lures, best-seen in its string of annual festivals – not least Adelaide Fringe, the world’s second-biggest arts festival. Its cultural hub, North Terrace, is home to a plethora of galleries and museums, and you can’t come without taking a stroll through Adelaide Central Market, where you’ll find produce from South Australia and beyond. For a dose of nature, Adelaide Zoo and the Adelaide Botanic Gardens are well worth a visit. If you fancy flopping on the beach, Glenelg is a 20-minute tram ride from the centre with restaurants, boutique shops and a beach club lining a stretch of soft white sand.

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Wildlife Isle
Reached by a 45-minute ferry from Adelaide, Kangaroo Island is something of a sanctuary for wildlife, with penguins, wallabies, koalas and seals residing alongside its most famous inhabitants – kangaroos. The pace is happily slow here, but you won’t be short on things to do, with excellent restaurants, boutique wineries, untouched beaches and local art galleries among the lures. It’s laid-back and underdeveloped, which is all part of the charm, and there’s a number of protected areas to amble around. Highlights include Flinders Chase National Park, home to towering sugar-gum forests and dramatic rock formations, and Seal Bay Conservation Park, where you can see a colony of sea lions endemic to SA and WA.

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Flinders Ranges
Less than a five-hour drive from Adelaide, the Flinders Rangers are the perfect introduction to Australia’s Outback. Here towering cliffs and arid craters pockmark scarlet-red sand, with sunsets painting the sky pink, peach and purple. Emus, wallabies and kangaroos inhabit its Mars-like landscapes, while ancient Aboriginal rock paintings are found across the region – recalling its sacred status among the people who’ve long called it home. Visit the natural amphitheatre of Wilpena Pond to see these dramatic rock formations at their best, or come at night to see star-covered skies untainted by any light pollution.

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Wonderful wine regions
There’s good reason South Australia has garnered a reputation for its viticulture. A 50-minute drive from Adelaide, the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale are known for Shiraz, produced from some of the oldest grape vines in the world. For exceptional Rieslings, head to the Clare Valley, 90 minutes north of the city. Here you’ll find a number of award-winning producers, alongside scenic cycling and walking trails scattered between lush, rolling landscapes in true, South Australia style.

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