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Adelaide - Destination Adelaide

Adelaide, South Australia's capital is surrounded by the Mount Lofty Ranges and Adelaide Hills, straddles the Torrens River and is circled by parkland.  The city, designed by Colonel William Light in 1836, encompasses a square mile grid of wide streets featuring gracious colonial architecture.

Adelaide's million or so people love to take advantage of the areas Mediterranean style climate and every two years the city stages the internationally acclaimed Adelaide Festival of Arts and Festival Fringe - festivals which lead to the city being named the Festival State.

Adelaide's main street is King William St leading to Victoria Square at the city centre.  You will find the museum and university in North Terrace, the nightlife in Hindley Street, the main shopping area in Rundle Mall and café strip further east on Rundle Street.

The National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya, is a museum and venue for fostering and developing Aboriginal art, culture, visual and performing arts.  Tandanya is a great place to learn about the indigenous history of the area. 

 

To the cities west is Chinatown and the Central Markets were you could forget about backpacking food and indulge your senses with an array of fresh produce from the region.

Adelaide spreads much further than the inner city 'enclaves' with the most popular and easily accessible beach is at Glenelg.  Try some fish and chips on the main strip of Jetty Road. The water at Glenelg is clam and great for swimming.

Adelaide is an easy relaxing city with a great café strip, good nightlife and beautiful setting.

Population:   1,092,9000 people
Time zone:    Central Standard Time GMT +9.5hrs
Telephone code: 08

Images courtesy of the South Australian Tourism Commission