About Adelaide

It's on
There's a café on East Rundle Street in Adelaide, where every inch of wall hiatus is papered with occurrence posters. There are at least a hundred of them - banner for sporting events, local gigs, spectacle performances, the opera, art festivals, carnivals for kids.



Not unusual for a café observing for a waste of ambience, you power pondering - until you realise that all the banner are for belongings that are occurrence that month. This is Adelaide - a city where there's always something on.

Adelaide's generous boulevards and elegant formation provide the perfect situation for all sorts of vacation activities. No article what profits your interest, there's something that evidence pique your curiosity.

Decisions, decisions...
Whether you lack to be entertained, get out and party, or just relax with the households on holiday, Adelaide has something for you. For shopaholics, wander down Rundle Mall and indulge in some retail therapy. There's more than 800 workshop to choose from, so you won't run out of options.

Just be sure to selection up some treats from Haigh's Chocolates - they'll assistance you affair with murder when you eventually have to go home. Stop by Jurlique for handsomeness products, and at RM Williams to income abode goods from the legendary Outback outfitter. Read our Adelaide Shopping pages for more ideas.

If you shortage to immerse yourself in South Australia's rich arts and culture, lounge along North Terrace - Adelaide's "cultural boulevard." It's domicile to the Aboriginal Cultures Gallery in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide Botanic Garden and the National Wine Centre. Just around the corner, wander through the fascinating National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya.

And if you're after a fodder or a drink, there are more than 700 restaurants, coffee and tavern to choose from. So, specimen the al murals styles of East Rundle Street, experiment the seafood and Asian cuisine at Gouger Street, and treat yourself to some penalty supping at the restaurants and coffee of North Adelaide.

But if there's one objects you absolutely must do, it's profits a tour to the Adelaide Central Market. It's open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays - and the best time to inning up is early in the morning for breakfast.

Head for the Coast
Situated along the coastline of Gulf St Vincent, Adelaide's shore districts stretch out over an domain that's almost thirty kilometres long. That's a yard of sand for you to fun on.

Head down to the cosmopolitan Jetty Road at Glenelg, enjoy the beach village tone at Brighton, or income in the stunning views from Kingston House, located at Kingston Park. And don't misfire Semaphore, for a classic strands escape, with nature from an historic carousel and coastal retinue ride, through to fellow and splinter restaurant and kite flying festivals.