SOUTH AUSTRALIA INTRO

SOUTH

AUSTRALIA

If you were to take all that is Australian – diverse wildlife, the wide open spaces and red earth of the Outback, fascinating Aboriginal culture and history, uncrowded sandy beaches, friendly locals, exceptional food & wine and rolled it all into one destination – you would have South Australia.

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Winery, McLaren Vale, SA. Credit: Tourism Australia

Home to Australia’s premier wine producing region – the Barossa Valley, the best place in Australia to see native wildlife in their natural habitat on Kangaroo Island and the historic Murray River - South Australia is rich in heritage offering something for everyone, no matter the time of the year.

TOP EXPERIENCES:

» Shop up a storm at Rundle Mall in Adelaide » Swim with the Dolphins in the seaside precinct of Glenelg » Visit bakeries, craft shops & galleries in Hahndorf - Australia’s oldest surviving German village in the Adelaide Hills » Visit Kangaroo Island - arguably the best place in

Australia to see the wildest range of Australian native animals in their natural habitats amongst dramatic coastal scenery and pristine beaches » Take a tour of historic wineries and world-famous vineyards in the Barossa Valley » Walk or cycle the 25-kilometre Riesling Trail between vineyards and restaurants, past churches and classic stone buildings in the Clare Valley » Walk to the rim of Wilpena Pound, a huge natural amphitheatre » Fossick for opals in the underground town of Coober

Pedy - recognised as the largest producer of opals in the world » Get up close to hundreds of wetland birds as you sail along the waterways of the Coorong on the

Limestone Coast » Take in sandstone cliffs from a historic paddlesteamer on the Murray River