SOUTH AUSTRALIA - discover the secrets!

Adelaide and Surrounds - Fine food, great wine, a sense of history and the good life - can all be found in the elegant city of Adelaide - the capital of South Australia and home to more than a million people. The city centre, surrounded by parklands, is a charming blend of historic buildings, wide streets, numerous shops, street cafes and restaurants. While the Adelaide Hills show off the seasons more dramatically than anywhere else in South Australia.
Barossa Valley - offers everything you'd expect from Australia's most famous wine region - cellar doors open for tastings, quaint cafes with homemade goodies, grand chateaux and country markets, Take a winery tour in a limousine or vintage car, or float above the valley in a hot-air balloon. Wake up in the Barossa after spending the night in a restored settler's cottage, a resort suite or a luxurious country house.
Kangaroo Island - one of the most unspoilt natural wonders of the world. One third of the island is protected as conservation and national parks, and half the island has never been cleared of native vegetation. Dodge the wildlife as you hike through dense bushland. Stretch out in your own secret spot along the island's 480 kilometres of coastline. And retire to what feels like your very own piece of paradise for the night. Accommodation is available ranging from quaint B&B's to luxury resort style.
The Mighty Murray - Delight in the contrast between outback solitude and the joyous celebrations of a vibrant culture. Notice how an afternoon will lengthen into the evening when the food is fine and the weather is warm. You can paddle a canoe through quiet backwaters; charter your own houseboat, from budget to budget-breaking luxury; take a five-night cruise on the PS Murray Princess and the Proud Mary; or take a short day trip out from the historic river ports of Mannum and Murray Bridge. You can water ski, swim and fish, or sprawl out with a good book on the banks.
Flinders Ranges and Outback - Few places in the world will inspire you like the Flinders Ranges and Outback. It's beauty on a massive scale, and mateship in the smallest pubs. It's fossicking for beautiful gemstones in frontier towns, and winding your way along tiny bushwalking tracks in huge landscapes like the awesome Wilpena Pound. You'll find ancient ranges steeped in Aboriginal legend, bird-filled lakes in the middle of the desert and pretty Flinders Ranges towns celebrating the history of heroic pioneers who opened up the continent with the Overland Telegraph and the Old Ghan railway.

Limestone Coast - Famed for its red wines, red soils and red rock lobster, the Limestone Coast is perfectly located in the middle of the Adelaide to Melbourne touring route. Drink the world-beating rich red wines of Coonawarra. Visit the spectacular Naracoorte Caves, where huge fossils have proven the existence of massive prehistoric mammals. Take a hike around Mt Gambier's Blue Lake, renowned for mysteriously turning turquoise blue every summer. See migratory birds that have flown from as far away as Siberia to rest in the Coorong National Park.

Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale - The Fleurieu Peninsula stretches from the outer edges of Adelaide down to Cape Jervis where you can catch the ferry to Kangaroo Island. The wines and produce of the Fleurieu Peninsula are well established in the hearts of gourment lovers. Across the region wine production centres abound at McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Currency Creek and along the southern coastline. The beaches offer great fishing and surfing and from June to October winter whale watching is a popular pastime.
Touring - Sometimes it's blissful to sit back and let someone else do all the work. South Australia has tour guides just waiting to show you around our tourist regions, imparting their knowledge on wines of the Barossa Valley, Aboriginal history of the Flinders Ranges, beauty and culture of Kangaroo Island and the mighty Murray River - plus much more.