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Adelaide

Sophisticated, cultured, neat-casual − the self-image Adelaide projects is a nod to the days of free colonisation. Adelaidians may remind you of their convict-free status – and of the Kaurna Aboriginal heritage of this land – but the stuffy, affluent origins of the 'City of Churches' did more to inhibit development than promote it.

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  • Test cricket match at the Adelaide Oval with the heritage scoreboard in background.

    Adelaide Oval

    Adelaide

    Hailed as the world’s prettiest cricket ground, the Adelaide Oval hosts interstate and international cricket matches in summer, plus national AFL and…

  • Central market.

    Central Market

    Adelaide

    A tourist sight or a shopping op? Either way, satisfy your deepest culinary cravings at the 250-odd stalls in superb Adelaide Central Market. A sliver of…

  • Front entrance (The Elder Wing) of the Art Gallery of South Australia.

    Art Gallery of South Australia

    Adelaide

    Spend a few hushed hours in the vaulted, parquetry-floored gallery that represents the big names in Australian art. Permanent exhibitions include…

  • Australia, South Australia, Adelaide. The South Australian Museum.

    South Australian Museum

    Adelaide

    Dig into Australia’s natural history with the museum's special exhibits on whales and Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson. Over two levels, the amazing…

  • Migration Museum

    Migration Museum

    Adelaide

    This engaging social-history museum tells the story of the many migrants who have made SA their home. The museum has info on 100-plus nationalities logged…

  • MOD.

    MOD.

    Adelaide

    Innovative MOD. science museum on the University of South Australia campus races towards the future, with seven interactive, surprising gallery spaces…

  • Adelaide-Himeji Garden

    Adelaide-Himeji Garden

    Adelaide

    Exquisitely manicured, fenced Japanese gardens on a quiet reach of South Tce. A top spot for a quiet lunch/mediation/snooze in the sun. Himeji is Adelaide…

  • South Australian Aviation Museum

    South Australian Aviation Museum

    Adelaide

    This not-for-profit collection of retired old birds (plus rockets from Woomera and a not-so-old F-111) roosts in an old hangar in the Port Adelaide back…

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