Australia > South Australia

From the underground opal mining town of Coober Pedy in the Outback where you can search for precious opals in this rugged desert region, to the vineyards of the McLaren Vale Wine district and Barossa Valley for some of country's finest wines, or house boating on the Murray River. You will find a wide range of activities for both the family and intrepid explorers.

Adelaide is the state capital and is a city of about one million people with well planned streets which charmingly display the special characteristics of the architecture and gardens and give the city distinction amongst the Australian cities and serves as a stopover point on the long drive from the east and west coasts.

Attractions in the city include the Warrawong Sanctuary a small block of rehabilitated Australian bush, reintroduced animals of the Adelaide Hills and 50,000 native plants make a dawn walk, daytime walk, or nocturnal walk and really discover the Australian bush at its natural best. There are also Zoological Gardens, The Art Gallery of South Australia, The Tate Museum, The South Australian Museum, The South Australian Police Museum, South Australia's Theatre Museum, The State History Centre and the Old Treasury Building Museum

You will find spectacular coastlines with excellent fishing and surfing on the Eyre Peninsula and the Yorke Peninsula. If you are looking for some adventure visit remote Kangaroo Island or explore subterranean caves, sinkholes and extinct volcanoes.

The coastal climate is moderate, and frosts are rare, the interior is more extreme as you will discover on the trip north to Uluru and the Northern Territory.

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