Above Adelaide City in the night.
South Australia is the home to Olympic Dam which is one of the world’s biggest copper mines and may be the biggest Uranium mine too. South Australia also mines most of the world’s opals. Coober Pedy the most popular opal mining town in Australia produces almost 85% of Australia’s opals. The coastal fringe of South Australia enjoys mild summers and mild winters. Further you travel to the north, the temperature becomes hotter and climate inhospitable.
Majority of the population in South Australia lives in Adelaide the capital city of South Australia. If you visit Adelaide, it is hard to miss the Mount Lofty Ranges which provide a beautiful back drop to the capital city Adelaide.
South Australia hosts many festivals through the year and is a truly fascinating place to visit when one of the festivals are on. The Adelaide Festival of Arts, The Barossa Valley Vintage Festival, The Greek Glendi Festival, Cornish Kernewek Lowender, Schutzenfest are just to name a few.
There is so much to see and explore when you are holidaying in South Australia. Here are a few which will fascinate you;
- Couple of days in Adelaide to explore the beautiful capital city of South Australia. You can always book one of the holiday accommodation in Adelaide where you can base yourself to explore the region.
- Adelaide Hills – offers you beautiful scenery , galleries, wineries and many historic towns.
- Barossa wine region – one of Australia’s most famous wine producing regions. Variety of Barossa Valley accommodation available for those visitors who fall in love with this beautiful part of South Australia.
- Coorong National Park – Are you a bird lover? This is one of the most beautiful natural bird sanctuaries in Australia which is near the mouth of Murray River at Lake Alexadrina.
- Towns of Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo – These towns which belong to the copper triangle offering a you an insight to rich mining history.
- Innes National Park – breathtaking costal scenery and for you to marvel the beauty of wild flowers in spring.
- A drive on Stuart Highway – where you can drive from Port Augusta to Central Australia.
- Kangaroo Island – a popular holiday resort where visitors enjoy beautiful scenery, marine life and flora and fauna.
- Towns Coober Pedy and Andamooka – These are fascinating opal mining towns. The temperatures could reach up to 40C and therefore most of the town has been built underground. Recommend that you pick a cooler month to visit here.
- Mount Gambier – for you to enjoy caves and lakes, especially the famous Blue Lake. Also witness Australia’s largest pine forests when you are in Mount Gambier
- Victor Harbor – famous coastal holiday resort town popular with locals and visitors to South Australia. Visit the Riverland section to enjoy the historic towns and beautiful citrus orchards and extensive vegetable crops.
- Whalers Way in Port Lincoln – marvel the beautiful scenery on this amazing cliff top drive near Port Lincoln.
- Wilpena Pound and Arkaroola – where you can enjoy the amazing geological formation in the Flinders Ranges.
- The Heysen Trail – a well defined hiking trail which reaches from Cape Jervis to Quorn and providing extensions into Flinders Ranges.
- Yorke Peninsula – beautiful unspoilt coastline. Towns of Wallaroo, Moonta and Kadina are well worth a visit.
- The famous wine regions of McLaren, Riverland, Clare Valley, Langhorne Creek, Adelaide Hills and Coonawarra.
- Eyre Peninsula – similarly fascinating coastline. Port Lincoln in the peninsula is ideal for game fishing.
Holiday accommodation in Adelaide
Adelaide Hills accommodation
Holiday accommodation in Barossa Valley
Kangaroo Island accommodation
Holiday accommodation in Mount Gambier
Victor Harbor accommodation
Port Lincoln accommodation
Holiday accommodation in Yorke Peninsula
Holiday accommodation in Eyre Peninsula
Mount Gambier holiday accommodation
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