What to do in SA?

[rogerg (Roger)]

OK, so I've worked out that Adeliade is a town in SA, but what else is there to know about things to do and see in SA?

Seriously... my partner is getting a work trip to Adelaide in early December. I'm going to hitch a ride and fly over there with her, then we'll have an extra week or something of holiday attached to her 3 days of work. Nothing set in concrete yet.

Neither of us know anything about SA. We're going to be staying somewhere near the CBD .. near the botanic gardens for a while. She has to fly to Ceduna for at least a day to visit Venus Bay (although I see on a map they aren't close??), so there's the option of me flying there with her and us spending a few days around that area too.

We're both the hiking & photographing kind of people. Happy to drive reasonable distances - we're assuming we'll get a hire car. Also interested in what more normal touristy stuff there is. Also not sure if there's some kind of outback tours that would be good to get us into some different territory to what we're used to over here in the west/south-west?

Ideas?

Thanks for any tips!



Roger.

[Exfso (Peter)]

ok if you love wine,you are coming to the best place in Australia. Barossa, southern vales. you can not go wrong.

[slice of heaven]

Kangaroo Island, I'd put that at the top as a must do. You can fill in a good couple of days just sight seeing.

Flinders ranges is another good area.

[xelasnave]

The architecture may be of interest... if not I know the fella that used to own the pub
alex

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by slice of heaven

Kangaroo Island, I'd put that at the top as a must do. You can fill in a good couple of days just sight seeing.

Flinders ranges is another good area.

I notice the Flinders Ranges extend a long way inland. Do you have to go far inland to get a good experience in them? What kind of travel distance would you recommend?

Thanks,
Roger.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by chuck69

ok if you love wine,you are coming to the best place in Australia. Barossa, southern vales. you can not go wrong.

Actually... wine is something we're not too keen on So that rules that one out...

Roger.

[fringe_dweller]

I agree with Slice, KI is my favourite holiday destination, still close to adelaide, in SA, by far, magic and world class.
I kinda like the architecture in the copper triangle ie Burra, Kapunda - places and towns along the 'ol man murray river are kinda cool, house boats ect. culminating in the coorong murray mouth, another fave, BIG walks along the beaches there.
I love the genuine huge expanse outback as well, plenty of it LOL, thats abit of driving tho - but differing much from WA outback i wouldnt know? ie great expanses of nothing/saltbush.
yep flinders rocks, pardon the pun, again dont know how much that differs from any similar WA experience - the more remote, northern flinders ect, the better - but thats serious driving and 4wd stuff, especially with early dec being summer conditions probably, awesome night skies!
southern flinders has some nice spots/pockets - melrose for instance - do the mt remarkable walk, thats not bad for a closish spot quickie. wilpena pound is the most common destination in the flinders proper.
S/E corner of SA is very nice, particularly the coast, and border with vic
All the good bits in SA are very far apart unfortunately, and need 4WD for the choicest bits imo.
The far west coast is gorgeous and excellent and chockers full of goodies, but so bloomin far away it might as well be another country for most city dwellers here - but plenty of good stuff on the coastline all the way over there, I would hazard a guess
SA, altho obviously not as big, like WA, is just simply massive, hard to generalise.
My favourite thing about SA personally, is the massive endless areas of dark skies and clear weather, generally speaking.

[asimov (John)]

Venus bay is a lovely area. If your staying there any length of time you must see Talia caves. Ask any local for directions.