This is the Adelaide & South Australia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Australia guidebook.
Escape the frenzy of Australia’s east coast with a few days in gracious, relaxed South Australia (SA). The driest state in the planet’s driest inhabited continent, SA beats the heat by celebrating life’s finer things: landscapes, festivals, food, and wine.
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- settle in for a cricket match or some Australian rules football at the magnificent Adelaide Oval, then catch some live tunes in this Unesco ‘City of Music’
- swirl and quaff your way through McLaren Vale, the most popular wine region in SA
- day-trip through Adelaide’s backyard, with cellar doors, markets and historic towns
Coverage includes: Adelaide & around, Hahndorf, Stirling Area, Gumeracha, Birdwood & Lobethal, Fleurieu Peninsula, McLaren Vale, Willunga, Gulf St Vincent Beaches, Victor Harbor, Port Elliot, Goolwa, Kangaroo Island, Penneshaw & Dudley Peninsula, Kingscote, North Coast Road, Cygnet River & South Coast Road, Flinders Chase National Park, Barossa Valley, Tanunda, Nuriootpa, Angaston, Clare Valley, Auburn, Mintaro, Clare, Murray River, Murray Bridge, Mannum, Waikerie, Loxton, Berri, Renmark & Paringa, Limestone Coast, Robe, Meningie & Coorong National Park, Mount Gambier, Penola & the Coonawarra Wine Region, Yorke Peninsula, West Coast, East Coast, South Coast & Innes National Park, Eyre Peninsula, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Coffin Bay, Streaky Bay & around, Ceduna & around, the Western Australia Border & around, Flinders Ranges, Southern Ranges, Quorn, Hawker, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, Blinman & Parachilna, Outback South Australia, Woomera & around, Coober Pedy, When to Go, Best Places to Stay.