Adelaide Day Trips
Adelaide, South Australia's capital city, is famous for its festivals, concerts, galleries and lively café society. It is also a good base from which to take day trips to the Adelaide Hills or Kangaroo Island.
Adelaide HillsA half-hour drive from Adelaide's CBD, the Adelaide Hills offers first-class hotels, authentic pubs and romantic bed and breakfast accommodation for those who want to stay longer than a day. They are also renowned for magnificent gardens and country estates, restaurants and wineries, and include the quaint historic townships of
Crafers,
Stirling,
Aldgate,
Bridgewater and
Hahndorf.
Ideas for a day out in the Adelaide Hills:
- Stroll through the Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens or one of the many gardens that participate in the open garden scheme.
- Go bushwalking along one of the scenic sections of the Heyson Trail in the Mount Lofty Ranges.
- Explore the ruins of the Governor's residence at Marble Hill, which was burned out by bushfires in the 1950s.
- Visit the National Motor Museum at Birdwood, which houses one of the world's best collections of vintage, veteran and classic cars and motorcycles.
- Take a look at train memorabilia or ride on a miniature train at the Steamranger Tourist Railway at Mount Barker, and Platform 1 Heritage Farm Railway at Littlehampton.
- Sample wonderful old-fashioned confectionery at Melba's in Woodside, or Cottage Box Chocolates in Hahndorf.
- Take a picnic or a barbecue and encounter the wildlife at Cleland Wildlife Park, Gorge Wildlife Park or Warrawong Sanctuary.
- Pick strawberries and watch the jam-making at the Beerenberg Strawberry Farm and Netherhill Strawberry Farm.
- Shop for antiques, browse through the arts and crafts galleries, visit a museum, or take a tour of 'The Cedars', Hans Heysen's house and see the house and studio as it was when this famous artist lived and painted there.
- Take in the spectacular views of Adelaide and visit the information centre at Mount Lofty Summit or enjoy South Australian wine and produce at the restaurant and outdoor café.
Kangaroo IslandKangaroo Island is just a 30 minute flight or a 40 minute ferry ride from Adelaide, and the perfect escape for a day out in the fresh sea air. It is a sanctuary for many native Australian plants and animals.