We have listed our favorite places of interest

1. Adelaide
2. Kangaroo Island
3. Barossa Valley & McClaren Vale
4. Flinders Ranges

1. Adelaide

The state’s capital, is beautifully positioned on the Torrens River with stunning beaches to the west and the lush Adelaide Hills to the east. Adelaide offers café-lined streets, leafy parklands and a colorful calendar of festivals and special events. Spend time exploring the city’s distinctive architecture and be sure to visit the Adelaide Casino to see what was once the Central Railway Terminal. Visit the colorful Central Market, excellent Immigration Museum and take a tram to explore the beach resort of Glenelg, only 20 minutes from the city.

2. Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island at 155 km long, up to 55 km wide, and an area of 4,500 square kilometers, is Australia’s third largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. A wilderness refuge with an unusual history off the coast of South Australia.

Meet the locals - wallabies, goannas, koalas, kangaroos, echidnas, dolphins, sea lions, penguins, fur seals, eagles, whales and ospreys, just to name a few. Share with them the pure air and clean water that makes Kangaroo Island one of the last unspoiled wonders of the world.

Kangaroo Island is an area of outstanding natural beauty. Due to its isolation, it has suffered less than mainland areas from the impact of European development. Today, the Island still possesses rich and diverse flora and fauna seldom found elsewhere. The Island's plant catalogue lists over 850 species, as well as approximately 250 which have been introduced from other parts of the world.

There are several reasons why Kangaroo Island has become well known as a place to see wildlife in its natural habitat. More than half the Island has never been cleared of vegetation, with about one third conserved in National and Conservation Parks, including five significant Wilderness Protection Areas. The remaining uncleared areas form bush corridors between larger areas of vegetation. In addition, the absence of foxes and rabbits ensures the integrity of this uncleared bushland. Many of the roadsides exemplify a dense under storey of intact, thick eucalypt scrub and smaller herbaceous plants.

It is therefore not surprising that there is abundant wildlife, much of which is uncommon or extinct on mainland Australia. Even the casual visitor will see many wildlife species throughout the Island, particularly if two points are remembered: most of our mammals are nocturnal; wild animals also frighten easily and are most successfully observed (and least stressed) from a distance, so as not to interrupt their natural behavior.

3. Barossa Valley and McClaren Vale

Barossa Valley, less than an hour from Adelaide, is an area of beautiful countryside, picturesque villages as well as fine food and wine. The Barossa Valley is a working wine region in every sense of the word. Cosy restaurants, cellar doors, hotels and resorts seamlessly blend in with vineyards and the business of producing top quality wine; enabling you to both taste the product and learn something about making wine from grape cultivation to fermentation, blending, storing, labeling and bottling.

The Barossa was settled in the 1840s by German Lutherans who also brought the first vines to the valley. Today the region remains close to its roots. Many Shiraz, Grenache and Semillon vineyards here have vines that are between 50 and 100 years old, producing wines with exceptional depth of fruit. Other grape varieties produced in the region include Chardonnay, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, as well as Semillon and Pinot Noir in the slightly cooler Eden Valley, nearby.

McLaren Vale, located 39 km from Adelaide between the southern Adelaide hills and the sea, is a charming and substantial township surrounded by more than 40 vineyards and wineries. On every side there are fields of grapes and the signposts at various points are thick with invitations to visit cellar doors to sample the vintages and purchase the locally made wines.

The area’s hot summer growing season is tempered by cool afternoon sea breezes. The region is known for ‘old fashioned’ full-bodied reds, which have as much to do with a mild, temperate climate and complex soils as with the winemaking technique. The region’s white wines also have a certain full-flavored intensity about them. The region is best known for Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and, more recently, Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc. Its proximity to Adelaide, pleasant sea views and rustic small wineries have made McLaren Vale a thriving center, spawning many superb, character-filled restaurants and bed and breakfasts.

4. Flinders Ranges

South Australia’s vast Flinders and outback Eyre territory features incredible landscapes – the amazing Wilpena Pound and famous Oodnadatta Track to the almost endless Nullabor Plain. Wilpena Pound is the centerpiece of the magnificent Flinders Ranges National Park. From the air, Wilpena Pound resembles a lost world – the sort of place where you can imagine dinosaurs still stalking. This enormous, crater-shaped, natural amphitheatre, 11 kilometers by eight kilometers in size, lies at the heart of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges.

Wilpena’s rim consists of the stumps of mountains that were once as high as the Himalayas and have been eroded down over hundreds of millions of years. Geology and views are sensational – particularly from St Mary’s Peak The Flinders Ranges are full of fossils and wildlife, and have two national parks. Wilpena Pound itself is favored by kangaroos and euros (small wallaby-like marsupials) and 97 different types of bird, flitting over sprays of bright yellow wattle flowers and the brilliant reds and pinks of Sturt’s desert pea.