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Bus also runs a 4-day trip from Alice Springs to Adelaide, via Coober Pedy and
the Flinders National Park (and vice versa) leaving twice weekly. This includes 2
nights camping and 2 nights in a bunkhouse. The trip costs A$395 (US$257)
from Adelaide to Coober Pedy, and A$770 (US$500) from Adelaide to Alice
Springs.
Another bus company the Nullabor Traveller (P.O. Box 72, Glensside, SA
5065; & 08/8364 0407; www.the-traveller.com.au) takes adventurous travelers
from Adelaide to Perth in 9 days across the Nullabor Plain. The tour includes a
mixture of camping and pub accommodations and most meals. It costs A$945
(US$614) in summer, and A$72 (US$47) more in winter (with more accom-
modations instead of camping). The company offers a range of other tours,
including a 6-day trip to Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre, and the Flinders Ranges for
A$550 (US$357); a 2-day tour to Kangaroo Island for A$310 (US$201) in
dorm rooms and A$365 (US$237) in a double; a full-day tour of the Barossa
Valley for A$49 (US$32); and a 3 1 2 -day trip along the Great Ocean Road for
A$310 (US$201) in a dorm and A$440 (US$286) in a double.
By Car To drive from Sydney to Adelaide takes roughly 20 hours via the
Hume and Sturt highways; from Melbourne it takes around 10 hours via the
Great Ocean Road and Princess Highway; from Perth it takes 32 hours via the
Great Eastern and Princess highways; and from Alice Springs it takes 15 hours
of remote driving on the Stuart Highway. For more information on driving dis-
tances consult www.auinfo.com/distancecalc_process.asp.
VISITOR INFORMATION Go to the South Australia Visitor & Travel
Centre, 18 King William St. ( & 1300/655 276 in Australia, or 08/8303 2033;
fax 08/8303 2249), for maps, travel advice, and hotel and tour bookings. It's
open weekdays from 8:30am to 5pm, weekends from 9am to 2pm. There's an
info booth on Rundle Mall ( & 08/8203 7611 ), open daily from 10am to 5pm.
CITY LAYOUT Adelaide is easy to navigate because of its gridlike pattern,
planned down to each wide street and airy square by Colonel William Light in
1836. The city's official center is Victoria Square, where you'll find the Town
Hall. Bisecting the city from south to north is the city's main thoroughfare,
King William Street. Streets running perpendicular to King William Street
change their names on either side, so that Franklin Street, for example, changes
into Flinders Street. Of these cross streets, the most interesting are the restaurant
strips of Gouger Street and Rundle Street, the latter running into the pedestrian-
only shopping precinct of Rundle Mall. Another is Hindley Street, with its inex-
pensive restaurants and nightlife. On the banks of the River Torrens just north
of the city center, you'll find the Riverbank Precinct, the home of the Festival
Centre, the Convention Centre, and the Skycity Adelaide Casino. Bordering the
city center on the north and south are North Terrace, which is lined with gal-
leries and museums and leads to the Botanic Gardens, and South Terrace.
Follow King William Street south and you'll be chasing the tram to the beach-
side suburb of Glenelg; follow it north, and it crosses the River Torrens and
flows into sophisticated North Adelaide, an area crammed with Victorian and
Edwardian architecture. The main avenues in North Adelaide, O'Connell and
Melbourne streets, are lined with restaurants, cafes, and bistros that offer the
tastes of a multicultural city.
To the northwest of the city center is Port Adelaide, a seaport and the his-
toric maritime heart of South Australia—home to some of the finest colonial
buildings in the state, as well as good pubs and restaurants.
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