Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
and sells park passes and camping permits. A 'Two Month Holiday Pass' ($40 per
vehicle; $70 including camping) covers entry to most of SA's parks, excluding the desert
parks and Flinders Chase on Kangaroo Island.
Wine Regions
Let's cut to the chase: we all know why you're here. South Australian wines are arguably
the best in the world, and there's no shortage of wine regions − both established and
emerging − in which to taste them. The key players:
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Adelaide Hills
Impressive cool-climate wines in Adelaide's backyard.
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Barossa Valley
Old-school estates and famous reds.
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Clare Valley
Niche riesling vintages and cosy weekend retreats.
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Coonawarrra
Lip-smacking cabernet sauvignon on the Limestone Coast plains.
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McLaren Vale
Awesome shiraz and vine-covered hillsides rolling down to the ocean.
Activities
With hills, beaches, forests, deserts and wide-open spaces, there's pretty much nothing
you can't do in SA (well, apart from skiing…). The
Trails SA
(
www.southaustraliantrails.com
)
website is chockers with information on activities, includ-
ing horse riding, canoeing, bushwalking, cycling and diving, with safety tips, maps and
useful links.
Bushwalking
SA's national parks and conservation areas have thousands of kilometres of marked trails
traversing eye-popping wilderness. Around Adelaide there are walks to suit all abilities
in the Mt Lofty Ranges, including trails in Belair National Park and Morialta Conserva-
tion Park; see
www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks
for details.
In the Flinders Ranges there are outstanding walks in Mt Remarkable National Park
and Flinders Ranges National Park.
Diving
This ain't the Great Barrier Reef, but it's still an ace place to don your flippers and tanks
and check out leafy sea dragons, seals, nudibranchs, sponge beds, dolphins and endemic
species.
