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Adelaide Parklands
GARDENS
The city and ritzy North Adelaide are surrounded by a broad band of parklands. Colonel
William Light, Adelaide's controversial planner, came up with the concept, which has
been both a blessing and a curse for the city. Pros: heaps of green space, clean air and
sports grounds for the kids. Cons: bone-dry in summer, perverts loitering and a sense that
the city is cut off from its suburbs. Don't miss the
Japanese Gardens
on South Tce and
the
statue of Colonel William Light
overlooking the gleaming city office towers from
Montefiore Hill.
Gilles Street Market
MARKET
(
www.gillesstreetmarket.com.au
; 91 Gilles St, Gilles Street Primary School; 10am-4pm 3rd Sun of
the month)
Kids' clothes, fashion, arts, crafts and hubbub take over an East End school
grounds. Open twice-monthly during summer.
Jam Factory Contemporary Craft & Design Centre
GALLERY
contemporary local arts and crafts, plus workshops and a hell-hot glass-blowing studio
(watch from the balcony above) turning out gorgeous glass.
Australian Experimental Art Foundation
GALLERY
(AEAF;
www.aeaf.org.au
; cnr Morphett St & North Tce, Lion Arts Centre; 11am-5pm Tue-Fri, from
2pm Sat)
F
A focus on innovation, with a hip bookshop specialising in film, architec-
ture, culture and design.
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Inner Suburbs
Coopers Brewery
BREWERY
OFFLINE MAP
( 08-8440 1800;
www.coopers.com.au
;
461 South Rd, Regency Park; 1½hr tours per person $22;
tours 1pm Tue-Fri)
You can't possibly come to Adelaide without entertaining thoughts
of touring Coopers Brewery. Tours take you through the brewhouse, bottling hall and his-
tory museum, where you can get stuck into samples of stouts, ales and lagers (some of
