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Visit Adelaide
Adelaide is the fifth largest city in Australia, situated on the eastern shores of gulf St Vincent. Adelaide has gorgeous parklands and many festivals, sporting events, and wineries that make Adelaide one of the top 10 most livable cities according to the Economist’s World Most livable cities.
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Adelaide Parklands
With Skyscrapers infiltrating the sky, and more and more people sharing the streets with cars, trucks, and buses, it is easy to see why most people call Adelaide a throwback city and a big reason for that are Adelaide’s Parklands.
Almost untouched for the last 170 years, and recently put on the World Heritage listing, the 700 hectares of parklands lets you slow down the day and take a moment out for yourself to reflect on the beauty that is right in front of your eyes.
The Parklands are made up of 29 individual parks, which are home to the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, the Victoria Park Racecourse, and the Adelaide Oval where many sporting events occur. The Adelaide Oval is considered by many as the most picturesque Test Cricket grounds in all of Australia.
It has been home to international and domestic cricket matches, Australian Rules football matches, and the Australia Sevens Rugby Union tournament, which is part of the IRB Sevens World Series.
The Oval has been, and still is, home to major concerts with many famous acts gracing the stage, including Madonna and Paul McCartney (1993), Michael Jackson (1996), Pearl Jam (2009), and AC/DC (2010).
To put the Parklands into some perspective think about this: The Parklands are three times the size of New York City’s Central Park.
Think you can see everything the Parklands has to offer in one day?
Adelaide Wineries
The Barossa Valley is a well-known wine-growing region, with up to fifty wineries operating in the area. A half hours drive from Adelaide, the Barossa Valley boasts some of Australia’s most famous wineries, including Jacobs Creek and Penfolds.
The Barossa also hosts many festivals and celebrations, from gourmet food festivals, music festivals, and visual arts festivals.
Adelaide Festivals
Enjoying the many festivals that occur year round is essential when in Adelaide. To name all of the festivals and happenings Adelaide has to offer would take up so much paper that the idea goes against “being green”, but here are a few of them to spark your imagination.
The French Festival was started in 2000 in the gardens of Carnick Hill with each festival themed differently and revolving around the different regions of France to promote French language and culture. The Adelaide Fringe Festival is an annual arts festival in Adelaide and is the second largest fringe festival held in the world.
Held for two months in February and March the festival showcases hundreds of cabaret, comedy, dance, theatre, music, and visual arts events.
The Schutzenfest is a German festival held annually in Adelaide hosted by the SA German Association in Adelaide’s Ellis PARK. Over 40 stalls serving traditional German food and beer celebrating German culture and heritage.
Adelaide, see you there
Adelaide can be overlooked many times on trips to Australia, but with a city that has so much to offer why would anyone want to miss out on all the exciting happenings going on in the city.
If Madonna and Paul McCartney put it on their agenda, we think you can too.
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