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sA Discover Adelaide, South Australia’s elegant and cultured capital. Soak up Adelaide’s colonial elegance in the spacious green parklands, bustling Adelaide Central Markets and the museums and libraries of North Terrace. Swim with dolphins in Glenelg, explore Hahndorf and other picturesque villages in the Adelaide Hills, and wind between world-class wineries in the nearby Barossa and Clare Valley. Visit for international events such as the Santos Tour Down Under. Check out the wine bars, boutiques, art house cinemas and elegant restaurants on Rundle Street and explore the retail smorgasbord of Rundle Mall, Skip from cultural attractions to the coast in Adelaide, where restaurants, parklands and wine regions are also within easy reach. Explore the city’s past in the grand stone buildings along North Terrace. Discover the youthful energy humming beneath the city’s elegant exterior along Rundle Street and Gouger Street’s popular dining strip. Lose yourself in parklands, which sprawl around more than half the city. Swim with dolphins in Glenelg and enjoy summer festivities in beachside Henley. Do a day trip to the Fleurieu Peninsula, stopping to see wineries, play on white beaches, trek the rugged coastline and get up close to wildlife. Jump on a tram to Glenelg on Holdfast Bay, where you can watch the passing parade from a Jetty Road café. Browse the shops, dive beneath the waves or relax on the white, sandy beach. From here you swim with dolphins or take an adrenalin-pumping ride along the coast on a jet boat. Wander along the esplanade to the seaside village of Brighton, then take a bus to Port Adelaide. Spend the afternoon exploring the museums, gentrified warehouses and historic streetscapes of the city’s maritime heart. Hire a car and drive south into the McLaren Vale wine region, where you can visit galleries and cellar doors and buy olives, oils, cheeses, almonds and berries from roadside stalls and orchards. If you’re feeling energetic, hire a bike and cycle along the old railway track to arty Willunga. Adelaide has so much to see and do and is definitely a must see destination. National Railway Museum Australia’s largest undercover railway museum comprises two large display pavilions, housing more than 76 Lipson Street Port Adelaide SA 5015 T 8341 1690 open daily 10am to 4.30pm [email protected] www.natrailmuseum.org.au 100 exhibits - locomotives, passenger carriages and railcars. Minature train rides every day. www.touring-australia.net 31