DESTINATION INFORMATION
Adelaide is a city with visual harmony and a classical elegant style. In 1837, Colonel William Light had broad streets laid out, surrounded by generous green parkland. The result is a place where traffic seldom jams, the inner-city highlights are easily walkable and it's virtually impossible to get lost.
Located beside the River Torrens between the Adelaide Hills and waters of Gulf St Vincent, the city has its own quiet confident air of individuality that gives it instant appeal.
Adelaide is blessed with a good life that no other Australian city can match, which combine to make it a great city to visit, whether staying in the city or by the sea. It has preserved its heritage and its links with the past, offering a wealth of tourism experiences that are readily accessible from the city. The food and wine encounters start right in the city centre with the National Wine Centre, Adelaide Central Market, vibrant cafes, and restaurants boasting some of Australia's best chefs.
Surrounded by not only parklands, allowing the city to breather, but also sports fields, a top-class golf course, walking and cycling tracks and beautiful gardens, there is a unique sense of space. Suburban parks, street tree canopies and private gardens make this an urban place that's surprisingly close to nature.
For approaching 20 years, Edwin Doran Sports Travel have established very close ties with Westminster School in Adelaide. They have visited the UK on several occasions during this time with cricket, hockey, netball, music and educational tours. They have also frequently and generously acted as hosts to several UK schools who have visited Adelaide.
A short distance away at St Kilda, you can ride a restored tramcar along a two kilometre track at the beach front, and visit the museum, which houses operational examples of each type of tram previously used on the Adelaide system. Also on display are static examples of each type of trolley bus used, a gallery of photographs, maps and historical information.
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WHAT TO DO
Top 10 Things to do:
- AAMI Stadium Tours ~ AAMI Stadium has been recently opened for guided tours, available weekdays, excluding South Australian National Football League and Australian Football League match days. Ideal for social club groups, tourist and coach operators or just a group of friends interested in this magnificent South Australian venue. The tour includes the main oval via player's race, changing rooms, view of the city from the top of the grandstand, and other areas.
- Adelaide Gaol ~ Take a walk around the old Adelaide Gaol historic site on a guided or a self-guided tour and see aspects of prison life in South Australia over a period of 141 years. Take a ghost tour - or sleep in the gaol overnight! Come and do time with us.
- Adelaide Zoo ~ Offering more than a traditional children's outing, the zoo is the place you to learn about the world's rare and endangered mammals, birds reptiles and fish and to take a closer look at some of Australia's own native animals. It's beautifully landscaped with habitat exhibits, walk-through aviaries full of trees, and a superb reptile house. Visitors are magically transported from a Queensland rainforest to a northern swamp and a moment later to a South East Asian Rainforest.
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The Bradman Collection ~ Sir Donald Bradman was the greatest batsman in the history of cricket and you can see his priceless and personal collection of cricket memorabilia spanning from 1927 to 1977. This world class exhibition is dedicated to an Australian legend and who made Adelaide his home. Enjoy the ambience of this magnificently housed exhibition in one of Adelaide's finest 19th century buildings.
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Kart Mania ~ Kart Mania offers a controlled environment with all the excitement and competitiveness of Formula One racing. Everything is supplied including genuine race karts, protective gear and a 320 metre track. Safe and fully supervised, Kart Mania can cater for kids and right up to racing enthusiasts. Also at the same venue, Lazer Mania ~ An interactive game, computer controlled with full digital sound. Can be played with two to 12 players. Wearing a battle suit and armed with a lazer pistol, your mission is to seek and destroy the enemy base in the large two storey spacecraft.
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Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute ~ This is a unique place to explore and experience contemporary and traditional Aboriginal cultural expression, through the performing and visual arts. Tandanya exhibits the work of emerging and established Indigenous artists, and is the gateway to a better understanding of the diversity of Aboriginal people and culture. Various programmes for tours lasting from 40 minutes to 3 hours at various sites throughout the city.
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Opal Field Gems Mine and Museum ~ Experience opal mining without having to leave the city in this meticulously re-created opal mine of the type found in Coober Pedy. The walls contain real opal and the picture is completed with tools and implements actually used in the mining of opal during the early 1970's.
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Popeye Motor Launches ~ A 40 minute cruise with commentary, Popeye is a very popular Adelaide icon, which is an attraction for all ages to enjoy, cruising on one of the most attractive waterways in Australia.
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Rodney Fox's Shark Experience ~ Since Rodney Fox's miraculous survival of a savage shark attack in 1963 he has devoted his life to the research and protection of the Great White Shark. His museum features hundreds of exciting filming and research expeditions led by Rodney and his son Andrew, for Universal Studios, Wild Kingdom, National Geographic Society, Disney Productions, Cousteau Society plus many others. See film highlights of these famous documentaries, amazing photographs, shark cages, jaws, full size shark models and Australia's largest collection of fossilised shark teeth.
- Tal-Kin-Jeri Dance Group ~ Theatrical dance presentation depicting Aboriginal song, music and dance of the Ngarrindjeri language group of the Coorong and lakes district of South Australia. The name Tal-Kin-Jeri, when translated, means Bush Turkey, which is a significant totem for the Ngarrindjeri Nation.
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