Beautifully Planned Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital of South Australia and is the most populated city that is the fifth largest in Australia. It has a population of 1.1 million. Adelaide is a coastal city lies on the eastern shores of Gulf St. Vincent. It is situated on the Adelaide Plains at the north of the Fleurieu Peninsula. This peninsula is within the Gulf St. Vincent and Mount Lofty Ranges. Adelaide was planned by Colonel William Light who was the first surveyor-general of South Australia.

The name Adelaide was given after the Queen Adelaide and the city was established in the year 1836. South Australia was formally settled on 28 December 1836 as a British area. The inhabitants live here were the indigenous Australians of the Kaurna tribe. Many kaurna people could be found even today at the city centre. You will get many governmental and financial institutions here. Adelaide is popular for its various features like festivals, sporting events, food, wine and culture, long beachfronts and also for the huge defense and manufacturing sectors.

Adelaide stretched at about 20 kilometre that is 12 miles from the coast to the foothills, 90 kilometre from north of Gawler and stretched to the Sellicks Beach in the South. It covers land area of about 870 square kilometers that is 340 square miles. You can climb Mount Lofty, east from Adelaide Hills with a height of 727 metres that is 2,390 feet. This is the highest point of Adelaide. Also enjoy visiting the Cleland Conservation Park and Belair National Park. You will get plenty of creeks and rivers that flow through this region. The major of these are the Torrens and Onkaparinga catchments. Adelaide is depending on many reservoirs for the water supply. Out of them Mount Bold Reservoir and Happy Valley Reservoir together supply 50 percent of the city’s necessities.

Adelaide has Mediterranean climate with hot summer. Rainfall could be observed during winter. Adelaide is the only city in Australia out of all the capital cities that has dry and semi-arid climate. In the month of June you can see heavy rainfall around Adelaide. Due to this type of climate you cannot find snowfall around except in Mount Lofty and few other places in the Adelaide Hills.

More than half of the population in Adelaide is Christian. You will find a large number of churches around. Hence, Adelaide is also called as ‘The City of Churches’. Earlier, it was also called as The City of Churches and Pubs. So from this you can understand that this place has many pubs as well. Adelaide’s Festivals are very popular here. So if you reach here then do not miss its culture.

Art GalleryofSouthAustralia, TheMigrationMuseum, Adelaide Zoo, NationalAboriginalCulturalInstitute – Tandanya and National Wine Centre of Australia are among the key attractions that will make your day. National Wine Centre of Australia is the modern building of architecture that will give you the historic touch. In fact, many aboriginal works could be found in National Aboriginal Cultural Institue. The Migration Museum will tell you the story of early Australia.

One can easily reach at this accessible place by various transportations like air, rail and road. By air you can get down to Adelaide Airport in short called as ADL. Besides this, rail services are also available. TransAdelaide offers rail services; you can also get down at Adelaide Parklands Terminal which is officially called as Keswick Terminal. You will also get other rail services like The Indian Pacific from Sydney to Adelaide and Adelaide to Perth. The Ghan runs its service from Adelaide to Alice Springs. Also The Overland runs its services from Adelaide to Melbourne.

If you want to travel by road then you can go through the Hume Highway and Sturt Highways. Adelaide is connected with Sydney by these highways. Adelaide is connected with other places like Melbourne with Western Highway and Dukes Highway, to get more scenic beauty Great Ocean Road and Princes Highway will be a better option. Adelaide is also connected with Perth through the Great Eastern and Eyre Highway and linked with Alice Springs through the Stuart Highway. Bus services are also available here.

For accommodation you have plenty of hotels where you can stay and also suits your budget. Once you booked your room and started exploring the city then try shopping as well. This will boost you energy. You have many places to explore the nightlife at Adelaide like in bars, clubs and other places.

Try few activities like swimming, snorkeling, surfing and other stuffs that will definitely make you happy. Right from the history of the place to the natural beauty with architectural structures you can explore the city entirely. So just pack your bags and see the beautiful place called Adelaide.