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Adelaide
Sightseeing, museums & tourist attractions
Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Adelaide’s city centre is completely surrounded by parkland including the beautiful Botanic Gardens at the north east of the city. The gardens make a great picnic spot and also features the Palm House, a huge conservatory that recreates a tropical rainforest.
Botanic Road, Adelaide
Bus 99C City Loop, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107X, 281, 283, 521
Tel (08) 8222 9311
Website www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au
Admission free
Gardens open Jan 7.15am-7pm; Feb-Mar 7.15am-6.30pm; Apr 7.15am-6pm; May 7.15am-5.30pm; Jun-Jul 7.15am-5pm; Aug 7.15am-5.30pm; Sep 7.15am-6pm; Oct-Nov 7.15am-6.30pm; Dec 7.15am-7pm; Palm House open 10am-4pm daily
Adelaide Gaol
It seems that every Australian City has a prison turned into a museum and Adelaide is no exception. The gaol was operated as a prison as recently as 1988 and was the scene of 49 hangings.
18 Gaol Road, Thebarton
Bus 110, 111, 113, 115, 117, 118, 150, 153, 155, 156, 157, 231
Tel (08) 8231 4062
Website www.adelaidegaol.org.au
Admission $8.50
Open Mon-Fri 11am-3.30pm, Sun 11am-3.30pm
Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide’s zoo is home to around 1500 animals including an excellent South-East Asian Rainforest exhibit.
Frome Road, Adelaide
Bus 235, 237, 238, 239, 271, 273
Tel (08) 8267 3255
Website www.adelaidezoo.com.au
Admission $20
Open 9.30am-5pm daily
Art Gallery of South Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia has a good collection of Australian and European paintings, although it is not quite up there with the galleries in Canberra or Melbourne.
North Terrace, Adelaide
Tram Adelaide Station Bus 99C City Loop, 241, 242, 245, 248 Train Adelaide
Tel (08) 8207 7000
Website www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
Admission free, charge for special exhibitions
Open 10am-5pm daily
The Bradman Collection
This exhibition features a collection of cricketing memorabilia dating from 1929 to 1977. Sir Donald Bradman donated most of the collection to the State Library.
State Library of South Australia, Corner Kintore Avenue & North Terrace, Adelaide
Tram Adelaide Station, Rundle Mall Bus F40, M44, 99C City Loop, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 241, 242, 245, 248, 291 Train Adelaide
Tel (08) 8207 7595 or 1800 182 013
Website www.bradman.sa.com.au
Admission free
Open Mon-Thu 9.30am-6pm, Fri 9.30am-10pm, Sat-Sun noon-5pm
Festival Centre
Adelaide’s answer to the Sydney Opera House is the Festival Centre, which is the city’s major landmark and occupies a lovely riverside setting.
North Terrace, Adelaide
Tram Adelaide Station, Rundle Mall Bus 99C City Loop, 181, 182, 222, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 232, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254 Train Adelaide
Maritime Museum
Adelaide’s Maritime Museum features several old ships and a lighthouse as well as the usual nautical exhibits.
126 Lipson Street, Port Adelaide
Train Port Adelaide Bus 136, 153, 230, 232, 252, 254, 353, 361
Tel (08) 8207 6255
Website www.history.sa.gov.au/maritime/maritime.htm
Admission $8.50
Open 10am-5pm daily
Migration Museum
This is a fascinating museum about people who have migrated and settled in South Australia.
82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Tram Adelaide Station, Rundle Mall Bus F40, M44, 99C City Loop, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 241, 242, 245, 248, 291 Train Adelaide
Tel (08) 8207 7580
Website www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/migration.htm
Admission free
Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 1pm-5pm
South Australian Museum
Adelaide’s big museum features all the usual exhibits – rocks, Aboriginal artefacts, an Egyptian mummy and a whale skeleton.
North Terrace, Adelaide
Tram Adelaide Station, Rundle Mall Bus F40, M44, 99C City Loop, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 241, 242, 245, 248, 291 Train Adelaide
Tel (08) 8207 7500
Website www.samuseum.sa.gov.au
Admission free
Open 10am-5pm daily
