AUSTRALASIA ADELAIDE DESTINATIONS
FROM FAR LEFT: Adelaide Oval,
Stamford Grand and Novotel
Barossa Valley Resort
RIGHT:
Wallaby on Kangaroo Island
BELOW: Wilpena Pound
a more relaxed experience and a chance to take in an indulgent dinner too. Most wineries have cellar doors that offer free sampling sessions, with no obligation to buy a bottle. There are several tasting tours available for those who don’t want to fight over designated driver status – Taste The Barossa does small- group bus tours for £60.
tastethebarossa.com.au Alternatively, Anzcro sells a four-day self-drive trip
through the Barossa and Clare Valleys, staying in boutique accommodation, starting at £312. Beyond the wine regions, you soon hit the furiously rugged South Australian outback. The Flinders Ranges offers the best taster of this, with stark hills and ridges offering mind- blowingly vast panoramas of the big nothing. Wilpena Pound – a huge natural amphitheatre with a series of sweat-inducing hiking trails – is the star attraction. Travel 2 sells a four-day
Outback South Australia self-drive trip, which heads to the Flinders Ranges via a night in the Clare Valley wine region, from £369. In the other direction is
Kangaroo Island which, as the name suggests, is something of a wildlife haven. Expect to find free-roaming kangaroos, sleepy koalas up gum trees, fur seals honking on beaches, plus the odd wombat or echidna. There are also plenty of moodily impressive coastal rock formations to coo at. Gruelling one-day trips from Adelaide are available but the travel time is daunting – the island is far better
tackled over two or three days. Austravel sells a two-day escorted tour, including transport from Adelaide, the ferry crossing and decent accommodation from £537, or a three-day self-drive from £339. An alternative is a day trip
around the Fleurieu Peninsula, which is closer to the city, has similar landscapes and wildlife-spotting opportunities, plus the added bonus of the McLaren Vale’s wineries and microbreweries. Off Piste Tours takes a four-wheel drive down some of the spectacular bush tracks, while combining the drink and animal highlights, from £114.
offpistetours.com.au
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