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Barossa Valley & the vineyards - a premier wine region

Kangaroo Island wildlife - some of the best Australian wildlife

Flinders Ranges - sightseeing and walking trails

Murray River & Paddlewheel Steamers

Far North & The Outback - enter Australia's red centre

Adelaide & Festival - capital city and its famous festival

Adelaide hotels - places to stay

Eyre Peninsula  - rugged coastlines

South Australia Holiday Maps - see exactly where you plan to go

South Australian Tours & Activities - great tours & activities

South Australian Accommodation - great places to stay

South Australian Travel & Transport - getting around

South Australian Weather - what to expect in the different regions

South Australia At A Glance

The state capital is Adelaide... current population 1.2 million. Look at a map of South Australia and the word "desert" is very easy to find.

Great Victoria Desert, Simpson Desert, Sturt Stony Desert and Nullabor Plain (ie desert) dominate the geography of this state.

South Australia has the largest proportion of dry desert regions of all the Australian states. The state is also synonymous with dry salt lakes throughout the inland areas and ragged coastlines plunging to the sea.

South Australia is also home to the Barossa Valley, the origin of some of Australia's best known wines. The state hosts a world renowned Art Festival and has fleets of paddlewheel steamers that cruise the lower reaches of the Murray River.

The naturalist haven at Kangaroo Island is a popular attraction and there is excellent hiking and bush walking in the Flinders Ranges to the north of Adelaide. The ocean off the southern coast provides excellent seafood and many of the coastal villages are home to an assortment of fishing fleets.

The majority of the population and business activity is located in the south east corner of the state on the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas which sit on either side of Spencer Gulf. There are several small mining centres in the more remote inland areas. South Australia boasts one of the few remaining classic train trips.

"The Ghan" runs north-south between Adelaide and Darwin in the Northern Territory. The name was taken from the word "Afghan" in recognition of the early camel train drivers who established many of the inland routes in Australia.

While not the biggest of the states, South Australia is nevertheless still very big and a journey of a couple of hundred kilometres is considered a short trip. In terms of distance, the state is approximately 1350 kilometres (845 miles) north-south and 1200 kilometres (750 miles) east-west. Those are straight line map distances, actual road distances are considerably further.

• The South Australia Tours Booking Centre from Oztourism

• The official government website for South Australian Holidays

• An official government website for South Australian Travel & Tourism focused on the central region

• A visitors guide to the best Hotels In Adelaide

• A comparison of the best Car Rentals In Adelaide

• Ontario Holidays & Travel Guide for the international traveller

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