Australia — Come say G'day

ADELAIDE, BAROSSA AND KANGAROO ISLAND - 4 Days / Tour Code KI47

Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, is a small elegant city in a park. Set beside the Torrens River between the Adelaide Hills and the Gulf of St Vincent, it is probably Australia's best-preserved capital city. Designed by Colonel William Light in 1836, the city centre is laid out on a square mile grid of wide streets with gracious colonial architecture surrounded by 930 hectares of parklands.

All the inner city highlights are within easy walking distance and it's almost impossible to get lost.

The Mediterranean climate encourages a relaxed and indulgent lifestyle. This is a city of pubs, cafes, restaurants, fine, fresh food and wine.

With famous wines, a feast of festivals, a lively heritage, and only an hour's drive north of Adelaide, the Barossa Valley is an ideal destination for a day trip, or better still a few days of pure indulgence.

The Barossa Valley is one of the world's greatest wine producing areas. Twenty kilometres wide and about thirty kilometres long, it has a rich European culture with German and English-style villages, churches and chateau.

The region has over 50 wineries ranging from some of Australia's largest wine companies through to smaller individual winemakers. Many offer wine tastings at their cellar doors, and most are open seven days per week.

Kangaroo Island can be reached by a 30-minute flight from Adelaide or a 45-minute vehicle and passenger ferry Kangaroo Island Sealink that departs daily from Cape Jervis, a 90-minute drive south of Adelaide.

The island's isolation and limited development has ensured an abundance of wildlife, seldom found elsewhere, and living in a protected natural environment. Here you can:

• Take an expert guided nature tour
• Meet some of the locals - dolphins, sea lions, penguins, wallabies, goannas, koalas, and of course kangaroos.
• Go scuba diving among walls of coral - you might even come face to face with the elusive leafy sea dragon
• Stay overnight in a remote lighthouse keepers cottage.

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