Adelaide Botanic Garden

Explore the beauty and diversity of plants from across Australia and around the world at the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Spanning 50 hectares, this public garden is a great place to relax surrounded by nature right in the heart of the city. The Bicentennial Conservatory that towers over the gardens houses a tropical rain forest environment, and it is the largest glasshouse in Australia.

• Web:

  www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/home

• E-mail:

  botanicgardens@sa.gov.au

• Address:

  North Terrace, Adelaide

• Phone:

  +61 8 8222 9311

• Opening hours:

  Mon–Fri 7:15am–5:30pm, Sat–Sun 9am–5:30pm

• More info:

  Closing time depending on season, varying every month.

Adelaide Festival Centre

The Festival Centre was built in 1973, as the venue for the Adelaide Festival of Arts, which is the city’s major arts event since its inception in 1960. The large modernist theatre complex is still the heart of the festival, and its theatres are open all year, hosting different events and activities. Check out their schedule and stay tuned.

• Web:

  www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au

• E-mail:

  contact@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au

• Address:

  King William St, Adelaide

• Phone:

  +61 8 8216 8600

Adelaide Oval

One of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world, the Adelaide Oval, is home to the West End Redbacks, South Australia’s cricket team. It also hosts Aussie Rules football, rugby matches, and concerts.

• Web:

  www.adelaideoval.com.au

• E-mail:

  enquiries@adelaideoval.com.au

• Address:

  War Memorial Dr, North Adelaide

• Phone:

  +61 8 8211 1100

Adelaide Zoo

With over 1,800 animals and 300 species, you will find yourself quite busy at the Adelaide Zoo, learning more about animals like African lions, giant pandas, sea lions, kangaroos, American alligators, to only name a few. It is also interesting to know that the zoo is focusing on endangered and rare animals.

• Web:

  www.zoossa.com.au

• E-mail:

  information@zoossa.com.au

• Address:

  Frome Rd, Adelaide

• Phone:

  +61 8 8267 3255

• Opening hours:

  Daily 9:30am–5pm

• More info:

  Opening hours can vary depending on area.

Art Gallery of South Australia

In the heart of the austere and monumental Victorian grandeur of Adelaide's official buildings, you will find the Art Gallery of South Australia. It houses nearly 45,000 works of art spanning 2000 years. From paintings, prints and drawings, photographs and videos to sculpture, textiles, ceramics, jewellery and furniture. It's a vast collection, which covers Aboriginal art, colonial and modern Australian, European art, and much more.

• Web:

  www.agsa.sa.gov.au

• E-mail:

  info@artgallery.sa.gov.au

• Address:

  North Terrace, Adelaide

• Phone:

  +61 8 8207 7000

• Opening hours:

  Daily 10am–5pm

Cleland Wildlife Park

Cleland Wildlife Park has been a popular tourist attraction since 1967, and it is a Conservation Park where you can interact with Australian wildlife. Here, you can cuddle with a koala bear or hand-feed kangaroos and wallabies while also seeing the famous waterfall Gully-Mount.

• Web:

  www.clelandwildlifepark.sa.gov.au

• E-mail:

  clelandwildlifepark@sa.gov.au

• Address:

  365 Mount Lofty Summit Rd, Crafers

• Phone:

  +61 8 8339 2444

• Opening hours:

  Daily 9:30am–5pm