This guide to South Australia sets out to explore and to think outside the standard SA to-do list. And to have a taste of it all while you’re doing business or passing through this fair State. Let’s start with what you know about ‘The Festival State’ (Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, and WOMADelaide are just some).
You got here easily, yes. But did you know just how easy it can be? With direct flights to Adelaide from major Asian airports and all Australian capital cities, you can land here from plenty of corners of the globe. Interstate coaches and trains also service Adelaide, including the renowned transcontinental train The Ghan (if you fancy a drawn-out escape with character and a view, it takes you north, through the Red Centre and onto the Arafura Sea).
Adelaide: first, some facts
Adelaide is fast becoming an international hot spot for the corporate sector, and it also houses an expanding resources/mining sector, plus its home to a large proportion of Australia’s defence industries. Plus, it’s home to emerging industries, including health and research. There is a $21 billion of investment in the pipeline in Northern Adelaide, with nearly $9 billion in civil, residential and commercial development and a further $11.7 billion in defence projects mainly around Edinburgh and the Lefevre Peninsula. Many guests from blue-chip companies come to stay at Quest apartments, with companies including Alesco, Fujitsu, Hospira, Thales, and Westpac.What to do when you’re here
there’s a good reason why Adelaide has been voted ‘Australia’s most liveable city’. Housing a population of just on one million, Adelaide is dubbed the ‘20 minute city’: the airport is only seven kilometres from Adelaide city; the Adelaide Hills and beaches are less than half an hour away by car. Which makes your mini-escape from work super easy every time you crave it.You got here easily, yes. But did you know just how easy it can be? With direct flights to Adelaide from major Asian airports and all Australian capital cities, you can land here from plenty of corners of the globe. Interstate coaches and trains also service Adelaide, including the renowned transcontinental train The Ghan (if you fancy a drawn-out escape with character and a view, it takes you north, through the Red Centre and onto the Arafura Sea).