Adelaide is the elegant and friendly capital city of South Australia, famous for it’s fantastic food and wine and within easy reach of local attractions. The region is most famous for the picturesque vineyards of the Barossa Valley, situated just an hour drive North of Adelaide and well worth a day or overnight trip. Here you can talk shop with some of the best winemakers in the world and check out the latest in cellar door chic at the new Jacob’s Creek and Wolf Bass visitor centres. Travel to the North of the state into the outback and discover the impressive Flinders Ranges, discover quaint mining towns, cattle farms, huge landscapes, bushwalking tracks and stay overnight in Cooper Pedy an underground hotel! If you have come to Australia to see the wildlife, look no further than Kangaroo Island, which remains to be one of the most unspoilt natural wonders of the world, protected by national parks and conservation. You'll find seals basking on quiet beaches; koalas munching on gum trees right beside the road; echidnas wandering in search of insects; and kangaroos, goannas, wallabies, penguins and birds at just about every turn. The climate in South Australia is warm for the best part of the year, with temperatures dipping in winter from May to August.