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South Australia is a state
promising with history, wine and wildlife. Adelaide, the capital
city, hugs the shoreline of the Southern Ocean, and is a perfect
starting point to set out on an exploration of the wine regions,
mountain ranges, the outback, and the spectacular animal
sanctuaries on its doorstep.
South Australia, the fourth largest of the Australian States, is
a sparsely inhabited state. It is the country's driest State, a
region of rocky plains and desert landscape broken by the
fertile wine-growing areas, which include the Barossa Valley.
South Australia stretches upwards to the Northern Territory, and
eastwards to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria and
westwards to Western Australia. The countryside ranges from the
beach resorts of the Adelaide suburbs to the vast expanses of
isolated, semi-desert outback; from the craggy mountains of
Flinders Ranges to the meandering Murray River.
This is a vast region with a very little population. So there is
every chance to enjoy the beauty of silence and solitude also in
many parts of the state. |
