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Barossa Valley: Located just 60km to the north east of the city of Adelaide, the Barossa valley is Australia's most famous premium wine regions. The wine industry is the main source of employment for many residents and is the major attraction for visitors. The success of the wine industry has historically been celebrated every two years (odd numbers) with a week-long Vintage Festival. The festival draws visitors from all over the world and has entertainment for all tastes including a huge street parade, concerts and gourmet dining.
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Spencer Gulf Coast: the winding road through the picturesque Germein Gorge leads to the northern reaches of Spencer Gulf and the towns of Port Pirie and Port Germein. The latter is a quiet holiday village on Germein Bay, the population of which swells seasonally with holidaymakers eager to partake in swimming, fishing and crabbing. Port Pirie played a major role in the export of the region's copper during the 19th century, when it was one of the world's leading ports. Today it is a large industrial town with a number of unusual historic buildings that recall the port's illustrious past.
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Burra: The rich lode of copper discovered in the banks of the Burra Burra Creek in 1845 provided a much-needed financial stimulus for the infant colony of South Australia. Today, the town of Burra survives as a living museum of the industrial and domestic architecture of the mid-1800s. The ruins of the mine shafts, chimneys, engine houses and powder magazines, miners dugouts on the bank of the creek, terraces of workers cottages and the distinct Celtic and Cornish flavour of the menus of the cafes still stand today as starkare all monuments to the arrival of the Industrial Revolution to this peaceful rural setting.
Quorn: Like many towns in the Southern Flinders Ranges, Quorn developed in the late 19th century because of the Great Northern Railway. This historic railway town is frozen in time, its 19th century streetscape have drawn film makers over the years to use it as a backdrop for period films. It is also an ideal base from which to explore the southern Flinders Ranges.
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Clare Valley: One of Australia's oldest and most famous wine regions, the Clare Valley is located in the Mid North of South Australia, approximately 120 km north of Adelaide. It is one of the state's most scenic regions, presenting visitors with a series of small intimate valleys which run north-south, with Main North Road as its main thoroughfare. The Clare Valley region has more than 40 wineries, most of which are small and produce only bottled wine. The Clare Valley has almost religious fervour for her wines, Riesling in particular, goes back a long way.
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Mintaro: A tranquil village located among rolling hills in the rich pastoral country of the Clare Valley, Mintaro has been classified as an Heritage Town. Once a major stopping place on the copper carting route in the late 19th century, this idyllic rustic village has in recent years become a highlight on the itenerary of any Clare Valley traveller, in part because of its faithfully restored buildings and first class wineries, but also because of Martindale Hall, a grand mansion on the edge of town executed in Georgian style with great artistic talent.
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