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346  SOUTH A USTR ALIA

Exploring Adelaide and the Southeast

Adelaide and the Southeast area encompass the most bountiful and
productive regions of South Australia. Adelaide, the state’s capital city
and the most obvious base for exploring the region, lies on a
flat plain between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the popular Riverton
white sandy beaches of Gulf St Vincent, to the east of Cape Port Pirie
Jervis. The city itself is green and elegant, with many historic Kapunda
sites to explore. To the northeast, beyond the Adelaide Hills,
are quaint 19th-century villages and the many wineries of Tanunda Angaston
the Barossa. To the east and south lies Australia’s largest Gawler THE BAROSSA
river, the Murray River, and the rolling hills of the
Gulf St
Fleurieu Peninsula. Further to the southeast the beauty Vincent GORGE Springton BIRDWOOD
of the coastal Coorong National Park and the Southern WILDLIFE PARK
Ocean coastline contrasts with the flat, agricultural ADELAIDE MOUNT Mannum
area inland. Offshore lies the natural splendour of LOFTY
Kangaroo Island, with its abundance of native HAHNDORF
wildlife and striking rock formations. BELAIR NATIONAL PARK Murray Bridge
Port Noarlunga
McLaren Vale STRATHALBYN
Fleurieu Peninsula la l Goolwa Alexandrina
Lake
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Cape Jervis Victor Port
Kingscote Fle Fl l Harbor Elliot
Meningie
Penneshaw
Parndana American
River Limestone
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Flinders Chase Coorong
National Park n
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Cape du Couedic Coast
Sights at a Glance
1 Adelaide pp348–53 9 Mount Gambier
2 Belair National Park 0 Penola
3 Gorge Wildlife Park q Naracoorte Caves
4 Hahndorf National Park
5 Strathalbyn w Murray River
6 Mount Lofty Tour
7 Birdwood
8 Kangaroo Island e The Barossa

St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral, seen across Adelaide’s parkland