Adelaide

Adelaide, the state capital, is under two hours' flight time from Sydney International Airport. Surrounded by 850 hectares of parkland, the city is user-friendly and highly livable. South Australia is renowned for its quality festivals and special events, the latest being Tasting Australia, a national celebration of food and wine attracting chefs, food producers, wine experts and lovers of fine cuisine.

South Australia's capital also hosts the extensive and exciting Adelaide Festival, held biennially in even-numbered years. Thousands of Australian and international performers come together for this spectacle, praised by arts writers for its originality, dynamism and artistic brilliance. The Adelaide Fringe Festival runs parallel to the main festival, beginning a week earlier. It showcases hundreds of performances in venues across Adelaide.