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Escape to the Adelaide Hills Take a Drive LOCATION APPLEWOOD DISTILLERY, GUMERACHA PHOTOGRAPHY ERIK ROSENBERG ESCAPE TO THE ADELAIDE HILLS JUST 20 MINUTES FROM THE CENTRE OF ADELAIDE, THE PICTURESQUE ADELAIDE HILLS BOASTS BREATHTAKING SCENERY, AWARD-WINNING WINERIES, WORLD-CLASS DINING AND MORE. BEN STEVENS BEN BELAIR NATIONAL PARK PARK NATIONAL BELAIR LOCATION URAIDLA PHOTOGRAPHY BEN GOODE LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHY TAKE A DRIVE VENTURE DOWN WINDING COUNTRY ROADS, THROUGH HISTORIC TOWNSHIPS AND TO SOME OF OUR STATE’S BEST WINE REGIONS AS YOU DRIVE THE ADELAIDE HILLS. leland Conservation Park is home to event it’s crowded with vintage cars. Venture further south to experience the Cleland Wildlife Park, where more They’re all heading to the National Motor history of the gold rush era and agricultural than 130 species of Australian wildlife Museum, a must visit for any car lovers. pursuits on some of the state’s most C reside. Many of them roam free and Looping back to the south through productive land around Echunga, Meadows interact with visitors on the gentle walking mixed farmland, Lobethal, famous for and Macclesfield. Kuitpo Forest offers tracks that cross the park. If you’re after a its fabulous Christmas lights displays, walking trails, picnic spots and camping. challenging hike, the steep Norton Summit is also home to a hub creating a range climb has a gradient of almost eight percent of products from handicrafts to beer. Heading back towards Adelaide, Stirling is but offers magnificent views over the Hills’ an urbane foodie hub that still retains its lower slopes, the suburbs of Adelaide and It’s worth working up an appetite before small town charm. It has an abundance of sparkling Gulf St Vincent beyond. you hit Woodside, because nobody cute brunch spots and boutiques to explore. leaves hungry. The small town is home The tiny towns of Summertown and to a profusion of artisan food and wine Near the summit of Mount Lofty, Crafers Uraidla are hubs of contemporary dining producers and artists, and is one of the is close to some of the best views in the and the restaurants are full of locals and stops on the Hills Sculpture Trail. Past state. Luxurious accommodation options visitors alike on weekends. As the nearest the Oakbank Racing Club, the scenic area abound but anyone can visit the cool settlements to the Basket Range, they around Balhannah is home to some of the climate Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, celebrate the cutting edge of small batch more spectacular cellar doors. which is worth visiting year round and Australian wines. has a diverse network of trails from easy Fields of farms give way to housing in strolls to more challenging hikes. Following winding roads north through the boomtown of Mount Barker, which the slopes ringing the Adelaide Plains, has all the services of the city and a Loop back through Belair National Park, perhaps peeling off to visit Inglewood weekly farmers’ market that showcases the second oldest national park in Australia, and Houghton, takes you to Gumeracha. the region’s produce. Heritage-listed to enjoy a drive through thick bushland and Boasting the world’s biggest rocking horse Hahndorf is just a short drive away but views out over Adelaide as you return. as well as wineries and a distillery, it offers you’ll feel like you’ve arrived in a German plenty for both young and old. village. It gets busy on weekends, when LOCATION JURLIQUE FARM, BIGGS FLAT The drive to Birdwood is memorable any hordes of tourists visit to fill up on Excerpt from Due South Australia. PHOTOGRAPHY JURLIQUE INTERNATIONAL time, but during the Bay To Birdwood German smallgoods, beer and pastries. Read online at duesouthaustralia.com.au.
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