South Australia Getting There
Getting There by Air
There is an excellent system of internal flights serving all regional towns, and the majority of flights are run by Regional Express (flights to Kangaroo Island) (website: www.regionalexpress.com.au), O'Connor Airlines (website: www.oconnor-airlines.com.au), Qantas (website: www.qantas.com.au) and Virgin Blue (website: www.virginblue.com.au).
Approximate Flight Times
Main Airports
Getting There by Water
Adelaide (website: www.flindersports.com.au) is an international port, with regular visits from several leading international cruise lines.
Getting There by Rail
TransAdelaide (tel: (8) 8218 2362; website: www.transadelaide.com.au) offers comprehensive suburban rail services across the state.
The Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth also stops in Adelaide, while The Overland travels between Melbourne and Adelaide.
Other tourist services are the Cockle Train (tel: (8) 8552 2782; website: www.steamranger.org.au), a scenic trip on vintage steam locomotives between Goolwa and Victor Harbour on the Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Pichi Richi Steam Train (tel: (8) 8633 0380; website: www.prr.org.au) which leaves Quorn in the Flinders Ranges on a two-and-a-half-hour round trip. Adelaide's rail terminal is located at Keswick, a few kilometres from the city centre.
Getting There by Road
The main highways north are the Stuart Highway to Darwin via Coober Pedy and Alice Springs, and the Birdsville Track to Queensland. The other main state highways are the Eyre Highway west to Perth, the Prince's Highway along the coast to Melbourne and the Stuart Highway east to Canberra and Sydney.
Car hire: Services are available at all the main hotels, the railway station and the airport.
There is a fully integrated public transport system (website: www.adelaidemetro.com.au) in Adelaide with bus, tram and local rail lines. The system is divided into zones. Pre-purchase booklets of cash-fare tickets and weekly and other passes are all available. Metrotickets are available for single, daily and multiple (up to 10) journeys. There are two free bus services, the BeeLine and the City Loop.
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