South Australia Top Things To Do
• Bushwalk around the remote Flinders Ranges, a vast area of ochre-coloured plains, gorges and desert, which provides one of Australia's best gateways to the outback. The Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island also has many tramping possibilities.
• Strap on some waterskis, jump onto a cruise or sail down the enigmatic Murray River, which meanders for 650km (404 miles) through outback South Australia. River red gum trees line the banks, and along its length orchards and vineyards sprout from the life-giving waters.
• Put away your fears and come face-to-face with one of nature's supreme hunting machines - a great white pointer shark - by cage diving at Port Lincoln.
• Indulge in a plethora of world-class festivals in Adelaide, including the Adelaide Festival of Arts (website: www.adelaidefestival.com.au), featuring everything from jazz to classical theatre and ballet, along with a diverse Edinburgh-style Fringe Festival (website: www.adelaidefringe.com.au). The famed Womadelaide (website: www.womadelaide.com.au) showcases musicians from around the globe.
• Whale watch on the Fleurieu Peninsula around Victor Harbor and on the Nullarbor coast, where large colonies of southern right whales breed from June to September.
• Surf (website: www.surfsouthoz.com) excellent waves off uncrowded beaches, particularly at Victor Harbor, Kangaroo Island and the more remote Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas (with Eyre's Cactus Beach attracting surfers from all over the world).
• Fossick (sift dirt from working mines) for semi-precious stones at Coober Pedy, which produces 90% of the world's supply of opals. Fortunes have been made and lost in this extraordinary outback town where half the population lives underground to escape the extreme heat.
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