South Australia Links
Beauty is everywhere in South Australia. As is wine! With the Barossa and Clare Valley. Adelaide and Coober Pedy, South Australia is a place to relax and enjoy.
Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval is one of the most beautiful and picturesque cricket grounds in the world and is home to the West End Redbacks – South Australia’s cricket team. With two new stands, completed in August 2003 on the eastern side, the ground has a capacity for football of about 34,000, and for cricket about 32,000, and is host to not only these sports, but also rugby league, rugby union and concerts.
Bradman Museum
The Bradman Museum was established to honour Australia’s greatest cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman AC. However, and most importantly, it was also created to be a living centre of cricket, documenting the history of Australian cricket, paying tribute to past cricketers and providing inspiration for the future of the game.
Coober Pedy
Opal was first found in Coober Pedy on the 1st of February 1915 and since then has been supplying the world with the majority of gem quality opal. Coober Pedy today relies as much on tourism as the opal mining industry to provide the community with employment and sustainability.
Flinders Ranges
Rugged mountain ranges, spectacular gorges, sheltered creeks lined with River Red Gums and abundant wildlife are just some of the attractions that make the Flinders Ranges National Park one of South Australia’s most popular destinations. This area is world-renowned for its geological history, Aboriginal rock art sites, impressive fossil remains and its ruins of early European settlement.
Iwantja Arts Centre
Indulkana Arts Association started in the seventies. Initially used for secondary student’s art lessons, the building used was so crowded at times that the teacher had to mark spots on the floor in the morning to make sure they all had room! Skills were learnt and the beginnings of a clear identity formed. People did traditional wood carving (punu), batik, patchwork, dying, painting and around the early eighties linoblock printing started. Over 100 prints and many drawings from that time are in the South Australian Museum. They are mainly monochrome using dreaming symbols. Later, artists had some connection with Studio One in Canberra and three women went there to work with their printers. Some multicoloured prints were developed then.
Umoona Open Mine and Museum
Umoona has Coober Pedy’s largest range of opal gemstones and jewellery. Come and visit the Opal Mining Museum, the Aboriginal Heritage interpretive centre, a genuine heritage opal mine, dugout homes, display of fossils from SA Museum – just some of the treats Umoona has to offer!
Wilpena Pound Resort
You’ll find the Wilpena Pound Resort on the banks of Wilpena Creek in the Flinders Ranges, amid the stately red gums and native pines. An easy, pleasant drive from Adelaide, South Australia’s capital city, it’s bitumen all the way! The Wilpena Pound Resort offers guests and travellers warm, outback hospitality and a wide range services and facilities to cater for all tastes and budgets.
