FOOD AND WINE - South Australia is not only regarded as Australia's wine capital it is also famed for its innovative cuisine, featuring fresh local produce, and is home to some of the country's top chefs and restaurants. With 17 wine regions, including the Barossa and Clare Valleys, McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills and Coonawarra and over 300 cellar doors, South Australia also boasts world famous names like Jacob’s Creek, Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Peter Lehmann. Adelaide alone is within an hour’s drive of over 200 cellar doors.

Tour options include cycling the Clare Valley Reisling Trail; blending your own wine; visiting celebrity owned vineyards (eg. Olivia Newton John, Sir Ian Botham and Nick Faldo); and sampling feral food (emu, kangaroo and camel) at the Prairie Hotel, Australia’s most iconic Outback properties. (see link).

WILDLIFE SPOTTING – with its vast tracts of pristine landscape, South Australia boasts a wide variety of natural history and wildlife based experiences in unspoilt surroundings ranging from cuddling koalas, whale watching and swimming with sea lions and dolphins, to exploring mysterious underground caves and taking 4WD vehicles along deserted, sandy beaches. South Australia also has a greater diversity of plants and animals than any other part of the continent, with wildlife spotting opportunities including: whales, sea lions and dolphins, great white shark, penguins, leafy sea dragons, kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, yellow-footed rock-wallabies, wombats, emus and numerous bird species. (see link)

ADVENTURE EXPERIENCES ON LAND AND SEA - South Australia’s diverse range of activities and adventure based holidays includes exploring the ocean depths for leafy sea dragons or shipwrecks, cycling, riding, trekking, surfing, canoeing or simply driving through the Outback, there are plenty of activities to choose from. (see link)

South Australia is also the only place in the world where it is possible to swim with tuna and is one of only two places to cage shark dive. (see link)

LUXURY ACCOMMODATION – South Australia is home to some of Australia’s most luxurious and iconic properties including:

• SOUTHERN OCEAN LODGE – this former Tatler “Hotel of the Year” located on Kangaroo Island is a world class eco lodge offering great views, fine dining and extensive touring options. (see link)

• THE LOUISE – this award winning vineyard retreat located in The Barossa Valley is as renowned for its in-house dining experiences as it is for its accommodation. (see link)

• ARKABA STATION – this luxurious Flinders Ranges homestead offers a memorable walking safari, which includes sleeping under the stars and in swags, as one of its signature experiences. (see link)

• THE PRAIRIE HOTEL – situated in Parachilna in the Flinders Ranges, offers a variety of Outback experiences not least of which is their ‘Feral Food’ dining menu and their “Saddles, Sunset and Shiraz” two-day riding tour. (see link)

• RAWNSLEY PARK STATION – this award-winning, family owned Outback property is most famous for its ground breaking eco villas as well as its extensive range of activities that include hot air ballooning over Wilpena Pound and the Flinders Ranges (see link)

ABORIGINAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA WITH BOOKABEE TOURS AUSTRALIA - this Aboriginal-owned and operated company offers a range of tours giving visitors the opportunity to achieve a greater understanding of Aboriginal life, hear about the impact made by European settlers, learn which bush foods can be eaten, which make great bush medicines and much more. They only recruits native Adnyamathanha people as guides seeing as they have lived in the region for thousands of years and are proud to show visitors their homeland and explain their culture and Creation Stories. (see link)

THE OUTBACK MAIL RUN delivers post to Oodnadatta, William Creek and remote cattle stations. Participants travel across diverse country, including gibber plains, red sand hills and inland seabeds dating back 120 million years. This 12-hour tour departs daily at 9am Mondays and Thursdays from Coober Pedy. www.mailruntour.com

THE GREAT AUSSIE PUB CRAWL is a four-day trip spent touring pubs by private charter plane. Highlights of this tour include Birdsville, home to Australia’s most famous pub, the old Ghan railway town of Oodnadatta, and the famous opal mining town of Coober Pedy, en route beer is optional. www.banksia-adventures.com.au

THE GREAT MURRAY RIVER RUN, operated by Spirit of the Coorong Cruises, is a 560kms. cruise over five days along the entire length of the Murray River in South Australia. The cruise stops for meals and accommodation at hotels along the river, passes through six locks, some quaint river towns and some truly magnificent scenery. www.coorongcruises.com.au

ADELAIDE AND THE HILLS is famed for its easy living and great dining. It enjoys a relaxed alfresco Mediterranean lifestyle with year round sporting events and performances of international renown, not to mention access to over 200 cellar doors within an hour’s drive. The city centre itself can easily be navigated on foot and is within close proximity to over 30 kms of white sandy beaches and miles of rolling hills. Activities like swimming, surfing, cycling and walking, not to mention interaction with Australia’s native wildlife including kangaroos, dolphins and koalas, are all very accessible. (see link)

KANGAROO ISLAND is regarded as Australia’s fourth icon because it is the best place in Australia to see the widest range of free roaming native animals in their natural habitat - kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, seals, sea lions, penguins, echidna, platypus and goannas, to name but a few. (see link).

THE FLINDERS RANGES region is approximately three hours’ drive north of Adelaide and is considered to be the gateway to the Outback. It is also recognised as one of Australia’s outstanding national landscapes. This is the place to see remarkable flora and fauna, clear waterholes, thermal springs and abundant bird life located against an awe-inspiring backdrop of red desert sands, spectacular gorges, pioneering history and Aboriginal art and culture. There are also great accommodation and touring options to choose from. (see link)