Interesting Fact

• Adelaide is known as the "City of Churches", as many of its early inhabitants were religious refugees from Germany. Their influence can still be seen in the food and music.

  

• Adelaide is noted for its well-planned city streets. The city is laid out in a grid pattern, making it very easy for visitors to find their way around.

  

• Adelaide is home to the largest vintage car rally in the Southern Hemisphere (Bay to Birdwood).

  

• South Australia is the opal capital of the world.

  

• Settled in 1839 by Lutherans fleeing religious persecution in Prussia, Hahndorf was named after the ship’s captain. His name was Hahn, while 'dorf' is German for village.

  

• Hahndorf is Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement.

  

• The harvest from the Barossa Valley (including Barossa zone) was 51,601 tons in 2009, 15,000 tons less than the 2008 harvest and the lowest crush since 2003.

  

• There are 755 grape growers in the Barossa, compared to 450 in the Napa Valley.

  

• Prior to the 1970‘s most grapes grown were used for bulk ports called “stickies.” As these wines fell from favour, many grape growers baked their surplus Shiraz grapes into muffins.

  

• Kangaroo Island is the most significant island off the South Australian coast and the third largest island off the Australian coast.

  

• The most common wildlife found on Kangaroo Island are Kangaroo Island Kangaroos, Tammar Wallabies, Koalas, Australian Sealions, Rosenberg Goannas and Echidnas.

  

• The size of Kangaroo Island (approx. 155 km in length and approx. 50 km at its widest, and 4350 km² in area) surprises many visitors.

  

• The population of Kangaroo Island is approx. 4500, with Kingscote being the largest town.