Tours

arinex Destination Management has negotiated a 20% discount on tours available through Gray Line for ASUM 2012 delegates and accompanying persons.  For further information on these tours, as well as other day touring options in and around Adelaide, or to make a booking on any of these tours and take advantage of the 20% discount, please click on the link below and select ‘Adelaide’:

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Please find below some suggested touring options from Gray Line.

ADELAIDE CITY TOUR – MORNING TOUR

Adelaide – a captivating classic Australian city. A city of churches, the food and wine capital of Australia, sandstone homes and cottages with sweeping gardens and greenbelts. A young Australian city rich in recent history yet charmingly modern. A city with a passion for fine living. Adelaide is truly the Festival City.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Victoria Square – heart of the city
  • Gouger Street – restaurants/cafes
  • The grand boulevard of King William Street
  • The Terraces – north, south, east and west that separate the city from the greenbelts
  • Parks, gardens and greenbelts
  • River Torrens with its delightful garden banks
  • Parliament House
  • State Library with the Bradman collection
  • Trinity Church – Adelaide’s oldest church
  • Trendy Hutt Street
  • Visit Haigh’s Chocolates*
  • Enjoy complimentary tea or coffee accompanied by fine Haigh’s chocolates*
  • Visit the seaside town of Glenelg
  • Perhaps a walk along Jetty Road, browse in the shops or simply relax on the beach
  • Beehive Corner at Rundle Mall
  • Adelaide Oval – one of Australia’s most notable cricket grounds
  • Quaint suburbs of North Adelaide
  • O’Connell Street – restaurants and trendy shops
  • St Peter’s Cathedral
  • Colonel Light’s Lookout on Montefiore Hill affording spectacular views over Adelaide.

* Haigh’s not available Sunday.

CLELAND WILDLIFE PARK

Set in the natural bushland of the Mt Lofty Ranges, Cleland Wildlife Park offers the opportunity to walk freely amongst wildlife coming face to face with some of Australia’s unique birds, animals and reptiles.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Entry to Cleland Wildlife Park

BAROSSA VALLEY AND HAHNDORF

The Barossa Valley wine tour with its German heritage and villages, wineries, vineyards and scenery provides a unique mix of Europe in Australia.   The beauty of the Adelaide Hills with its quaint yet charming villages, so close yet so removed from the city bustle of Adelaide. The German settlement of Hahndorf with its arts and craft, cottage industry shops, pubs, traditional smallgoods and bakeries evokes the tastes and smells of Bavaria.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Scenic tour following the Torrens River through the spectacular Torrens Gorge
  • Skirt Kangaroo Creek Reservoir and Millbrooke Reservoir
  • Williamstown with its beautiful stone buildings
  • Lyndoch Bakery – the aroma of fresh coffee and pastries! Enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea and a German sampler plate of sweet treats
  • Visit Wolf Blass and taste some of the Barossa’s most famous wines
  • Take in panoramic views over the Barossa Valley from Mengler’s Hill lookout
  • Opportunity to taste Australian wines at Kaesler Winery, a noted Barossa Valley wine producer
  • Enjoy a sumptuous lunch at Kaesler Winery Restaurant
  • Travel through the old mill town of Woodside and the Adelaide Hills
  • Visit Australia’s oldest German settlement – Hahndorf
  • Stroll under the Elm trees along Hahndorf’s main street
  • See quaint cottages, craft shops and tea rooms
  • Villages of Crafers, Stirling and Aldgate set amongst the lush greenness of the Adelaide Hills
  • Delightful village of Bridgewater with Bridgewater Mill and Waterwheel

KANGAROO ISLAND – CRUISE/CRUISE

Sea voyage the Backstairs Passage from spectacular Cape Jervis to this sailing shipwreck island, home to the wallaby, goanna, echidna, koala, kangaroo and a haven for marine wildlife and seabirds.  Walk in the wild with seals on the beach… Kangaroo Island – so natural, so unique with dramatic pockets of unspoiled wilderness.  This is indeed nature’s treasure island.

 This tour option allows you to take the Sealink Ferry TO and FROM the island and includes all coach transfers.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Early start coach travel to Cape Jervis
  • Cruise the Backstairs Passage to Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island
  • Walk in the wild with seals on the beach at Seal Bay, home for over 500 Australian Sea Lions
  • Enjoy an Aussie country style lunch in a rural setting
  • Unspoilt wilderness of Flinders Chase National Park
  • Look for koalas in their natural habitat
  • Witness astounding rock formations at Remarkable Rocks
  • Keep an eye out for an echidna
  • Take in the spectacle of Admirals Arch
  • See New Zealand fur seals in their natural ocean environment
  • Return to Penneshaw and cruise back to Cape Jervis and onto Adelaide.

VICTOR HABOUR AND McLAREN VALE

Experience the diversity of the Fleurieu Peninsula playground of wineries, the holiday seaside resort of Victor Harbor and where Australia’s greatest river system meets the lakes and sea at the old paddlesteamer port of Goolwa.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Picturesque coastal seaside towns of Christies Beach, Port Noarlunga and Moana
  • The McLaren Vale Wine region – vineyards, leafy olive and almond groves and old stone wineries
  • Visit McLaren Vale and perhaps taste top local wines and produce
  • Delightful Victor Harbor on Encounter Bay
  • Perhaps ride a horse drawn tram across the causeway to Granite Island (own expense)
  • Free time to explore the town
  • Port Elliot on Horseshoe Bay
  • The river port of Goolwa where the Murray River meets the lakes and sea
  • Stop at historic Strathalbyn on the Angas River
  • Perhaps a stroll through the river gardens
  • Tour through Mt Lofty Ranges dotted with small villages and spectacular views.

Disclaimer

Please be advised that the above tours are offered by separate operators, and do not have any connection with arinex pty limited. This information is provided to delegates on a general basis and is the delegate’s responsibility to research, make a booking and pay for the service provided directly with the supplier.

Please ensure that you read the terms and conditions on the operator website before proceeding with payment to avoid any problems. Any issues relating to this are at the expense of the delegate and not the responsibility of arinex pty limited