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About Adelaide

Home to 1.2 million people and as Australia's fifth largest city, Adelaide is located between white sandy beaches and the Mount Lofty Ranges. Known as the 20-minute city, it takes 20 minutes to get from the city to the hills or beaches. It's also renowned for its parklands, which ring the city centre and make up 45 per cent of the total city area. The New Yorker magazine called Adelaide 'possibly the last well-planned and contented metropolis on earth' and Lonely Planet described it as 'civilized and calm in a way that no other Australian State capital can match'.

All of the city's major learning and cultural institutions are only a short walk or drive from the heart of Adelaide. Tree-lined North Terrace in the city centre is home to the South Australian Art Gallery, the State Library, the South Australian Museum, Government House and two of UniSA's campuses. Just a stroll from the Botanic Gardens and the banks of the River Torrens, these campuses are in ideal settings for study, entertainment or relaxation.

Adelaide, the Green City

The City of Adelaide has earned a well-deserved 'green' reputation, with a large number of environmentally-friendly initiatives and visitor experiences. When visiting Adelaide there are a number of things you too can do to support the City’s sustainability:

• Take a 'Green' City Tour Visit and learn about the ‘green’ sites and initiatives of the City of Adelaide with one of the State's professional tour guides. On this tour, you’ll visit the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, the Adelaide Central Markets, the South Australian Museum's Bio-Diversity Gallery, the Adelaide Zoo and more.
• Travel on Tindo, the world's first solar- powered electric bus Adelaide City Council’s bus, Tindo is the perfect way to get around the City. Tindo can hold up to 42 passengers in air-conditioned comfort and because it doesn’t have a combustion engine, it is a very quiet, zero emissions vehicle. Tindo runs daily as part of the FREE Adelaide Connector Bus service, plus it offers wireless internet access for travelling passengers, making it an extremely convenient way for visitors to see the city.
  
• Explore the City by bike for FREE! Grab a bike and ride around the Adelaide city centre for an hour with free city bike hire. Adelaide has a number of bike paths located throughout the Adelaide Park Lands and the streets of Adelaide and it is a great way to experience all the City has to offer. Adelaide City Bikes are free to hire between 9am - 5pm from Bicycle SA. Hire includes the use of a helmet and if required bicycle lock.
• Visit the Adelaide Central Market – the largest undercover produce market in the southern hemisphere and Australia’s longest operating market. It may be Australia’s oldest, but when it comes to sustainability, this market is well ahead of its time. A plan to install solar panels at the Adelaide Central Market will help make it one of the least carbon intensive commercial sites in the central business district. New recycling procedures already introduced have enabled traders to reduce waste going to landfill by 85%, and they sell some of the best produce in the State, so why not indulge just a little…

Adelaide is regarded as the food and wine capital of Australia, with 50 per cent of all Australian wine produced here. Many major department stores, shopping centres, boutiques, cafes, restaurants and entertainment facilities are conveniently located within the city and outer suburbs. It is also home to the National Wine Centre and numerous food and wine events. Adelaide has more restaurants per head of population than any other major Australian city, over 70 pubs in the city centre and the largest fresh produce market in the Southern Hemisphere.

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