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Adelaide is the fifth largest city in Australia, located some 10 km to the south from Prospect. The capital city Canberra is in 1,250 km to the east. According to the latest census, the population of Adelaide is about 1,225,300 people. Many people visit Adelaide to experience its art museums and galleries and markets and bazaars.

Adelaide Intl (IATA: ADL) is the nearest airport to it, situated just 10 km to the south-west.

Things to do in Adelaide

1. Art Gallery of South Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), located on the cultural boulevard of North Terrace in Adelaide, is one of three significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia. It has a collection of over 35, 000 works of art, making it, after the National Gallery of Victoria, the second largest state art collection in Australia. It was known as the National Gallery of South Australia until 1967 when the current name was adopted.

2. Adelaide Central Market
The Adelaide Central Market is a major tourist attraction and large multicultural market in the centre of the CBD in Adelaide, Australia and is often referred to as the Central Market. The Central Market sells a wide variety of goods, including food, toys, jewellery, rugs, seafood, gourmet items, groceries and much more. It has a vibrant atmosphere and is one of Adelaide's best-known landmarks.

3. Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Adelaide, Australia, is a tribute to the pioneer women of South Australia. The garden was designed by landscape designer Elsie Cornish, and the statue created by Ola Cohn was unveiled by Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey) on 19 April 1941.

4. Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo is Australia's second oldest zoo, and the only major metropolitan zoo in Australia to be owned and operated on a non-profit basis. It is located in the parklands just north of the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia. The zoo also owns the Monarto open plains zoo near Murray Bridge.

5. Adelaide Town Hall
Adelaide Town Hall is a landmark building on King William Street in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

6. St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide
St Peter's Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the seat of the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. The cathedral is situated on approximately one acre (4, 000 m²) of land at the corner of Pennington Terrace and King William Road in the suburb of North Adelaide.

7. Adelaide Street Circuit
The Adelaide Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit in the East Parklands adjacent to the central business district of the city of Adelaide in South Australia.

8. Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
The Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, usually referred to simply as Tandanya, is an art museum located on Grenfell Street in Adelaide, South Australia. It specialises in promoting Indigenous Australian art, including visual art, music and storytelling.

If you have already seen Adelaide, there are still plenty of things to do on the outskirts of the city. If you're visiting the area, you may want to check out something from the following list:

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Art Gallery of South Australia

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Adelaide Central Market

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Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden

The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Adelaide, Australia, is a

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Adelaide Zoo

Adelaide Zoo is Australia's second oldest zoo, and the only major

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Adelaide Town Hall

Adelaide Town Hall is a landmark building on King William Street in

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St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide

St Peter's Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in the South Australian

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Adelaide Botanic Garden

The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 125-acre (51 ha) public garden at

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Elder Park, Adelaide

Elder Park is a public open space in the city of Adelaide, South

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Adelaide Street Circuit

The Adelaide Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit in the East

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Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute

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Elder Park

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National War Memorial (South Australia)

The National War Memorial is a monument in the South Australian

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Adelaide Gaol

Adelaide Gaol was an Australian prison located in Thebarton, South

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Himeji Gardens, Adelaide

The Adelaide Himeji Gardens in the south parklands was a gift from

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Quest on Franklin Apartment

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Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury

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Peppers Waymouth Hotel

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Hilton Adelaide

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Franklin Central Apartments

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The Franklin Boutique Hotel

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Hotel Metropolitan

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Ambassadors Hotel

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