Blue seas and golden sands
In South Australia, community and lifestyle come first. Every day is a celebration with a year-round calendar of festivals and events showcasing world-class food, wine, sport, art, design and culture.
The state’s natural beauty is unmatched, with lush city parks, dramatic outback mountain ranges and a coastline stretching over 3,700 kilometres. Home to over 30 Aboriginal language groups, South Australia’s First Nations peoples have enabled the flourishing of life, culture, community and spirituality for over 45,000 years.
Today the state is characterised by progress, from its leadership in renewable energy and machine learning to the invention of cage diving with great white sharks.
A safe haven to meet friends and gain life experience
Be inspired
Known as ‘The Festival State,’ South Australia is celebrated for its vibrant cultural scene, hosting festivals and events that draw visitors from around the world. Experience multicultural art exhibitions, concerts, theatre shows and markets with a backdrop of rolling hills, vineyards and golden sunsets.
The state nurtures wellbeing through its affordable living, short commutes, easy-to-navigate roads and efficient public transport. It offers easy access to natural landscapes, including scenic hikes, rides along rivers and some of the world’s finest wines and beaches. Whether you want tranquil or social, world-class or wild, South Australia has something for you.
Innovating for the future
The first jurisdiction in the world to grant women equal political rights, South Australia thrives on its progressive spirit. It drives digital and intergalactic advancement and is a renewable energy leader, embracing solar and wind power.
Home to the Australian Space Agency, South Australia contributes to future-defining global projects like the Moon to Mars initiative. Adelaide BioMed City, located in the heart of the state’s capital, is one of the world’s largest life science clusters, accelerating leading-edge medical research.
The state is renowned for its strengths in education, agriculture, viticulture and the arts, with growing job markets in defence, technology and research.
Great cities and even better outdoors
South Australia is a playground for the adventurous, full of unique geography, natural beauty and urban charm.
Whether you love the city lights or the great outdoors, there are exciting activities for you. Meander under Morialta's waterfalls. Cuddle koalas at Cleland Wildlife Park and watch whales from Victor Harbor. Kayak with dolphins, explore shipwrecks and venture into subterranean caves and sinkholes. Snorkel through the crystal-clear waterways of Mount Gambier or swim with giant cuttlefish and sea lions on the Eyre Peninsula. Experience Australia’s darkest night sky, visit vibrant pink lakes, traverse the incredible Kangaroo Island or canoe down the Murray River. Discover bubbling hot springs and an opal oasis in the outback or take off across the vast Nullarbor Plain.
Image: One Tree Hill, courtesy South Australian Tourism Commission.