Adelaide Hills & Hahndorf Village Walk
Drive 30 minutes through the Adelaide Hills to Hahndorf — Australia's oldest surviving German settlement, established in 1839 by Lutheran immigrants — for a walk through a remarkably preserved 19th century German village.
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Mount Lofty Summit
Mount Lofty Summit at 727 metres is the highest point of the Adelaide Hills and the dominant backdrop of the city — the panoramic view of Adelaide, Port Adelaide, the coast, and the Gulf St Vincent is the definitive Adelaide overview.
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Cleland Wildlife Park
Cleland Wildlife Park on the edge of the Hills is where you can hold a koala — the 1,200-hectare national park surrounding the wildlife reserve contains native scrub accessible by walking tracks from the visitor centre.
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Hahndorf Main Street
Hahndorf's Main Street is a 19th century German street preserved almost intact — the fachwerk buildings, Lutheran church, artisan workshops, and bakeries have made this the most visited tourist town in South Australia.
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Hahndorf Academy
The Hahndorf Academy is both an art gallery and a museum of German-Australian history — the collection of paintings by Hans Heysen, who made the Adelaide Hills and gum trees famous, represents the finest rural Australian art of the 20th century.
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Stirling Village
Stirling is the most attractive village in the Adelaide Hills — the central oval surrounded by European trees, the independent bookshops and cafes, and the cool air distinguish it from both the city below and the German village further east.
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Belair National Park
Belair National Park, established 1891, is Australia's second-oldest national park — the wetlands, native woodland, and heritage Government House on the edge of Adelaide provide walking tracks and wildlife watching within 15 km of the city.
Walk this route with audio
Stories play automatically as you reach each stop — no tapping needed.
