What can I see in Adelaide, South Australia? Quick Shortlist.

Problem
What is there to see in South Australia?

Answer
I have made a list, giving my own ratings of stars to remind myself later what to see. I suggest you print this off and add your own extra places and ratings, highlighting those which are the top rank, near the time of your next trip.

Adelaide
MUST SEE (Stars are my personal preferences.)
Art Gallery of South Australia ***.
Penguins *** at Victor (not Victoria, Victor).
FOOD & FACTORY TOURS (Must book)
Cooper's Brewery tour.**
Haigh's Chocolate factory tour. ***
Wine Tours***. Choice of day tours to an ABC of hills, vales and valleys: Adelaide Hill, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley,  Coonawarra, McLaren Vale.

Art Gallery of South Australia. Photo from Kajinoz in Wikipedia.

FREE
White sand beaches with the conveniences of cold water showers and toilets.
Adelaide Botanical Gardens.

MAYBE IF TIME / ALSO IN THE AREA
Zoo with kangaroos and koalas - if you haven't seen these previously or recently.
Football.

SIDE TRIPS / WHERE NEXT
Alice Springs - centre of Australia, halfway between Adelaide in the south and Darwin in the north, what to watch for - camels (and crime).

Holiday Reading
I remember reading A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. It is not about Alice Springs but an attempt by a WWII survivor to use her inheritance to create an economic boom in a town like Alice. (And a running thread is her WWII romance with another WWII prisoner and his attempt to find her. Both characters were based on real people who the author Shute met in Australia.)

PS My friend Valerie who is also a Facebook friend wrote to me on Facebook:
 I took a day trip to Kangaroo Island from Adelaide. It was wonderful, lots of fur seals and sea lions. Don’t remember penguins, but I also went on a trip to Philip Island, Melbourne, to watch the fairy penguins coming home in the surf at sunset, full of fish for their babies. Quite magical!

Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/South_Australia#
https://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Exhibitions/
https://southaustralia.com/places-to-go/adelaide
https://southaustralia.com/products/adelaide/tour/a-taste-of-south-australia
https://www.australia.com/en-gb/places/adelaide-and-surrounds/guide-to-adelaide.html
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g255093-Adelaide_Greater_Adelaide_South_Australia-Vacations.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. For Art Gallery of South Australia see previous post. Please share links to your favourite posts.