Travel: Charming Treasures of Regal Adelaide ; Penguins, Seals, a Friendly and Sympathetic City Delicious Wines and a Magnificent Island Named After a Famous Furry Native Are Just Some of the Delights in Australia's Forgotten Corner. Sophie Blakemore Reports

Birmingham Post › October 29, 2005

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It doesn't feature on the "must see" list of the majority of travellers Down Under. Even backpackers miss it out in favour of its sexier metropolitan neighbours Sydney, Perth and Melbourne.

And only last year the State Government announced it was to offer special aid to Brits wanting to relocate to South Australia in a bid to up its dwindling population.

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Travel: Charming Treasures of Regal Adelaide ; Penguins, Seals, a Friendly and Sympathetic City Delicious Wines and a Magnificent Island Named After a Famous Furry Native Are Just Some of the Delights in Australia's Forgotten Corner. Sophie Blakemore Reports

But taking this at face value without first-hand experience gives Adelaide and its environs a rather unfair bad press.

Far from being the thorn between the roses of its nearest state capitals, the City of Churches has a charm all of its own.

It is under-rated with a reputation among Australians for being rather passionless and while it does lack the glamour of its east coast counterparts, it possesses a refined serenity absent in many other state capita...

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