Attractions

With its central location, Adelaide Shores is the ideal base from which to explore all the different facets of Adelaide and South Australia. Here are a few of the great experiences on offer within easy reach of Adelaide Shores:

Arts & Culture

To learn about the history and heritage of the Holdfast Bay area, it’s free to visit the Bay Discovery Centre interpretive museum at Glenelg.

The Glenelg Fine Art Gallery, housed in the heritage listed Old Fire Station, presents a wide range of artistic works encompassing traditional, impressionism, surrealism, abstract and contemporary, as well as a new Outback Artists permanent exhibit.

There are also a number of art galleries and museums, including the South Australian Maritime Museum, in and around Port Adelaide.

Just a short drive away in Adelaide’s city centre, is Tandanya, the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, which offers extensive exhibitions of indigenous art.

Family Fun

West Beach Mini Golf, in the centre of the Adelaide Shores precinct, provides outdoor fun for kids of all ages, and their parents.

Adelaide's newest amusement complex, The Beachouse is packed with options for family fun: there are 3 fully enclosed and heated waterslides, a 5 storey play castle, Formula One dodgem cars, a carousel, and the latest addition: a 25 metre high ferris wheel.

Food and wine

The seaside suburbs of Glenelg and Henley Beach, just minutes from Adelaide Shores, offer a fantastic array of bars, cafes, pubs and restaurants to suit any taste.

Or why not take a day trip to gorgeous McLaren Vale and sample the world-class wines of this region. Many wineries also have restaurants offering superb food and views over the vineyards. A South Australian speciality not to be missed.

Nature & the outdoors

Enjoy some fresh air and see Adelaide’s gorgeous metropolitan coast by walking or cycling a section of the linear Coast Park.

Glenelg Scuba Diving offers beginner courses, adventure programs, dive charters and shipwreck dives.

Join the local dolphins for a cruise with Temptation Sailing, based at Glenelg.

From May to October each year, Southern Right whales visit the sheltered bays along South Australia’s coast to mate and give birth. Do some whale-watching at Encounter Bay at Victor Harbour, 80km south of Adelaide, which is also home to the South Australian Whale Centre.

Hold a koala, or feed a kangaroo at Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills.

Explore the old growth mangrove forests, dolphins and ship graveyards of the Port River with Blue Water SeaKayaking.

Shopping

Just 5 minutes from Adelaide Shores is Harbour Town – a discount shopping mecca with over 100 clothing, accessories and homewares shops. Twenty new stores, including a supermarket, opened in a new section of the complex in December 2008.

Sports

Have a round of golf on one of Adelaide Shores Golf Park’s two sand-belt 18-hole golf courses.

See one of Adelaide’s two Australian Football League teams, the Crows and Port Power, play at AAMI Stadium between March and September. The Footy Express Bus stops at Adelaide Shores on Military Road.