Hike Adelaide

Adelaide has been recently voted as the '5th Most Livable City in the World' in a Property Council survey, the 'Best City in Australia' in a WotIf survey, and made Lonely Planet's top 10 best cities to visit IN THE WORLD!!! Since I am a fan with first hand experience visiting, living, and loving Adelaide, I thought I'd share it with you all - for people already living in Adelaide to enjoy their home town that bit more, and for anyone looking at travelling to Adelaide, to make the most of what beautiful country there is on offer.

Adelaide City is nestled nicely on the Adelaide Plains, surrounded by a stunning eastern landscape, the Adelaide Hills.

Not that I want to instigate any South Australia vs Eastern States rivalry or anything, but there's an important and pretty rare quality Adelaide holds close. With the city in the middle, suburbia expands from about Gawler in the North, to say Noarlunga in the South. Amazing beaches border the West, and the Adelaide Hills in the East. To travel to the city from the reaches North and South, you can look at a one way trip within an hour or so - a bit longer in peak hour of course but still, not bad... The beach and hills are about half hour from the city.

With everything so close, you can base yourself in the city and still access amazing things Adelaide has to offer, before lunch.

One of the most unique things of Adelaide that I absolutely love are the seemingly countless hiking trails within an hour of the city. What a beautiful way to spend a Saturday or Sunday, or even an afternoon after work, to immerse yourself in nature, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and still make it home for dinner, and maybe get a couple of photos of Aussie wildlife.

Adelaide really has a huge amount of conservation parks, reserves, and gardens, many containing long, short, and fun hiking trails. There's something for young and old, fit and people with fitness goals, varying ability levels, and accessible trails, suitable for wheelchairs.

In this blog I'll give my opinion, rating, and suggestions for as many hiking trails as I can that Adelaide has to offer. I'll love to receive people's comments and personal opinions of the trails I write about, and their own experiences.

Dust off your sneakers, fill up your water bottles, and have your camera at the ready.. We're going hiking!!