LocationSouth Australia, Australia.
Dialling code61.
Population1,532,727.
Time zoneGMT + 9.30 (GMT + 10.30 from last Sunday in October to last Sunday in March).
Electricity220-240 volts AC, 50Hz; flat three-pin plugs.
Average January temperatures29°C (84°F).
Average July temperatures15°C (59°F).
Annual rainfall585 mm (23 inches).
Cost of Living:1 Australian Dollar (A$1) = £0.41; US$0.81; C$0.94; €0.61
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rates as of April 2007Special Events:Jacobs Creek Tour Down Under, Jan, Australia’s premier cycling event (website:
www.tourdownunder.com.au)
Adelaide Film Festival, mid Feb-early Mar, presents films from around the world and includes many premieres, among them many Australian ones (website:
www.adelaidefilmfestival.org)
Adelaide Festival of the Arts, first two weeks in Mar (biannual: next 2008), one of the country’s biggest festivals, featuring theater, dance, music, visual arts, literature, film and large-scale outdoor events, throughout the city (website:
www.adelaidefestival.net.au)
Womadelaide Festival, mid-Mar, Australian and international singers and bands from 60 countries, turn up to this huge outdoor music festival annually, Botanic Park (website:
www.womadelaide.com.au)
Clipsal 500, mid-Mar, major V8 car-racing festival through the city streets, including air displays and concerts over four days, throughout the city (website:
www.clipsal500.com.au)
Royal Adelaide Show, early Sep, carnival rides, handicraft, cookery, and a wide variety of champion livestock and animals, Royal Adelaide Showground (website: www.adelaideshowground.com.au)
Tasting Australia, last week in Oct (biannual: next in 2007 and 2009), food products, wines and beers - this is the country’s premier gourmet experience, throughout the city (website:
www.tasting-australia.com.au)
Adelaide International Guitar Festival, late Nov-early Dec, Adelaide Festival Center (website:
www.afct.org.au)
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