NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
IT’S NOT JUST FOOD AND DRINK CULTURE THAT’S ALIVE AND WELL IN ADELAIDE’S WEST END: TAP INTO ITS ARTISTIC PULSE AT JAM FACTORY, HOUSING STUDIOS, GALLERIES AND A SHOP; LIVE MUSIC AND ARTS VENUE LION ARTS FACTORY; AND BY CHECKING OUT THE STREET ART THAT BRINGS THE LANEWAYS TO LIFE. EAT STREETS
Starting on Adelaide’s TERRACE, EAST fronting leafy Kadlitpina/Rundle Park (a festival hub during Fringe), is AFRICOLA one of the hottest tables in town. Here, in a riotous space full of noise and colour, Duncan Welgemoed interprets African dishes in a way unique to the here and now – try the Goolwa pipis with fermented chilli and short noodle. And the is where you WEST END want to be in order to experience Adelaide’s flourishing laneway culture: starting with pioneers STREETS, home PEEL AND LEIGH to scene-staple ST; the smoky, steamy, PEEL fire-fuelled restaurant (also try its SHOBOSHO eight-seater little sister yakitori, SHO); trendy drinking hole and PINK MOON SALOON natural wine bar and restaurant LEIGH STREET
ROOM. Get a taste of iconic Barossa WINE Valley restaurant FINO AT SEPPELTSFIELD in the CBD at its urban incarnation, FINO
VINO, or head to nearby for OSTERIA OGGI handcrafted pasta at this modern Italian. Or head west out of the CBD along Henley Beach Road to the vibrant and family-run
for one of the PARWANA AFGHAN KITCHEN best dining experiences Adelaide has to offer.
MUST DO
With its year-round roster of arts, music and cultural events, Adelaide is Australia’s unequivocal festival city. So it’s practically mandatory to attend a show or two while you’re in town. Aim for ‘Mad March’, when the city thrums with the energy of the ADELAIDE
FESTIVAL, world music festival WOMADELAIDE and – the largest open-access festival in FRINGE the southern hemisphere that sees something happening on every street corner and the city’s parklands come alive with cabaret, comedy and colour. And even a global pandemic can’t keep the city down, with live events going ahead this year with all the necessary precautions in place.
WALK THE WALK
The begins in RIVER TORRENS LINEAR TRAIL the foothills of the Adelaide Hills and journeys west through to the CBD all the way to the river mouth at Henley Beach. Following the graceful river for about 30 kilometres, you’ll pass river red gums, reed beds, ducks, water wrens and black cockatoos, see landmarks aplenty, and have the chance to appreciate Adelaide from a different perspective.