Elder Park
Elder Park is a public open space in the city of Adelaide, South Australia on the southern bank of the River Torrens and that is bordered by the Adelaide Festival Centre and North Terrace.

Elder Park is a public open space in the city of Adelaide, South Australia on the southern bank of the River Torrens and that is bordered by the Adelaide Festival Centre and North Terrace. It is part of Park 26 of the Adelaide Park Lands, and the Torrens Linear Park also passes through Elder Park.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Elder Park
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Adelaide suburb of Hindmarsh. It is primarily used for soccer as the home ground of Adelaide United FC in the A-League men's and women's competitions.
3 km · football stadium in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval is a stadium located within the Adelaide Park Lands in the suburb of North Adelaide. It is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of the Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League, the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League and the South Australia cricket team in the Sheffield Shield.
400 m · stadium in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia - 03Art Gallery of South Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia, established as the National Gallery of South Australia in 1881, is located in Adelaide. It is the most significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia.
600 m · arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia · Wikipedia - 04South Australian Museum
The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands.
500 m · natural history museum in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia - 05Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo is a zoo in Adelaide, Australia. It is the country's second oldest zoo opening in 1883, and is operated on a non-profit basis.
800 m · zoo in Australia · Wikipedia - 06St Francis Xavier's Cathedral
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. It is classified as being a Gothic Revival building in the Early English style.
1.2 km · Catholic cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia - 07Torrens University Australia
Torrens University is an Australian international private, for-profit university and vocational registered training organisation, with campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Blue Mountains, and Auckland, New Zealand. Torrens University Australia, along with Think Education and Media Design School, together form Torrens Global Education, which is part of Strategic Education, Inc.
1.1 km · university in Australia · Wikipedia - 08St Peter's Cathedral
St Peter's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Adelaide and Metropolitan of the Province of South Australia.
600 m · cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia - 09Adelaide Botanic Garden
The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 51-hectare public garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, in the Adelaide Park Lands. It lies on North Terrace and behind it the Botanic Park.
1.3 km · botanical garden in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia - 10Adelaide Entertainment Centre
The Adelaide Entertainment Centre is an indoor arena located in Adelaide. It is used for sporting and entertainment events.
2.5 km · an indoor arena located in the South Australian · Wikipedia
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Getting to Elder Park
- Airports
- Adelaide (ADL), 7 km
- Stations
- Adelaide Parklands Terminal, 2.6 km · Adelaide railway station, 400 m
- Geelong/Melbourne → Elder Park16 km · quickest by road, 46 min · A$2.5–3
- Melbourne → Elder Park16 km · quickest by road, 47 min · A$2.5–3.5
- Sydney (Mascot) → Elder Park16941 km · quickest by air, 28h 11m · A$2,860–4,430
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No local-transport research exists yet for Elder Park
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Elder Park. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Elder Park
Elder Park is 1 km from Adelaide, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.