Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the Adelaide CBD.
Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the city of Adelaide. Port Adelaide played an important role in the formative decades of Adelaide and South Australia, with the port being early Adelaide's main supply and information link to the rest of the world. Its Kaurna name, although not officially adopted as a dual name, is Yertabulti.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Port Adelaide
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.
- 01Football Park
Football Park is an Australian rules football oval and former large-scale stadium located in the Adelaide suburb of West Lakes. It opened in 1974 to provide a playing and administrative home for the South Australian National Football League, the leading football organisation in South Australia.
3.8 km · stadium in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia - 02Pháp Hoa Temple
Phap Hoa Temple, meaning Dharma Lotus Temple, is a Buddhist temple located in Pennington, South Australia. Established in 1978, it moved to its current location in December 1989.
3 km · Buddhist temple in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia - 03MV Nelcebee
MV Nelcebee is an auxiliary schooner that served the South Australian coastal trade from 1883 to 1982.
500 m · Australian shooner and museum ship · Wikipedia - 04Port Adelaide Lighthouse
Port Adelaide Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the North Parade of Port Adelaide. It was first lit in 1869 at the entrance to the Port River near Outer Harbor.
400 m · lighthouse in South Australia · Wikipedia - 05Port Adelaide Workers Memorial
The Port Adelaide Workers Memorial is a public memorial sculpture located in Port Adelaide, South Australia which recognises people who have made a significant contribution to promoting workers' rights in the Port Adelaide community. The memorial bears the names of many prominent figures in the South Australian trade union movement and Labor Party, as well as workers who served in the Great War of 1914 -1918.
300 m · memorial statue by John Tillett · Wikipedia - 06Hart's Mill
Hart's Mill is a former flour mill complex located on a bend in the Port River, in the north-western corner of Port Adelaide, South Australia. The building, which is state heritage-listed, has been refurbished and is used as a cultural hub.
500 m · building in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Largs Pier Hotel
Largs Pier Hotel is located on the corner of The Esplanade and Jetty Road in Largs Bay, South Australia.
2.7 km · building in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Semaphore Library
The Semaphore Library is a public library in Semaphore, South Australia. It was formerly the Semaphore Institute, Semaphore Town Hall, Ozone Theatre, and Semaphore Cinema, and is heritage-listed on both the state and national registers.
2.1 km · public library in Semaphore, South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Tauondi College
Tauondi Aboriginal College, founded as the College of Aboriginal Education and also known as Tauondi Aboriginal Community College, is a non-profit independent Australian Aboriginal college in Port Adelaide, South Australia.
900 m · College in Adelaide, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge
The Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge, commonly referred to as the 'Diver' Derrick Bridge, is an opening single-leaf bascule road bridge over the Port River, Port Adelaide, in South Australia. It opened on 1 August 2008.
900 m · bridge in Lefevre Peninsula · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Port Adelaide Lighthouse
A 25-metre lighthouse that was first set up in 1869, at the entrance to the Port River, then moved to the Neptune Islands out in the sea before being moved to its current location.
- 02National Railway Museum
Australia's largest railway museum, housed in and around the former Port Dock goods terminal.
- 03South Australian Aviation Museum
Two hangars with aircraft (mostly military) and engines on display.
- 04South Australian Maritime Museum
Exhibits related to the maritime history of the region, from the first European explorers sailing the waters to immigrants arriving by boat and the Australian Navy of today.
- 05Hart's Mill Complex
- 06Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary
A sanctuary known for its dolphins as the name of the place says.
From Wikivoyage: Port Adelaide, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Coopers Brewery
The only remaining large family-owned brewery in Australia, well known around the world for their bottle conditioned ales.
From Wikivoyage: Port Adelaide, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Folklore Cafe
A waterfront cafe overlooking the Port Adelaide River.
- 02The Banksia Tree Cafe and Restaurant
A brunch cafe serving Australian cuisine as well as American cuisine.
- 03Spice N Ice
A small restaurant specialising in South Asian cuisine.
- 04Portobello Food Kitchen Bar
While it might be an Italian restaurant, Mediterranean cuisine is also available.
- 05Dutch Coffee Lab
A Dutch cafe but with mostly the standards of what you would find in an Australian cafe.
From Wikivoyage: Port Adelaide, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Port Adelaide
- Airports
- Adelaide (ADL), 12 km
- Stations
- National Railway Museum, 500 m · South Australian Maritime Museum, 400 m · South Australian Aviation Museum, 900 m · Alberton railway station, 1.9 km · Cheltenham Racecourse railway station, 3.5 km
- Geelong/Melbourne → Port Adelaide671 km · quickest by air, 5h 22m · A$240–360
- Melbourne → Port Adelaide666 km · quickest by air, 5h 7m · A$220–340
- Sydney (Mascot) → Port Adelaide1168 km · quickest by air, 5h 3m · A$230–360
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Port Adelaide
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 Port Adelaide. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Port Adelaide – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is 13 km from Adelaide, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Albertonsuburb of Adelaide, South Australia2 km
- Cheltenhamsuburb of Adelaide, South Australia3.3 km
- Birkenheadsuburb of Adelaide, South Australia1.5 km
- Semaphoresuburb of Adelaide, South Australia1.9 km
- West Lakes Shoresuburb of Adelaide, South Australia2.8 km
- Woodville Northsuburb of Adelaide, South Australia3.7 km