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Port Adelaide
Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia

Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the Adelaide CBD.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Port Adelaide

Out of the Adelaide Metro train system's four main lines, the line that connects this district is the Outer Harbor Line, which goes up the Le Fevre Peninsula in the north-west of the city via Port Adelaide and Glanville. The Outer Harbor line is convenient for the Semaphore tourist precinct, the historic maritime district in Port Adelaide and the Queen Street cafe strip in Croydon.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Port 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.

  2. 02
    National Railway Museum

    Australia's largest railway museum, housed in and around the former Port Dock goods terminal.

  3. 03
    South Australian Aviation Museum

    Two hangars with aircraft (mostly military) and engines on display.

  4. 04
    South 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.

  5. 05
    Hart's Mill Complex
  6. 06
    Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary

    A sanctuary known for its dolphins as the name of the place says.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Coopers Brewery

    The only remaining large family-owned brewery in Australia, well known around the world for their bottle conditioned ales.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Folklore Cafe

    A waterfront cafe overlooking the Port Adelaide River.

  2. 02
    The Banksia Tree Cafe and Restaurant

    A brunch cafe serving Australian cuisine as well as American cuisine.

  3. 03
    Spice N Ice

    A small restaurant specialising in South Asian cuisine.

  4. 04
    Portobello Food Kitchen Bar

    While it might be an Italian restaurant, Mediterranean cuisine is also available.

  5. 05
    Dutch Coffee Lab

    A Dutch cafe but with mostly the standards of what you would find in an Australian cafe.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Yu Chu Chin (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.