Tag: Adelaide
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First-ever direct flight from sister city lands in Adelaide
A new Air New Zealand connection between Adelaide and Christchurch would bolster the state’s tourism coffers, the government said. The first-ever Christchurch-Adelaide service landed last night, marking the first direct route between the South Australian capital and a sister city. Christchurch was Adelaide’s first sister city, with the international partnership dating back to 1972. Tourism…
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For Adelaide to really take off, we need to focus on local connectivity
The introduction of several new international flights to and from Adelaide highlights the city’s growing reputation as a destination for tourism, trade and investment. But while Adelaide’s global connectivity is heading in the right direction, the same unfortunately can’t be said for its local connectivity. The recent 2025 Benchmarking Adelaide report reveals that Adelaide is…
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Historic Medindie villa has the best of both worlds
When Jane Copley, a radiologist, moved into her Medindie home in 1998, it was the location and the blend of historic grandeur with modern family living that set 62 Hawkers Road apart. “It was sold previously quite derelict and a builder had bought it and renovated it, so it had that nice mix of big…
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Aussies will bask in home support at LIV Golf
Cam Smith is adamant his All Australian Ripper GC will again thrive in the home-town hype at LIV Golf‘s Adelaide tournament. Smith and countrymen Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones expect raucous crowd support when they tee off in Friday’s opening round. About 100,000 spectators will attend the three-day tournament at the Grange Golf…
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Choosing Adelaide for lifestyle and opportunities
For Giosuè Pianciamore and his wife Stephania, Adelaide was their first choice when they decided to move their young family from Malta, a small island country in the central Mediterranean Sea, in pursuit of better opportunities and a better quality of life. Pianciamore said Malta, having also been a British colony, shared similarities with Adelaide…
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Fatal Hills motorcycle crash takes 2024 road toll to 90
A 69-year-old Mount Barker man has died in hospital following a collision between his motorcycle and a car. Police said just before 10.30 am on 21 December, police and emergency services were called to Forreston Road after reports of a collision between a Volkswagen station wagon and a Suzuki motorcycle. The motorcycle rider was taken…
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Housing opportunities core to Salisbury’s new 2040 City Plan
With the northern suburbs set to deliver much of Adelaide’s future housing growth under the state government’s Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (GARP), the City of Salisbury is positioning itself to take advantage of the anticipated boom. Salisbury has unveiled its City Plan 2040 – a document guiding the city’s aspirations to “transform itself as a…
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FEATURE LISTING: A country lifestyle in city-side Medindie
If you think you’ve seen this turn-of-the-century villa somewhere before, you are not mistaken. Affectionately known as Braemar, 6 Palm Street, Medindie, can be seen in Tim Minchin’s comedy TV series Upright. But for current owner Maria Caruso, it’s where she’s called home for the past 12-and-a-half years, initially attracted to the property by its…
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Adelaide 500 traffic already worse than 2023
Road closures began last Friday ahead of the Adelaide 500, with several of Adelaide’s busiest roads already seeing an increased delay compared to last year. Travel time on Payneham Road between Glynburn and Hackney Road was up to 40 minutes on Friday, an increase from the 32-minute median time on the first Friday of 2023’s…