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Festival Theatre, Adelaide

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Festival Theatre

If you're not already familiar with the iconic Festival Theatre, it is one of South Australia's most prestigious performing arts venues. Throughout the year, it hosts a wide range of major performances and festivals and is the proud home of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, State Opera South Australia, The Australian Ballet, and other leading companies. With a seating capacity of nearly 2,000 across three levels, the Festival Theatre is Adelaide's largest proscenium arch theatre. It offers an unparalleled venue for hire, ideal for events where only the finest setting will suffice. Within the same building, you'll also find our Banquet Room and new restaurant, Angry Penguin, both offering beautiful views of the River Torrens (Karrawirra Pari) and Elder Park. Led by Executive Chef Alex Katsman, Angry Penguin offers you an opportunity to experience elevated pre-show dining – or it is worthy of a visit on its own.

Adelaide SA

0.1 km away

Unique Opal Mine — Image credit: Unique Opal Mine

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Unique Opal Mine

Unique Opal Mine invites visitors to experience a simulated underground opal mine in Adelaide's CBD. The attraction recreates the feel of the Australian outback, with carved tunnel walls and seams of real opal set into the mine. Visitors can explore the only attraction of its kind in the CBD and learn more about opal mining, cutting and jewellery making. Skilled opal jewellers regularly cut opal on site, offering a close-up look at this detailed process. The attraction also features a mini museum with opalised fossils, including an ancient opalised plesiosaur. It is one of only eight known examples in the world.

Adelaide SA

0.1 km away

4th Floor Elevator - Modernist Design Museum

Galleries, Museums and Collections

4th Floor Elevator - Modernist Design Museum

4th Floor Elevator (4FE) is a Modernist Museum located in the heart of Adelaide CBD hidden upstairs in an historic 1879 building. Their permanent "MADE IN AUS" collection is a thoughtful curation of objects sourced exclusively from private collection showcasing the influence of migrant and local talents in furniture art, industrial design, and manufacturing in Australia between the 1950s-1980s. These iconic pieces are displayed through a fresh contemporary lens, exemplifying how good design transcends time. The museum also features international furniture, product & industrial design. 4FE is a pulsating experience of art, design, music, video graphics, and pop culture which is both educational and inspiring for all ages. For enthusiasts of Mid Century, Vintage, Industrial, Space Age furniture and product design, this is a unique collection not to be missed. Open fortnightly on Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm.

Adelaide SA

0.1 km away

White gold Queensland Boulder Opal & diamond pendant.

Shopping and Markets

Opal Diamond Factory

Established in 1974, Opal and Diamond Factory is Adelaide’s oldest and largest opal, diamond and coloured gem specialist. Their collection of South Australian crystal and white opals, Queensland boulder opals and famous Lightning Ridge black opals is the most extensive in Australia. Amid the hot, red dust of Coober Pedy in South Australia’s far north, opal pioneer John Ryneš and son Mike Saj-Ryneš discovered a love for Australia’s national gemstone. At the Opal and Diamond Factory, the Ryneš family crafts jewellery, including bespoke pieces, from opals, ethically-sourced GIA certified diamonds and other precious stones. They are proud to have played small parts in thousands of stories - from love celebrations and special moments, to the creation of keepsakes and treasured gifts. Collaborating with their customers is at the heart of what they do. Their success is the result of passion and hard work; whether it be cutting rough opals straight from the mine, or shaping elegant, custom jewellery in their design studio.

Adelaide SA

0.1 km away

Butterfly Brooch featuring South Australin opals . — Image credit: Australian opal and diamond collection

Shopping and Markets

Australian Opal and Diamond Collection

Australian opal and Diamond collection is located in Adelaide, South Australia, where the majority of Australian Opals are Mined. Field as such as Coober Pedy Andamooka and Mintabie produce spectacular world class Opal gemstones. From Mining, Wholesalers, exporters and manufacturing jewellers, producing high Quality and affordable Opal, diamond and Pearl Jewellery. One on one and tourist groups are welcome to experience the VIP demonstration and education on Australia's National Gemstone.

Adelaide SA

0.2 km away

Ground Floor Bar at the Lost Dice — Image credit: The Lost Dice

Amusement and Theme Parks

The Lost Dice

Come and experience the The Lost Dice. This Board Game Restaurant and Bar in Adelaide offers a fun and cool space to indulge in delicious food and drinks while playing from their vast library of over 500 unique board games with your friends and family. You can order scrumptious food prepared by their award-winning chefs and drinks or a cocktail from the bar without interrupting your game.

Adelaide SA

0.2 km away

North Terrace

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

North Terrace

Stroll along North Terrace- there's plenty to experience. The National Wine Centre of Australia is a great introduction to South Australian wine. Enjoy the chance to sample some great wines whilst learning about production. The Adelaide Botanic Garden is an oasis in the city. Rejuvenate with a stroll through the grounds or just relax with a picnic on the grass. The Art Gallery of South Australia, Migration Museum and South Australian Museum are located in the heart of this cultural boulevard. The State Library displays some fine exhibitions. Statues and war memorials also line the terrace. On corner of King William Street is Government House, residence of the Governor. Visit on the annual open day in April for a closer look at the stately home and grounds. Over the road is Parliament House and the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide's "arts' heart". The centre overlooks Elder Park on the banks of the picturesque River Torrens. Just a few steps away is the Adelaide Casino, located above the grand Adelaide Railway Station. The Adelaide Convention Centre is a tad further along and the western end is home to some amazing architecture in the form of the SAMHRI building and others.

Adelaide SA

0.2 km away

Adventure Rooms Adelaide - Escape Rooms

Amusement and Theme Parks

Adventure Rooms Adelaide - Escape Rooms

Adventure Rooms is Adelaide's original and most popular escape room experience, offering customers a choice of 6 exciting games in the heart of the Adelaide CBD, Rundle Mall. The store across two levels also has a bar to enjoy a nice cold beverage before or after your adventure. Adventure Rooms is loved by all, with an impressive 5 star rating across Google, Trip Advisor, and Facebook with over 1500 reviews combined. Players work together with their team to hunt hidden objects, and solve creative puzzles and try to escape the room before the 60 minutes on the clock runs out. Adventure Rooms is a perfect activity to do in any weather with family, friends or team building with work colleagues. Being right in the heart of the CBD means there are plenty of parking and public transport options as well as bars and restaurants to visit before or after your experience.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

Government House

Landmarks and Buildings

Government House South Australia

Government House, Adelaide is the oldest Government House in Australia and is the private residence of the Governor's family. The first Government House, the "Government Hut" was constructed of timber slabs, wattle and daub, a thatched roof, calico ceiling, and external stone chimneys. It is believed to have been on a site between the present railway station and the River Torrens, and was destroyed by fire in 1841. The gardens and grounds of Government House are steeped in historical, cultural and environmental significance. Located on the eastern lawns of Government House is a fine Armillary Sphere sundial which was installed in 1991. A gift to the State by Her Excellency The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO, the sundial was made in South Australia by Sundials Australia, and stands on a pedestal sculpted by local artist, Silvio Apponyi. The pedestal is made from Murray Bridge Rubble Limestone, a material similar to that used for the rebuilding of the North Terrace boundary wall of Government House.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

Adelaide Town Hall — Image credit: City of Adelaide

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Adelaide Town Hall

A landmark heritage building, the Adelaide Town Hall is steeped in history. Its magnificent architecture and elegant interiors give an in depth insight into the rich cultural heritage of South Australia. Adelaide Town Hall plays host to all kinds of events including elegant dinners and civic receptions, corporate or private functions, conferences and concerts. To experience the world-renowned acoustics of the Auditorium, visit their website to view the concert events calendar or book a one-hour tour. Tours are limited and bookings are essential.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

The Mall's Balls sculpture — Image credit: Rundle Mall

Landmarks and Buildings

The 'Mall's Balls' (The Spheres)

The Spheres (affectionately titled the 'Mall's Balls' by locals) is Rundle Mall's most iconic artwork. Made from a pair of larger-than-life stainless steel spheres sitting one atop the other, the artwork measures just over 4 metres tall and was brought to life by Vienna-born artist Bert Flugelman. Flugelman always wanted the artwork to be interacted with: "After we put it up on the Sunday afternoon I went back on the Monday to watch community responses to it. A very little old lady came walking up to it and looked at it and then she opened up her handbag and took out her handkerchief and blew on the work and wiped it. I thought it was wonderful. I thought that’s alright. It works!" The Hindmarsh Building Society donated The Spheres to the City of Adelaide in 1977 to mark their centenary. Today, The Spheres is a popular meeting place, with most Adelaide locals having met someone at the Mall's Balls when visiting Rundle Mall. Their shape has become synonymous with Rundle Mall and Adelaide as a whole, appearing on posters, t-shirts — and even the Rundle Mall logo. You'll often see kids playing with the artwork's reflections and tourists taking a photo of themselves using The Spheres as a backdrop.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

Mini Mortlock in Little Library — Image credit: SLSA

Amusement and Theme Parks

Little Library

A whole world made just for kids, Little Library is a place where stories hide in unexpected places, curiosity is always welcome and imaginations are free to wander, wonder and discover. Designed for children aged 0 to 11, it is a space to read, talk, sing and play, helping little people grow a lifelong love of books, stories and learning. Inspired by Words Grow Minds research into early childhood development, Little Library brings together the very best of reading, play and discovery in one joyful space. Visitors can browse and borrow from a carefully chosen collection of much-loved children's books, settle in for a story, join a song, enjoy a quiet moment with a stack of favourites or simply explore at their own pace.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

The Seedling Exchange — Image credit: Nature Festival

Galleries, Museums and Collections

The Seedling Exchange

The Seedling Exchange is a temporary public pavilion and living art installation that will grow and evolve throughout Nature Festival. The project is a partnership between Nature Festival and the City of Adelaide, bringing together public art and landscape design. Designed by artist and architect Sabrina Sterk from Adelaide University, in collaboration with plant stylist and landscape designer Emma Sadie Thomson (EST), the installation creates a place where architecture, ecology and collective participation meet. A team of contemporary artists serving as Seedling Guides, will support community participation and help bring the installation to life through hands-on exchange and the 'performance' of seed planting. The impact and benefits of the Seedling Exchange will continue beyond the festival, with the City of Adelaide's Horticulture Team nurturing and planting the seedlings in suitable locations across the city.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

Art Gallery of South Australia

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Art Gallery of South Australia

Founded in 1881, the Art Gallery of South Australia is home to one of Australia’s great art collections. The collection comprises of over 45,000 works of art spanning from Australia, Europe, North America and Asia and includes one of the most important collections of Indigenous art as well as the only dedicated Islamic gallery space in Australia. Carefully curated exhibitions and displays provide a unique experience, taking you through the history of art, up to present day in surprising and unexpected ways. As you wander from one gallery to the next, you’ll find works of art presented in ways that give new insights, culturally and thematically. Take a tour with an experienced guide, attend an artist talk or plot your own course. Open 364 days a year with free tours at 11am and 2pm daily, and until 9pm on the First Friday of every month.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

Rundle Mall

Shopping and Markets

Rundle Mall

In the heart of the city is a place like no other. A place of rich history and constant evolution, where old and new meet. Filled with curated experiences and moments of pure spontaneity. Where the everyday is elevated and every visit is one you'll remember. It's special – but it's a place where everyone is welcome. It can only be Rundle Mall. You can look at the numbers – over 700 retail stores, 300 services and flagship department stores. The biggest outdoor mall in the Southern Hemisphere, and with over 52 million annual visitors, the busiest in Australia. But that's not the whole story. With the most loved names in shopping, food favourites and new hotspots, unmissable cultural experiences and incredible, unexpected entertainment, it's so much more. Here, storied history meets what's next, with old traditions recreated by new generations. It's where a shopping trip leads to a long lunch, a quick trip to the bank becomes a coffee catch-up, and knock offs become kick ons. Off the main Mall, there are arcades and laneways waiting to be explored. Rooftop bars. Live music. The biggest and best Black Friday sales. The real Santa's home away from home. It surprises and delights, so you can shop, explore and experience more. It's one-of-a-kind, every time you visit. Only here. Only Rundle Mall.

Adelaide SA

0.3 km away

'A Day Out' (the Rundle Mall pigs) — Image credit: Rundle Mall

Landmarks and Buildings

'A Day Out' by Marguerite Derricourt

On 3 July 1999, Rundle Mall welcomed four new residents —Horatio, Oliver, Truffles and Augusta. Made completely from bronze, these life-sized pigs look to be having a great day out in Rundle Mall as they walk the Mall, dig through the bin for food scraps and greet passers-by. The art installation officially known as A Day Out was created by Marguerite Derricourt, the winner of a national sculpture competition instigated by the City of Adelaide in the final stages of the Rundle Mall upgrades in the late 1990s. The people of Adelaide loved the pigs so much, a competition was held to name them and you can find a plaque next to each pig stating its name and the name of the person who named them. Children and adults alike are often seen hugging, sitting on and posing for pictures with the popular pigs on their days out in Rundle Mall.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

The 'Pigeon' Sculpture — Image credit: Rundle Mall

Landmarks and Buildings

'Pigeon' Sculpture

The humble pigeon has been elevated to new heights with the installation in Gawler Place of 'Pigeon', a homage to those feathery urban dwellers that inhabit many city centres, including our own Rundle Mall. Nationally and internationally recognised South Australian artist Paul Sloan is the creator of Pigeon, which will stand over two metres tall and is crafted out of mirrored stainless steel. Paul’s vision was to raise the status of the humble pigeon from an overlooked, ubiquitous creature to the realm of awe and wonder. “I see pigeons as proud flaneurs, promenading through our leisure and retail precincts. They are the quiet witnesses of our day-to-day activities in the city, our observers from day through to night” Paul says. Find 'Pigeon' in Gawler Place, outside Nespresso.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

The Rundle Mall Fountain adorned with flowers — Image credit: Rundle Mall

Landmarks and Buildings

The Rundle Mall Fountain

The fountain has had many homes since it was first cast in the late 1880s and currently resides adjacent to the entrance of Adelaide Arcade. Two fountains, one of which now resides in Rundle Mall, once sat outside the Jubilee Exhibition building on North Terrace and were constructed in the late Victorian era, with both being prime examples of the domestic fountains of the time. In 1908, the two fountains were handed over to the Adelaide City Council by the South Australian Government. One was to be relocated to a North Adelaide address and the other in South Adelaide, and since their first relocation, both fountains have been re-homed. These days, the larger of the two fountains is situated in Creswell Gardens adjacent to Adelaide Oval and the smaller fountain in Rundle Mall —though has moved positions in the Mall a number of times— finding its current home adjacent to the entrance of Adelaide Arcade. The fountain is often undergoing updates to its base, and has also been painstakingly repainted in colours of the Victorian era. In 1976, then-Premier Don Dunstan famously filled the fountain with champagne donated by Hardy's to celebrate the opening of Rundle Mall. Today, the fountain is a popular photo moment for Rundle Mall shoppers, or just a spot to sit and watch the world go by.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

City Library - Studio One — Image credit: City of Adelaide

Galleries, Museums and Collections

City Library

City Library is a place for you to access cutting edge technology and experience a variety of programs, events and exhibitions all year round. The Library has plenty of comfortable spaces for you to enjoy. On sunny days you can relax in the Outdoor Reading room which has ramp access, and a range of meeting rooms and spaces are available for hire. The City Library offers a range of programs designed to create, connect and inspire such as the Digital Hub, Media Lab, Innovation Lab, History Hub and is home to several reading groups where new members are always welcome. Kids love the school holiday activity program.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

Hijinx Hotel Rundle Place

Amusement and Theme Parks

Hijinx Hotel Rundle Place

Hijinx Hotel is an immersive interactive game experience housed within the theme, wonder and theatre of a quirky New York style hotel where the rooms are reimagined into quick play, challenge rooms. Leave the suitcases at home - these are rooms where you play, not stay. Each of the hotel wings home highly fun and experiential, game-afied rooms made up of five different collaborative games including massive adult ball pits, giant size scrabble tiles and rubix cubes, enormous musical instruments (think the Piano in BIG). Throw in unicorns a plenty and Hijinx is perfect for 5 and 500 year olds, fun for the young and the young at heart in a group, on a date or just out with a mate, Hijinx Hotel is the best place to play.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

BODHI Spa at Eos by SkyCity

Spas and Retreats

BODHI Spa at Eos by SkyCity

BODHI Spa at Eos by SkyCity is a serene retreat devoted to wellbeing and renewal - by Australia's leading luxury wellness group. It offers an elevated journey of deep calm and connection, and complete rejuvenation. Located on Level 1 of Eos by SkyCity, BODHI Spa at Eos has been thoughtfully created to provide a distinctive wellness journey, to bring about a deep sense of wellbeing. Adjoining facilities include; gymnasium, change rooms, a dry heat sauna, wet steam room warm spa pool, swimming pool and a quiet relaxation lounge to complement your experience.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

Cold War Bunker - An adult escape room which can be modified for children at Fox in a Box Adelaide — Image credit: Fox in a Box

Amusement and Theme Parks

Fox in a Box Escape Rooms Adelaide

Fox in a Box Adelaide offers an exhilarating escape room experience in the historic Greater Union Cinema on Hindley Street. With 11 uniquely immersive rooms and dedicated game masters guiding the way, it's the perfect place for friends, families, and coworkers to create unforgettable memories. Work as a team to uncover clues, crack puzzles, and escape within a thrilling 60-minute time limit. Open seven days a week until late, Fox in a Box is ideal for birthday parties, children's celebrations, bucks or hens nights, and all kinds of social events. It's also a top choice for corporate team-building, with exclusive venue hire and full catering options available. Enjoy a spacious reception area with a full stocked bar and modern amenities to elevate your experience from start to finish! Fun for Kids & School Holidays Looking for a unique and exciting way to celebrate your child's birthday or keep the kids entertained during school holidays? Fox in a Box Adelaide offers kid-friendly escape room experiences that spark imagination and teamwork in a fun, safe environment. With age-appropriate puzzles, helpful game masters, and rooms tailored for younger players, it's the ultimate group activity for ages 8 and up.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

The Cave Room

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Urban Climb Adelaide

Urban Climb Adelaide brings a multi-level climbing experience to the heart of Adelaide. Reborn from a historic cinema, the venue boasts seven bouldering walls, perfect for all skill levels. Refuel between climbs with coffee or browse the pro-shop for climbing gear. Urban Climb Adelaide is suitable for children ages five and above.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

Centre of Democracy

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Centre of Democracy

The Centre of Democracy showcases the people and ideas that have shaped democracy in South Australia. Featuring treasures from the state's collections and the latest in digital technology, the gallery challenges visitors to think again about people and power. One of the newest attractions on Adelaide's North Terrace cultural precinct, the Centre of Democracy is becoming the hub for a vibrant program of education and public programs that will engage and inform visitors about the ideas behind democracy and political participation.

Adelaide SA

0.4 km away

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