Things to do in Adelaide

Recommendations for activities in Adelaide before/after the workshop

If you’re arriving before/after the Annual Workshop, Ruth  from the Operations Team (who grew up in Adelaide and a big advocate for people to explore Adelaide) recommends you:

• Explore Adelaide City: The Museum and Art Gallery are next door to The University of Adelaide. The Mall has a beehive corner, some brass pigs, a large pigeon and the Malls Balls

• Take the tram to Glenelg or the bus to Henley beach

• Visit the McLaren Vale (wine region)

• Visit the Barossa Valley (stop at the Whispering wall) (wine region)

• Visit Hahndorf (with a stop in at Berenberg for Strawberry Picking), Mt Lofty and the Adelaide Hills.

• Extend your time in the Fleurieu Peninsula with a trip to Rapid Bay and Second Valley

• Go hiking in Morialta Conservation Park or walk Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty

• Check out Chihuly in the Botanic Gardens

• Visit the Panda’s at Adelaide Zoo!

• Have a day trip to Monarto Zoo!

• Try a Farmers Union Iced Coffee, eat some Fruchocs, have a Frog cake or pie floater and try the range of pies/kransky’s from Villi’s Bakery or Balfours

Many thanks to the students and post-docs in Adelaide for contributing to this list!

Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

A colourful glass art exhibit, Chihuly in the Botanic Garden, has opened just a few minutes’ walk from the University of Adelaide campus!

The exhibition, exclusive to Adelaide, features contemporary installations woven throughout the gardens and marks the Australian debut of celebrated artist Dale Chihuly.

As part of the Chihuly in the Botanic Garden event, the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing has curated the Glass Science Exhibit in the Museum of Economic Botany, also located in the Botanic Garden and free to visit. This exhibit highlights the groundbreaking science of Professor Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem and her team and the stunning art of local glass artist Karen Cunningham. From 3D-printed glass and optic fibre drawn in space to glowing diamond nanoparticles embedded in glass—come and witness how light and glass together unlock extraordinary potential in technology.