With a different dive every day this place really does have it all. There are several wrecks in the area as well as some of the most enjoyable boat and shore dives in the country. Kangaroo Island should definitely be visited by any serious diver, as the myriad species of fish has to be seen to be believed.
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Adelaide (pop. 917,000; city region 1.5 million), Australia's fifth-largest city and one of its most gracious, lies on a stretch of coast bounded on the west by Gulf St Vincent and on the landward side by the Mount Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills). The city has spread steadily further eastward towards the wooded slopes
of the hills, but further expansion in that direction is held back mainly by the fear of forest fires and bush fires. Only a few years ago large areas of forest and a number of houses on the outskirts of Adelaide were destroyed in a devastating fire. The town was named after Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV.
Like Melbourne, Adelaide was not established as a penal colony but was founded by free citizens, mainly from Britain. The first settlers, led by Captain John Hindmarsh, landed from HMS Buffalo in Holdfast Bay (now Glenelg) on December 28th 1826. The site was chosen by the surveyor-general of the colony, Colonel William Light, who is commemorated by Light's Vision Lookout in North Adelaide. The town's further development confirmed his judgment, and the people of Adelaide are proud of the layout he designed with its wide streets, squares and open spaces.
In the last twenty years or so Adelaide has become an important industrial center. It's traditional industries are the construction and textile manufacture. In the north and west of the city large car and engineering manufacturers have emerged. A high-tech park financed mainly by Japanese investment is being built on the edge of town.
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