Why backpack in South Australia?
OK, you’ve climbed the bridge, circled the rock and snorkelled the reef. Now it’s time to meet the real Australia. We’re talking about a wild night in an Outback pub with the townsfolk of Parachilna (population four). We’re talking about a week of hiking around Kangaroo Island, the wildlife haven they’re calling the ‘Galapagos of Australia’. We’re talking about a month’s work during the crazy ‘Vintage’ season, harvesting grapes in the beautiful Barossa Valley – doing hard yakka, earning good coin and kicking back with the locals. It’s time to do the stuff that other people are only just beginning to discover … diving with Australia’s fearsome Great White Sharks off Port Lincoln, looking for opals in Coober Pedy, cycling through valleys and vineyards, swimming with sea lions and dolphins in Baird Bay, exploring unrivalled collections of art in Adelaide, driving cattle for a day in the Flinders Ranges, relaxing with a beer on the deck of your own houseboat as you drift down the Murray Ri
