Adelaide Walking Tour: Hills Squares and Parklands

Join an easy-paced 2 hour small-group walking tour around upper North Adelaide adjacent to the city of Adelaide. The focus of thes tours is on history heritage and culture and covers not only the architecture and history of the varying buildings but also the people who have been associated with them and the stories about Adelaide’s development from colonial times to today. Most of the sites visited are public institutions statues and monuments as well as private homes and tour participants whether locals interstate or from overseas get to experience the essence of what Adelaide is all about.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› Wellington Hotel – Introduction including brief history of Adelaide and North Adelaide and its development route of tour duration and other housekeeping. Discuss Wellington Hotel and its history. (10 min)
ƒ?› Wellington Square – Discuss history of square significance (5 min)

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› Shop Wellington Square – History architecture (3 min)
ƒ?› Cortina – discuss two-storeyed houses – history – occupants ( 3 min)
ƒ?› House – cast-iron detailed – architecture and development ( 3 min)
ƒ?› Clifton – History – previous owners (3 min)

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› House Jeffcott Street – discuss previous owner and his history (5 min)
ƒ?› Lutheran Seminary – former Whinham College – History architecture developers of site (7 min)
ƒ?› Gable House – story of previous occupant architecture (5 min)
ƒ?› Belmont House – History of house previous occupants architecture (4 min)

Duration: 21 minutes

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› Kingsmead – Design history previous occupants (4 min)
ƒ?› Duncraig – History occupants pioneering connection (3 min)
ƒ?› Victorian Bay-windowed villa – History occupants suicide story (5 min)
ƒ?› Bishop’s Court Christ Church & Rectory – History architecture notable occupants (10 min)

Duration: 22 minutes

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› Undoolya – History associated families (4 min)
ƒ?› House from 1950’s – history occupants (3 min)
ƒ?› Roche House – History stories of occupants architecture (3 min)
ƒ?› Aquinas College – History – previous and current usage (3 min)

Duration: 13 minutes

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› Light’s Vision – Montefiore Hill – History of site of Colonel William Light first public hanging (10 min)
ƒ?› Carclew – History of house occupants connection with famous explorer (5 min)

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› Twin cottages – History – previous occupants (3 min)
ƒ?› Former Christ Church School – History architecture (4 min)
ƒ?› Previously Milford House Private Hotel – story of development associated occupants (5 min)
ƒ?› Victorian row of cottages – History development (5 min)

Duration: 17 minutes

Stop At: Adelaide Adelaide Greater Adelaide South Australia

ƒ?› Former Primitive Methodist Church – History – previous and current usage (5 min)

Duration: 5 minutes