They are suffused with good taste. Climatically they are a collection of small towns and villages notable for being cooler in the hot summer months - and summer in Adelaide can be particularly oppressive.
Consequently there is a sense of a British hill station about the area which tends to attract wealthy people from Adelaide who want quietness, seasonal change and lots of shady retreats.
The novelist Barbara Hanrahan captured this European feel when she wrote of the hills that they "were more like England than any other place in the state. As well as tea-tree and wattle there were ivy bushes and oak-trees, hedges of sweet-brier and monthly roses Each mansion was surrounded by plants that would have died on the plains in summer. There were rhododendrons, camelias, even strawberries. In winter it was known for snow to fall. Each of those towns is covered under separate entries.
It is rare for any city in the world to be able to offer a direction as simple as "follow Glen Osmond Road south east and you will soon be in the Adelaide Hills. Stay in touch with Wine Australia. Please enter your first name. Please enter your email. Adelaide Hills Geographical Indication. Adelaide Hills Council About the profile areas. Important Statistics.
Land area Population density Settlement history European settlement dates from the late s, with Adelaide Hills being one of the earliest settled areas in South Australia, due to proximity to Adelaide, high rainfall and fertile valleys. Land use. Land use The Adelaide Hills Council area is a predominantly rural area, with substantial rural-residential and township areas.
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