Small but mighty. I love a good natural history museum that isn't all screens. The SA Museum is a…read morewonderland of exhibits - geology, history, biology etc. So much taxidermy (love it!)! An absolutely amazing room of Pacific Island and Indigenous art/artifacts! Minerals! And - it's free! We spent a few hours here and it was well worth our time.

This is an excellent spot to take your kids for enjoyment, particularly during school holidays. Our…read morefavorite activity is the scavenger hunt, where children can check off items from a list as they find them, one at a time. I personally love the collection of crystals and rocks, along with the large metallic meteorite at the entrance. My kids are interested in the room filled with bugs and bees. There's also a T-Rex skull nearby. There is no admission fee, but be ready to pay for parking and take a short walk to get there. It's truly worth it. Overall, I rate it five stars.

Isn't it funny that when you live for years in a place you never seem to go and see any of the…read moresights and it is only when you return for a holiday that you suddenly realise that there are places that you would like to visit. Maybe it also has something to do with me always looking for interesting and unique places to write about, but honestly, I have been driving past this museum (or at least the sign pointing to it since the main road doesn't go through the middle of the airport) for ages but never turned off to road to check it out. So, I decided to change that, grabbed my brother, and paid it a visit. Okay, I'm not really big on planes, but it was still really cool. There are actually two hangers, one where the museum proper is located, and the workshop. When I first went in there I thought I just wondered around the museum however they include a tour in the cost and took us first over to the workshop were we got to see them in the process of restoring a plane that crashed near Vanuatu. The name is a bit misleading though because they also have a couple of propeller driver planes and a Mirage that accidentally landed at the nearby RAAF base without lowering its wheels. You can even get to sit in the cockpits of some of these planes (though for a tall guy like me that can be a little cramped). I did particularly like all of the models of military vehicles that were in the glass case.

Had a great session here as part of a space science event. The planetarium was intimate yet still…read morevery comfy. Chairs were a pleasure to sit in and the dome was amazing when fully lit. The person running the show had an extensive knowledge of the stars and was very informative in his presentation of different constellations and stars. The whole experience was very theatrical and enjoyable. The bloke running the show also provided some great insight into how different heritages and cultures view the space and sky constellations above us. I found this to be a unique spin on a planetarium presentation and thought it was some unique information that would be good to spark conversations. Outside the actual arena theatre, there is a lot of brochures and posters outside which are good for a read before going in for the presentation. As there was a 20 minute wait, these were good to pass the time. I took a few pictures of some of the planetarium posters and content in the cabinets that I looked at.

The Adelaide Planetarium is located on the UniSA Mawson Lakes Campus. It's unlikely to blow your…read moremind - a wee toot beforehand wouldn't hurt - but it's a fun day with friends. It's a little small and fusty - rickety chairs and slightly rough graphics - but it does the job. The very friendly guides run you through a sky journey - how to identify stars, planets, constellations, their movements throughout the year, lots of facts about the sun, the Milky Way and star navigation. My favourite bit was the video about the new robot being sent to Mars which explained how the robot will get there, what it is sent to do and how it will do it. COOOOOOOL. It is a bit of a drive out to Mawson Lakes so leave yourself plenty of time and arrive before the presentation starts. Book ahead - they only do shows every two weeks. Once you're on the campus it is a little difficult to find - so print out a map of the campus before you leave the house. If you're really keen, the Astronomy department here also run special classes for the general public. If you've been on as many twee children's day out type trips as I did in my childhood, you will have developed a palate for corny tour guide jokes, clunky special effects and dorky information sheets. Rather than finding them frustrating, naff or banal, you'll find them sweet - a testament to the human compulsion to share the wonder of nature, except in a corny 80s educational video kinda way. If this sounds like you, get ye to the Planetarium.

Located inside the Glenelg Town Hall in Moseley Square is the Bay Discovery Centre. If you're a…read morehistory buff and you like to see what life was like in the early days of settlement in the colony - especially at Glenelg - then go and take a look inside the centre. It's a well set out place filled with interesting bits and pieces about our history. Most of the displays are interactive meaning a good time for the kids - both big and little - as they get the opportunity to have some hands on fun and learning at the same time. The building housing the Bay Discovery Centre is the Glenelg Town Hall which was designed by Edmund Wright and built back in 1875. The building was initially built minus both the clock and the clock tower with both added several years later. A little over a decade after construction, the building was purchased by the local council and it became the Town Hall. In 1977 when the Brighton and Holdfast Bay councils merged to form the Holdfast Bay Council the Town Hall was left empty and that's when they came up with the idea of the Bay Discovery Centre. 'The Bay' is of course a reference to Holdfast Bay which was the original name for Glenelg. If you're wondering where that name came from, apparently the arrival of the Buffalo was closely followed by the arrival of three other ships, The Cygnet, The Rapid and The Africaine. They say The Rapid got stuck or held fast on arrival and thus evolved the name of Holdfast Bay. Cool story. On the mezzanine floor of the Discovery Centre is an art gallery with an ever changing display of the works of local artists. Admission to both the gallery and the Discovery Centre is free and its open from 10am to 5pm daily.

I had a bit of time to kill, so I ended up wandering around here one afternoon not that many weeks…read moreago now. I must say, I am impressed with many of the exhibitions I saw. The one that sticks in my mind the most was about Sir Douglas Mawson's expedition. There's also plenty of history about the local area. Like everyone else said, it's a gold coin donation. I ended up throwing in a few extra bucks, as I was really impressed with the work that the volunteers do, and I know how hard it is to keep places like this not only open, but also interesting.

While I'm probably not a big fan of maritime stuff, I still do appreciate museums, particularly…read moreones that happen to have decent sized ships to explore. Unfortunately this isn't one of them, though they do have a sailing boat as the main attraction, even though its certainly won't be able to travel pretty much anyway (since it isn't seaworthy). It was rather interesting though, however it isn't as large as some of the ones that I've visited. Yet I did feel that it was worth visiting, particularly since I have already visited the other museums at Port Adelaide.

Struggling for things to do with a young cousin tourist who doesn't drink wine like I do and an…read moreimpending wedding we visited the SA maritime museum. Despite my initial hangups, i actually had a cracking time seeing all of the awesome maritime history we have here in SA. There are plenty of interactive and interesting exhibits to use/enjoy. My favourite was the olde timey coin games (sure I spent $1.40 trying to win the game haha) but there were so many interesting stories to read and see in photos we were able to fill a full hour before we met up with others for coffee and cake. A cracking time if you have an even mild interest in history and/or maritime facts. Good for kids and great fun for nostalgic adults who have an ingrained pride in South Australian history and/or just tourists with a curious mind. Get in and soak up the SA! It's heaps good!

Lovely! Stopped for an hour or two's lookabout. Many wonderful artworks, much of it indigenous. A…read morenice staff responded to questions with smiles. It is quite clean and well-kept. There is a cafe/eatery downstairs that was quite busy, speaking well for its fare. Room after room of many things to see. Certainly one of Adelaide's must-see spots!

I'm giving this gallery a 3.5/5. Huge bonus that it is free, even with the special exhibit from…read moreYayoi Kasuma with her famous polka dots and pumpkins, which was probably my favorite of all the works seen here. It is so unexpected and cheerful, you can't help but smile. As for the rest of the gallery, it was a bit jarring to see completely different styles and media next to each other. Maybe I just didn't appreciate the hidden themes or transitions. Not many plaques for explanations. All in all, not a bad stop for half an hour, but not a place I'd spend the whole day or even half a day in.

I only vaguely remember when this place was operation because I was only a kid, or rather a…read moreteenager, when this gaol was closed and turned into a museum. Actually, it's pretty cool, and not too pricey to go for a wander through as well. There is lots of information regarding the various walls, as well as grafitti that has been left over (if that happens to be prisoner grafitti). The thing I found most interesting, even though it was mentioned nowhere, is how the gaol was built as a panoptacon, that is with the guards in a central watchhouse where they can pretty much see all over the prison. It's quite interesting, especially seeing how gaols like this actually operated.

The Adelaide Gaol is a very eerie place, but don't worry it's pretty interesting! While I was…read morelooking into all the cells I got this feeling that I was being watched... but I didn't worry about it! You could go in the small library they had. You could go in the solitary confinement cells. Around the place was these plaques and you could read the stories of what happened. Wondering through the courtyards was cool and peeping through the cell bars was also cool. It's a massive place with a lot to offer. There's even ghost tours! Overall I would solidly recommend anyone to go there!