Road trips from Adelaide
Great road trips from Adelaide include jaunts to the Murray River and Eyre Peninsula, as well as epic interstate journeys to Perth and Darwin.
Adelaide is the gateway to the wine regions, beaches, wildlife and outback of South Australia. While a hugely enjoyable city in its own right, the South Australian capital can be seen as a launchpad to adventures elsewhere in the state. Or even further afield…
Top Adelaide hotel recommendations
For the beach: Oaks Glenelg Plaza Pier Suites. For families: Big4 West Beach. Most fun: Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets. For setting: Oval Hotel. For heritage: Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury.
Adelaide is a fine city to start a road trip from, and Australia Travel Questions is compiling guides to some of the best road trips in Australia.
Pick your perfect Adelaide day trips
- Barossa Valley tours: 1. Wine-tasting with lunch 🍷. 2. Food and wine tour. 3. Small group wine tour with exclusive VIP tastings.
- Kangaroo Island in a day – including sea lions 🦭, koalas 🐨and national parks.
- Adelaide Hills tours: 1. Sights plus Murray River lunch cruise combo. 2. Small group cheese, chocolate & wine tour with Hahndorf German village.
- McLaren Vale tours: 1. Small group wine tour with lunch. 2. Hop-on hop-off wineries tour 🍷. 3. Food and wine indulgence tour, including the gloriously weird d’Arenberg Cube.
- Victor Harbor and southern highlights tour – including the Granite Island horse-drawn tram.
The road trips from Adelaide currently covered on the site are listed below. More will be added in time, so please check back in. These drives are listed with an estimated distance and driving time, using measurements from Google Maps. Of course, you may wish to add a few little detours along the way…
Road trips from Adelaide: South Australia
Adelaide to Bordertown: Distance 271km, driving time 3h2m.
Adelaide to Cape Jervis: Distance 107km, driving time 1h24m.
Adelaide to Ceduna: Distance 777km, driving time 8h28m.
Adelaide to Clare: Distance 142km, driving time 1h47m.
Adelaide to Cobar: Distance 973km, driving time 10h21m. (More Cobar road trips).
Adelaide to Coober Pedy: Distance 849km, driving time 9h9m. (More driving times to Coober Pedy)
Adelaide to Goolwa: Distance 86km, driving time 1h18m.
Adelaide to Keith: Distance 234km, driving time 2h26m
Adelaide to Mount Barker: Distance 33km, driving time 40m.
Adelaide to Mount Gambier: Distance 435km, driving time 4h50m.
Adelaide to Murray Bridge: Distance 74km, driving time 57m.
Adelaide to Port Augusta: Distance 309km, driving time 3h21m. (More Port Augusta driving times).
Adelaide to Port Pirie: Distance 228km, driving time 2h30m.
Adelaide to Port Lincoln: Distance 651km, driving time 6h52m.
Adelaide to Streaky Bay: Distance 699km, driving time 7h39m.
Adelaide to Tailem Bend: Distance 96km, driving time 1h3m.
Adelaide to Whyalla: Distance 384km, driving time 4h8m.
Adelaide to Woomera: Distance 489km, driving time 5h24m.
Road trips from Adelaide: Interstate
Adelaide to Alice Springs: Distance 1,535km, driving time 15h44m.
Adelaide to Ararat: Distance 522km, driving time 5h51m.
Adelaide to Ballarat: Distance 614km, driving time 6h46m.
Adelaide to Balranald: Distance 529km, driving time 5h56m.
Adelaide to Bendigo: Distance 614km, driving time 6h51m. (More Bendigo road trips).
Adelaide to Brisbane (via Barrier Highway): Distance 2,034km, driving time 22h10m. (More Brisbane road trips).
Adelaide to Broken Hill: Distance 517km, driving time 5h47m.
Adelaide to Byron Bay: Distance 1,942km, driving time 21h38m. (More Byron Bay road trips).
Adelaide to Cairns: Distance 2,969km, driving time 32h. (More Cairns road trips).
Adelaide to Canberra: Distance 1,159km, driving time 12h12m.
Adelaide to Coffs Harbour: Distance 1,775km, driving time 20h. (More Coffs Harbour road trips).
Adelaide to Darwin: Distance 3,030km, driving time 31 hours. (More Darwin road trips).
Adelaide to Dubbo: Distance 1,166km, driving time 12h37m. (More driving times to Dubbo).
Adelaide to Echuca: Distance 661km, driving time 7h12m. (More Echuca road trips).
Adelaide to Geelong: Distance 705km, driving time 7h52m.
Adelaide to the Gold Coast: Distance 2,023km, driving time 22h33m.
Adelaide to Griffith: Distance 788km, driving time 8h30m. (More Griffith road trips).
Adelaide to Hay: Distance 654km, driving time 7h. (More Hay road trips).
Adelaide to Horsham: Distance 440km, driving time 4h27m.
Adelaide to Kalgoorlie: Distance 2,160km, driving time 22h44m. (More Kalgoorlie road trips).
Adelaide to Melbourne: Distance 727km, driving time 8h5m.
Adelaide to Mildura: Distance 395km, driving time 4h20m. (More Mildura road trips).
Adelaide to Newcastle: Distance 1,525km, driving time 16h35m. (More Newcastle road trips).
Adelaide to Nhill: Distance 353km, driving time 3h54m.
Adelaide to Ouyen: Distance 376km, driving time 4h16m.
Adelaide to Pinnaroo: Distance 376km, driving time 4h16m.
Adelaide to Port Douglas: Distance 2,995km, driving time 33h. (More Port Douglas road trips).
Adelaide to Swan Hill: Distance 506km, driving time 5h52m.
Adelaide to Sydney: Distance 1,375km, driving time 14h25m.
Adelaide to Townsville: Distance 2,969km, driving time 32h.
Adelaide to Uluru: Distance 1,602km, driving time 16h43m. (More Uluru driving times).
Adelaide to Wagga Wagga: Distance 918km, driving time 9h47m. (More Wagga Wagga road trips).
15 fabulous Adelaide experiences to supercharge your visit
- DOLPHINS 🐬: Swim with wild dolphins, kayak with the resident bottlenose pod or watch them on a dolphin cruise.
- FOOD AND WINE 🍷: Indulge on Adelaide food tour including Adelaide Central Market. Or try a wine discovery tour with tastings at the National Wine Centre. Or the ultimate Penfolds Magill Estate experience with full estate tour & Grange tasting.
- WILDLIFE 🐨: Spot koalas on a guided Morialta nature hike. Or walk from Waterfall Gully to Mount Lofty with entrance to Cleland Wildlife Park.
- CRUISES ⛵: Watch the sun set on a twilight coastal cruise, get to know the city on a Torrens River cruise or take a high tea cruise aboard the Popeye.
- SPORT 🏏: Dare to take on the Adelaide Oval Roofclimb or enter the fabled scoreboard on the behind-the-scenes stadium tour.
- ACTION 🚵♂️: Descend Mount Lofty on a downhill mountain bike tour or kayak along the Torrens River.
