Adelaide Zoo

Step away from the hustle and bustle of the city into Adelaide Zoo, just a short 15 minute walk from Rundle Mall.

Full of diversity, colour and unique things to see and do, Adelaide Zoo is the second oldest zoo in Australia and is home to more than 3,000 exotic and native animals over eight hectares of beautiful botanic surrounds.

Wang Wang and Funi are Adelaide Zoo's resident Giant Pandas, and the only Giant Pandas in the Southern Hemisphere. They're a major attraction of Adelaide Zoo, though not the only thing Adelaide Zoo can boast about — other major exhibits include the Immersion South East Asian Ranforest, Seal Bay, Australian Rainforest Wetlands walk-through aviary, Nocturnal House and the Reptile House.

Adelaide Zoo makes it easy to make a day of your visit, with playgrounds for kids of all ages, shady spots perfect for a packed picnic, a wide range of daily zoo keeper talks and animal feeds, a free walking tour, cafes, vending machines and more.

The 4m tall structure, known officially as 'The Spheres' by Bert Flugelman, consists of two large stainless steel spheres with a diameter of 2.15 metres, balanced one on top of the other.

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The first street statue erected in the city on North Terrace is actually a copy of a famous neoclassical work. Based on Italian sculptor Antonio Canova’s ‘Venus’, it was chiselled from Carrara marble by Fraser & Draysey, and presented by Mr W A Horn to Mayor F W Bullock on 3 September 1892.

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For over 150 years, the Adelaide Central Market have been run in the space between Gouger and Grote Street and to this day they remain as Adelaide's premier food destination for multicultural cuisine and fresh produce.

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Ruthven Mansions is historically and architecturally significant because when first built, they represented a benchmark in luxury accommodation in Australia.

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