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Location
South Australia, Australia.

Dialling code
61.

Population
1,532,727.

Time zone
GMT + 9.30 (GMT + 10.30 from last Sunday in October to last Sunday in March).

Electricity
220-240 volts AC, 50Hz; flat three-pin plugs.

Average January temperatures
29°C (84°F).

Average July temperatures
15°C (59°F).

Annual rainfall
585 mm (23 inches).

Cost of Living:

1 Australian Dollar (A$1) = £0.49; US$0.72; C$0.85; €0.53
Currency conversion rates as of January 2009

Special Events:

Jacobs Creek Tour Down Under, Jan, Australia’s premier cycling event (website: www.tourdownunder.com.au)
Adelaide Film Festival, mid Feb-early Mar, presents films from around the world and includes many premieres, among them many Australian ones (website: www.adelaidefilmfestival.org)
Adelaide Festival of the Arts, first two weeks in Mar (biannual: next 2008), one of the country’s biggest festivals, featuring theater, dance, music, visual arts, literature, film and large-scale outdoor events, throughout the city (website: www.adelaidefestival.net.au)
Womadelaide Festival, mid-Mar, Australian and international singers and bands from 60 countries, turn up to this huge outdoor music festival annually, Botanic Park (website: www.womadelaide.com.au)
Clipsal 500, mid-Mar, major V8 car-racing festival through the city streets, including air displays and concerts over four days, throughout the city (website: www.clipsal500.com.au)
Royal Adelaide Show, early Sep, carnival rides, handicraft, cookery, and a wide variety of champion livestock and animals, Royal Adelaide Showground (website: www.adelaideshowground.com.au)
Tasting Australia, last week in Oct (biannual: next in 2007 and 2009), food products, wines and beers - this is the country’s premier gourmet experience, throughout the city (website: www.tasting-australia.com.au)
Adelaide International Guitar Festival, late Nov-early Dec, Adelaide Festival Center (website: www.afct.org.au)

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