The Port Adelaide Heritage Bus Tour is a 2 hour 30 minute tour of the
Port Adelaide region and includes a coffee/tea break at the Port
Adelaide Historical Society's Museum. Participants will be taken on
an historical journey through the Port Adelaide region, with a lively
commentary from one of our tour guides.
As we drive slowly along, you will be given the descriptions and
history of many of the old and beautiful buildings and sites that
grace the Port Adelaide region and your guide will tell you their
entertaining and interesting stories.
Port Adelaide is a sea port city with a unique, salty tang to its
environs. It is the historic maritime heart of South Australia.
Officially established in 1840, only four years after the foundation
of South Australia, Port Adelaide played an integral role in the
colonial development of South Australia.
The first migrants though, wading through mud of nearby “Port
Misery” had a daunting start to a new life in the fledgling
colony. By the 1870’s however wharves were built, solid stone
warehouses and homes were erected and signs of Port Adelaide’s
prosperity were evident.
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