Hahndorf
Historic town · Adelaide Hills
Australia's oldest surviving German settlement, founded in 1839, its Main Street planted with cork elm, oak and chestnut in 1885 on the advice of Adelaide Botanic Garden director Richard Schomburgk, chosen to blaze red each fall. A block of 54 Autumn Blaze maples at the town's edge honors the settlement's founding families.
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Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
GardenTypically March 15–May 31
A 97-hectare cool-climate garden on the eastern slopes of Mount Lofty above the Piccadilly Valley, its ash and oak collections turning scarlet and bronze from mid-March through May and into June some years. The Arboretum section and the plantings around the Main Lake hold the most reliable color.
Don’t miss: 97-hectare cool-climate garden · Arboretum and Main Lake plantings · Piccadilly Valley views
Sevenhill, Clare Valley
FarmThe heart of the Clare Valley wine region, founded by Jesuit priests in 1851 around Sevenhill Cellars, Australia's oldest Jesuit winery still in operation. Riesling vines run between stone farm buildings on stringybark ridgelines, the rows turning gold as the fall harvest finishes.
Don’t miss: Sevenhill Cellars, founded 1851 by Jesuits · Clare Valley riesling country · stone colonial winery buildings
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- A walkable heritage town with reliable color.
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