2 Best Sights in South Australia, Australia

A short drive from Mt. Lofty Summit brings you to delightful Cleland Wildlife Park, where a range of native Australian animals roam free in three different forest habitats. Self-guided walking trails crisscross the park and its surroundings, and you're guaranteed to see emus and kangaroos in the grasslands and pelicans around the swampy billabongs. There are also enclosures for wombats and other less sociable animals. Koala cuddling is a highlight of the Meet A Koala Experience, while Breakfast with the Birds offers the chance to feed a variety of species before the park opens to the public, and the Echidna Encounter is a rare chance to get up close and personal with one of the planet’s two species of monotreme. The park is closed when there's a fire ban, which is most likely to occur between December and February.

This top Kangaroo Island attraction gives you the chance to visit one of the state's largest Australian sea lion colonies. Several hundred animals usually lounge on the beach, except on stormy days when they shelter beneath the vegetation in the surrounding dunes. You can visit the beach and get surprisingly close to females, pups, and bulls on a 45-minute tour with an interpretive officer; otherwise, you can follow the self-guided boardwalk to a lookout over the sand. The park visitor center has fun and educational displays, and a touch table covered in sea-lion skins and bones. There is also a souvenir shop.