Adelaide is a beautiful city, with wonderful scenery, great wildlife and fantastic wine regions all within easy reach. Easily accessible by air from other capital cities, Adelaide is a perfect hub for further travel within Australia when you visit in 2008.

Adelaide has a population of around 1 million people and is very easy to live and to travel in. Many of the conference venues are in walking distance, and holding the conference in our springtime will mean sunshine and the beginning of warmer weather.

Rundle Mall, inner Adelaide city shopping precinct
The museum, 5 minute walk from venue

Climate

Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate perfect for enjoying the outdoors. October is spring and the average temperatures range from 10C minimum to 22C maximum.

FACTS ABOUT AUSTRALIA
Area: 7,682,300 sq km
Population: 20 million
Language: English
European settlement: 26 January 1788

Australia is the world's smallest, flattest continent and largest island, with almost 70% of the landmass south of the Tropic of Capricorn. It separates two oceans – the Pacific to the east and the Indian to the west. Australia is a very urbanised country, with 70% of the population living in the 100 largest cities in the country. Australia is divided into 6 states and 2 territories.

See more details at this Australian Bureau of Statistics Link