Glenelg Travel Guide

 ettiewyn Says:  Of course the beach is Glenelg's most important attraction and the reason for most people to come here. It is quite a long and wide beach and a nice place to relax.Do you see the huge trees growing behind the beach? They were planted here because there long, straight trunks... 

 ettiewyn Says:  Glenelg's Town Hall is a beautiful heritage building. It was built in 1875 as institute building, but bought by the council twelve years later and served as town hall until 1997. Since then it is used as a museum.The Bay Discovery Centre is now located in the Town Hall. You... 

 ettiewyn Says:  Jetty Road is Glenelg's shopping street, a hustle bustle place full of shops - some are cheap, some a little more expensive, some funky... I strolled around here and bought a discounted table book, but except from that I did not really find anything that interested me, and... 

 ettiewyn Says:  This memorial was erected in 1936 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the founding of South Australia. I think it looks nice with the ship on top of it, evoking how the first settlers came here. The ship is a small model of the HMS Buffalo (see next tip). The front... 

 ettiewyn Says:  The original HMS Buffalo was built in 1813 in India and bought by the Royal Navy a few years later. She became a convict ship in 1833 and sailed to Australia that year, carrying 180 female convicts. A few years later she was sold and then brought free settlers to the newly... 

 SWFC_Fan Says:  Rodney Fox Shark Experience is a small museum located on the ground floor of Glenelg's Town Hall.Rodney Fox is a shark attack survivor turned shark expert, and the majority of this museum is devoted to the more notorious side of sharks.......attacking people!The exhibits... 

 ATXtraveler Says:  In 1963, a young adult from South Australia named Rodney Fox had his life altered forever when he became a tasty afternoon snack for a local Great White Shark. Miraculously, he was able to make it back to shore where he was rushed to a hospital, and after extensive surgery... 

 DennyP Says:  When you arrive at the tram terminus in Glenelg you will be at the end of Jetty Road and this is Glenelg's main shopping precinct....This long Road has many shops , restaurants and cafes on either side ..I found a nice seafood cafe for dinner after a great afternoon on the... 

 robertgaz Says:  The Holdfast Marina in Glenelg North includes shops, restaurants and apartment buildings with their own private marina. 

 SWFC_Fan Says:  Glenelg Beach is a vast stretch of white sand on the coast of South Australia.The resort of Glenelg reminded me very much of a British seaside resort, especially as it was cold and cloudy during much of my visit there!Because of the miserable weather, the beach was almost... 

 robertgaz Says:  I can't remember the seafood that I had here but I do recall the ambience being located on the marina boardwalk in Glenelg. 

 robertgaz Says:  The only tram line still operating in Adelaide is the Glenelg Tram which runs from Moseley Square in Glenelg to the Adelaide CBD. This route goes back to 1873 and it still operates on weekends and holidays. 

 ATXtraveler Says:  Glenelg is located just to the southwest of the ADL airport. It was less than a 15 minute drive once we had our rental car.South Australia's Capital City, Adelaide is serviced by one of the premier airports in Australia. Named as the Australian Capital City's Airport of the... 

 Rusket Says:  The shopping street is the same as the cafe and restaurant street and as the tram street: It is Jetty Road :-) And there are real shops, not a mall: Butcher, ice cream store, clothes store etc. You get everything you need there!