The most charming villages in the Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills are a region of villages - German settlements, gold towns and high-ridge hamlets, each with its own character. These are the ones we keep coming back to.
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Image credits
- ADH hahndorf main street.jpg by User:Orderinchaos , CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons