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It is a coastal city beside the Southern Ocean, and is situated on the Adelaide Plains, north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St. Vincent and the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges.
Adelaide's first hospital was the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), founded in 1840, it is one of the major hospitals in Adelaide and is a teaching hospital of the University of Adelaide.
Adelaide has one freeway, the South Eastern Freeway, connecting the city with the Adelaide Hills, and two expressways; the Port River Expressway connecting Port Adelaide and Outer Harbour to interstate routes and the Southern Expressway, an interchangeable one-way road connecting the southern suburbs with the city proper.
Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, is a small elegant city in a park.
Set beside the Torrens River between the Adelaide Hills and the Gulf of St Vincent, the city centre is laid out on a square mile grid of wide streets with gracious colonial architecture surrounded by 930 hectares of parklands.
With the outstanding success of the biennial Adelaide Festival, Adelaide is known as the 'Festival City', hosting many major sporting and cultural events throughout the year.