Sports and fitness in Adelaide: your complete guide

Adelaide's sporting culture is driven by the Adelaide Oval — one of the world's most beautiful cricket and AFL grounds — the Tour Down Under cycling race that opens the UCI World Tour calendar in January, and the Torrens River trail network that gives inner-city residents one of Australia's best urban fitness corridors.

AFL — Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power at Adelaide Oval — the Adelaide Oval is the most scenically positioned major stadium in Australia, with the Torrens River, the Adelaide Hills, and the Cathedral providing the backdrop to AFL rivalry games between the Crows and the Power that are among the most intensely followed derby matches in the national competition.

Tour Down Under (January) — the Santos Tour Down Under is the opening race of the UCI World Tour calendar and brings the world's best cyclists to Adelaide for six days of racing. The city-centre criterium stage and the finish-line celebrations on King William Street are free to attend and provide genuine world-class professional cycling spectacle.

Torrens River trail — the Torrens Linear Park trail from the Mount Lofty foothills to the sea provides 32 kilometres of connected walking, running, and cycling through the river corridor that makes it Adelaide's primary active transport and recreational fitness infrastructure. The morning cycling commuter community from the Adelaide Hills uses it as the primary city access route.

Surfing — Middleton and Goolwa Beach — the Fleurieu Peninsula surf coast provides the consistent south-west swell at Middleton Beach, Parsons Beach, and Goolwa Beach that has built Adelaide's surfing community. The annual Surf Classic at Middleton is the region's signature surf event.

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