Salisbury, Playford and Tea Tree Gully

Salisbury, Playford and Tea Tree Gully are three local government areas in the northern suburbs of Adelaide.

Get in

By car

From the city, take the M2 North-South Motorway and then take one of the exits before A1 Port Wakefield Highway, while if you're coming from Port Adelaide, head east on the A9 Port River Expressway and similarly, take one of the exits before A1 Port Wakefield Highway.

By train

The Gawler Line, goes to Gawler Central from the north of the city, passing through Ovingham, Mawson Lakes, Salisbury and Elizabeth.

See

• 1 Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Parafield Airport, 107 Anderson Dr, Parafield (in Parafield Airport), ☏ +61 8 8258 2277. 10AM–3PM (closed Tuesdays). An aviation museum featuring many fighter jets and aircraft equipment. (updated Jan 2022)
• 2 Salisbury Waterwheel Museum, Commercial Road, Salisbury, ☏ +61 408 086 545. Just a museum that features a restored waterwheel. (updated Jan 2022)
• 3 Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum, 3 Perseverance Rd, Tea Tree Gully, ☏ +61 4 3108 0062. Su 11AM–4PM. Just a local heritage museum with many historic relics donated from locals. (updated Jan 2022)
• 4 Cobbler Creek Recreation Park. A park which provides an open space barrier and has dams to mitigate flooding. It is a significant site for both public recreation and native flora and fauna conservation as it's one of the only parks in the northern suburbs of Adelaide. (updated Jan 2022)
• 5 Angove Conservation Park, Tea Tree Gully, ☏ +61 8 8336 0901, DEW.NPWSNorthLofty@sa.gov.au. Not a conservation park that many travellers go to, but was rather proclaimed to prevent land development. Today, there are some trails, but these are quite short. However, you may be lucky enough to spot a kangaroo though! (updated May 2022)
• 6 National Military Vehicle Museum. (updated May 2022)

Do

• 1 Adelaide Motorsport Park. (updated May 2022)

Buy

• 1 Tea Tree Plaza (TTP for short). A medium-sized shopping centre with over 250 shops. Tea Tree Plaza is the terminus of the Adelaide O'Bahn dedicated busway which begins in the city centre at Hackney Rd. It is easy to get there from the city centre; most of the buses that stop on the Grenfell St stops travel to the TTP interchange via the O'Bahn busway. It's easy to see from a distance as it has the large antenna and supporting pyramid type structure, well-known to the locals, on the roof of the Myer department store. Ample parking is available around, on top of, and underneath the complex. The much smaller Tea Tree Plus shopping centre is right next to Tea Tree Plaza. 

Eat

• 1 The Gully Public House & Garden, 1349 North East Road, Tea Tree Gully, ☏ +61 8 8264 2288. 9AM–2AM. (updated Jan 2022)

Sleep

• 1 Quest Mawson Lakes, 33-37 Main St, Mawson Lakes, ☏ +61 8 7071 0100. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. A large apartment style hotel with a pool, a restaurant and a gym. (updated Jan 2022)
• 2 Mawson Lakes Hotel & Function Centre, 10 Main St, Mawson Lakes, ☏ +61 8 8360 3500. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. A hotel which includes a restaurant. (updated Jan 2022)