It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and what better way to celebrate the lead up to the most wonderful time of the year than right here in the City of Adelaide.
Explore The Santa Course
Making its return in 2024, the Santa Course is back to bring festive fun to Adelaide!
The Santa Course is an interactive trail featuring 10 giant Santas – each up to 9 meters tall – scattered from Rundle Mall to the Adelaide Zoo. Santa wears a lot of hats to get Christmas ready, and each Santa along the trail has a unique role to play. Kids and families can follow the trail to help Santa with his “chores” and discover festive locations across the city.
Download a map and scan the QR codes near each Santa across the city for your chance to WIN 1 of 3 Santa’s Sleigh of Surprise packs.
🎅Santa the Navigator! This Santa will help you navigate the Santa Course and encourages you to find and visit all ten Santas for a chance to win great prizes. Find Santa the Navigator near the festive decorations in Adelaide Arcade.
🎅Santa the Spy! Use Santa’s Naughty & Nice filter on Instagram to see if you are on his naughty or nice list. Find this Santa upstairs on Level 1 in Rundle Place.
🎅Santa the Snacker Myer Centre, Rundle Mall.
And don’t forget 🎅Santa the Snapper! You need to snap a selfie with this Santa and tag #thesantacourse and @rundlemall, with the chance to win great fortnightly prizes. Find him near Adidas.
You’ll find the other 6 Santas at the locations below.
🎅Santa the Classic Adelaide Central Markets
🎅Santa the Chatterbox Adelaide Zoo
🎅Santa the Slacker SA Museum
🎅Santa the Curator State Library of South Australia
🎅Santa the Suit University of SA
🎅Santa the Wrapper Lot Fourteen
Rundle Mall’s Giant Light Up Swinging Bells
Complementing the three Santas in Rundle Mall are two giant, magical swinging bells presented by Amigo Amigo, nestled amongst a forest of green Christmas trees with thousands of twinkling lights. The bells will invite children and adults to swing and play, creating a dynamic display of colour, light and bell chimes. ‘The Santa Course’ and Rundle Mall’s swinging bells are now on display, free for the public to enjoy, until early January 2025
Discover the illuminated Swinging Bells at Sportscraft opposite Rundle Mall Plaza, Woolworths opposite Rundle Place, and Novo Shoes at the corner of Twin Street and Rundle Mall.
Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga Christmas Tree
What stands 25 metres tall and is covered in more than 13,000 individually programmed twinkling lights?… It’s the giant Christmas tree in Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga of course!
Starting Saturday, November 9 with the official lighting of the tree (click here for more on this) and then each night thereafter from 8:30 pm until 2.30am, the tree will be transformed into a dazzling light display that loops every 10 minutes.
Worth adding – if it’s a warm night, the kids will love having a splash in the Victoria Square fountains so make sure you pack a change of clothes.
For more details and everything you need to know about Christmas in the city this year, visit the City of Adelaide website
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