The Adelaide Hills region is located in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. The largest town in the area, Mount Barker is one of Australia's fastest-growing towns. Before British colonisation of South Australia, the area was inhabited by the Peramangk people.
Image: CSIRO Science Image 4094 Vineyards and mixed farming in the Adelaide Hills South Australia 1992 (cropped)
Image: St Paul's Lutheran Church, Hahndorf (retouched) (cropped)
Image: Mount Lofty House Adelaide (26066318008) (cropped)
Image: Strathalbyn railway station yard, 2014 (cropped)
Mount Pleasant is a town situated in the Barossa Council, just north of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 55 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide. It is located in the Barossa Council and Mid Murray Council local government areas, and is at an altitude of 440 metres above sea level. Rainfall in the area averages 687 mm per annum.
The Totness Inn Hotel on the main street of Mount Pleasant
The Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church on Saleyard Road was built in 1866 and is now the Unting Church in the town