Adelaide has a high concentration of science and engineering companies compared to finance companies in Sydney.
We have always found Adelaide great to do business with.
In November 2008, we paid a visit for work to the Riverland of SA.
SA has poor internet access in the rural areas.
Loxton has an Internet Centre near the post office. Loxton library and Berri library have wireless hotspots that require a laptop.
The area badly needs an internet cafe or people have to have Next G or similar mobile internet themselves.
Pay rates are very low in rural areas making them unviable for short visits.
From Orange NSW, the best way to get to the Riverland is to catch a Countrylink bus to Cootamundra on certain days then connect to a Countrylink bus to Mildura. From there wait overnight and catch a Greyhound bus from Mildura to Renmark or Berri. There is a 9 hour gap between getting to Mildura and catching another bus to continue the journey - bad timing.
Always book a bed ahead or you may be stranded with nowhere to stay in Mildura.
Google Maps is a useful application on your mobile phone to find somewhere to stay in Mildura if you are not used to it. Go to http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/ on PC or m.google.com/maps on mobile and download Google Maps (it is free except for data charges from your mobile phone carrier). Google Maps also has a search button which brings up pins and phone numbers of motels for example and helps you navigate and contact potential places to stay. Plus at m.google.com there are tons of applications to try out on your mobile!
Also the Greyhound terminal in United Fuel, Mildura is a taxi ride of $15 from the railway station where the Countrylink bus arrives at, another annoying perplexity of transferring in Mildura. So you can be up for $35 to $75 or more for accommodation and taxi rides to make the stopover work in Mildura.
You can book a Greyhound seat via phone whereas Countrylink require a printed ticket or cash - all very inconvenient if you don't have a fax number or email access.
There is no internet cafe in Mildura so use your motel's internet connection and printer to book a Countrylink ticket and print it out.
This remote area is ripe for using a laptop with Next G and a portable printer to get by or hunt around for adequate information on how to book a ticket or a bed using Google Maps on your mobile phone.
Orange NSW has much better infrastructure than Berri SA or Mildura Vic. I was glad to get back to Orange despite its coldness!