Wine or grapes would've looked better

The entire state only has 1.6m people residing there.   It ranks 6th in population density out of all of Australia's states and territories.  Victoria is fifteen times more densely populated, and New South Wales about six times.  Yet the state is, for most of its residents, just as crowded as other metropolitan centers in the country.  Since over 70% of all South Australians live in Adelaide, 70% of South Australians live almost as densely packed as the 70% of Victorians who live in Melbourne. The majority population in the picturesque and relaxed Adelaide gives a deceiving picture of the state as a whole.  South Australia is the driest state in the driest continent on earth.   Most of South Australia is vast arid desert, little seen in the southern and southwestern parts of the state where most of the traffic goes.  The wine growing regions of the fertile but still dry south are a polar opposite to the mining towns seen in the northern more reaches of the state.  Among Australians, it's the nation's least popular state and not one destination in South Australia ranks in the top ten of domestic destinations Australians want to visit.  The beauty of Tasmania made the biggest impression overall of any Australian state or territory for Doug.  But if you talk about raw experiences, putting the beauty to the side for a second, South Australia would've been the state Doug liked best.   He got it all here -- the best wines, cheap or free accommodation, women (well . . . one woman), chocolate and cheese bashes, scuba diving and weekend peninsula getaways.  His life was good here . . . and so can yours, if you get over having to check off a list of mandatory Australian hotspots.  Although Doug never got to directly experience the 'festival' part directly in South Australia's nickname, much of the time he spent here was like one, big party with high quality South Australian wine served to wash it all down with.