Thanks everyone for your replies - sorry for not replying sooner....it's been hectic!
we had a lovely weekend in Adelaide. The job is in the city centre, where we were staying, so had a wee explore of the city & the lake which was nice, then drove around a lot of the suburbs on our way to the Adelaide Hills (Stirling, Bridgewater), Semaphore beach, christies beach, mclaren vale. We'd previously been to Glenelg when we were backpacking 8 years ago!
now we just need to make the decision about where to stay, and if we move to adelaide, whereabouts to live in adelaide...it would be a tough decision between beach & hills!
thanks again - will keep you posted.
j