For more than six wonderful years, the Adelaide Hills region was proud to have its own award-winning stylish lifestyle magazine. Now, in 2020 at a time when positivity is needed by the truckload, it’s coming back to brighten the lives of the region’s residents and visitors.
The Adelaide Hills region begins only 15 minutes from the Adelaide CBD. Just a short 500-metre journey through the Heysen Tunnels transports its residents and visitors
to a place with distinct four seasons, clean air, abundant wildlife, community spirit, fresh produce, award-winning wines, and people who have a zest for living.
The Adelaide Hills is one of the fastest-growing regions in Australia with new residents moving in almost every day.
Adelaide Hills Magazine is all about the Hills lifestyle and culture, the history, its characters, its places, and at times even its secrets!
WINNER: AUSTRALIA’S REGIONAL PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 2010, 2012, 2013
WINNER: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TOURISM ADELAIDE REGIONAL TOURISM AWARD
WINNER: SA GREAT REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS AWARD 2009
Full colour, glossy lifestyle magazine devoted to the Adelaide Hills region
Focus on style and aspirational living
A contemporary approach to the Adelaide Hills
A locally-owned publication
Outstanding photography by renowned magazine photographers
Opportunity for businesses to brand themselves, not just advertise!
A unique marketing tool for attracting substantial new and repeat business
A publication that doesn’t get used to light fires or line kitty litter trays!
Distribution
Adelaide Hills Magazine is now a free publication and is distributed locally throughout the Adelaide Hills region and to some high traffic locations in the Adelaide CBD
and the suburbs.
All advertisers are offered an allocation for gifting to staff, clients and customers.
Content
The magazine features unique homes, arts and culture, fashion and design, intriguing personality profiles, beautiful sights, nostalgic historical memories and facts, sporting and business achievements.
About the Owner/Publisher
The original founder of Adelaide Hills Magazine, Mikyla Gilbert is known as the Ideas Chick. She spends her working hours promoting local businesses and sharing her love and knowledge of the Adelaide Hills region to the world.
In her own consultancy, she is the Digital Marketing Manager for Beerenberg Farm and Hahndorf Business & Tourism. She’s the former Communications Manager for Adelaide Oval, Publisher/Creative Director for Fritz Magazine and G’Day Magazine, Senior Marketing and Communications Manager for SA Great, Marketing and Promotions Manager SA/Vic for Greater Union, Editor of the Adelaide Hills Weekender and Sightseeing SA newspapers, writer for the Mount Barker Courier, a freelance journalist and an event manager. She has also worked on marketing strategy and projects for Discovery Holiday Parks, Rundle Mall, Better Medical, Palace Nova Cinemas, Newenham Estate, Romeos Foodland, Balfours, Barossa Gin, Malt Shovel Taphouse and the region of McLaren Vale... and many other South Australian brands.
She prides herself on having her finger on the pulse and exuding boundless enthusiasm that is infectious!
She grew up in the Adelaide Hills and is a proud Hills dweller with a deep affection for the region, a passionate desire to see businesses flourish and the energy, creativity and intimate understanding of the local environment to help make it happen.
About the Editor
Katie Spain is a journalist, feature writer and published author. She grew up on a dairy farm in country South Australia but found her writing groove (and a serious thing for wine and vintage clobber) in London where she worked in music, travel and West End theatre journalism.
Upon her return to Oz, she dabbled in Sydney’s world of commercial radio before heading back to Adelaide to work at News Corp’s The Adelaide* Magazine, SA Weekend Magazine, Australian Wine Business Magazine, and food and wine writer for The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Advertiser Food Guide, Good Food Guide, and Gourmet Traveller’s Restaurant Guide.
She was the former editor of Broadsheet Adelaide, Fritz Magazine and G’Day Magazine, and is the author of The Producers: A Taste of South Australia, Heart & Soul: 100 Australian Family Businesses, and co-author of Adelaide Central Market – Stories, People & Recipes and The Highly Improbable Audacious Adventures of Wirra Wirra.
She lives in the Adelaide Hills with her photographer partner Ben Macmahon and an impressive collection of shoes and glitter.
