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Buying the Perfect Puzzle gifts in South Australia
Updated 08/12/2024
Looking for a gift for a friend or family member who loves puzzles? Are they always talking about the last escape room they did, their latest Wordle solves, or an at-home escape game they’ve bought? Purchase a puzzle-centric gift locally from this far-from-comprehensive list of all the marvelous people and businesses who are designing, creating, and selling puzzles in Australia’s island-state, Tasmania.
Escape Rooms in South Australia
Adelaide and the surrounding area is home to six great escape room brands in as many locations. You can book a room directly, or in most cases, buy a gift voucher from their website.
Escape Hunt, Adelaide
A franchise of the global escape room company started in Bangkok. Est. 2014.
Escaplex Escape Rooms, Klemzig
Claiming to be Adelaide’s only keyless and padlock-free escape rooms. Est. 2018.
Adventure Rooms, Adelaide
The first escape room to open in SA is a franchise of the global escape room company started in Switzerland. Est. 2012.
Mindshift Escape Rooms, Adelaide
Escape rooms offering a licensed bar. Est. 2018.
ESC Rooms, Hindmarsh
Family-owned escape rooms with a bar. Est. 2021.
Urban Mysteries Co, Adelaide
Escape rooms offering a bar and online monthly puzzles via their Patreon. Est. 2021.
OACE, Adelaide
Adelaide's only “Chinese themed escape room centre“.
Est. 2021.
Puzzle Experiences in South Australia
Puzzle-based activities that aren’t escape rooms, that happen at set locations or see you armed with online instructions and trapesing around experiencing local landmarks or nature.
The Shadow Initiation (South Australian Museum)
Race against the clock on this part-escape room, part-scavenger hunt, part behind-the-scenes Museum tour.
Est. 2019.
d’Arenberg Cube, McLaren Vale
Inspired by the complexities and puzzles of winemaking, this cube-shaped building features an Alternate Realities Museum
Est. 2003.
Puzzle Retailers in South Australia
There are a number of stores around that sell jigsaw puzzles. However, these retailers really go the extra mile to stock a variety of puzzles.
Games World, Adelaide / Marion / Modbury / West Lakes / Elizabeth
Stocks jigsaws, mechanical puzzles, tabletop escapes, puzzle books, and puzzle cards. Est. 1997.
Imagine If, Glenside / Torrens Park
Stocks jigsaws, mechanical puzzles, tabletop escapes, and puzzle books. Est. 2011.
Refreshing Memories, Blair Athol
Stocks jigsaws, mechanical puzzles, and tabletop escapes. Est. 2012.
Kids Unite, Angaston
Stocks jigsaws, mechanical puzzles, tabletop escapes, and puzzle books. Est. 2016.
Tabletop (for home) Puzzle Experiences from South Australia
Seemingly spawned by the ingenuity that only a global pandemic can inspire, many Australians started creating their own puzzle-based products for you to enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Mystery Unfolds, Perth (WA)
An hand-illustrated escape room experience in a birthday card. The recipient doesn’t get their gift until they’ve solved the mystery within.
Local Stockists:
Escape Hunt, Adelaide
Games World, Adelaide
(Full disclosure - not from South Australia at all, but when you own the site, you give yourself a little mention 😅)