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Walking & Hiking

Alberto Forest

Goolwa

A revegetated forest area on Hindmarsh Island created by community Landcare planting - a quiet bushland walk with birdlife and views to the Murray channel.

Wildlife & Nature

Aldinga Reef Aquatic Reserve

Aldinga & Port Willunga

A protected limestone reef system off Aldinga Beach and Port Willunga, fully protected since 1971 and home to wobbegongs, blue devils, schools of reef fish and dolphins.

One of the last remnants of original coastal vegetation on the Adelaide plains, with sandy walking tracks, native woodland, wetlands and abundant birdlife.

Heritage & History

Aldinga Village

Aldinga & Port Willunga

The historic heart of Aldinga - a 1850s farming village laid out by local farmer Lewis Fidge, with a main street of 19th-century buildings surviving today.

A coastal freshwater lagoon system inside Aldinga Conservation Park, with 166+ recorded bird species including hooded plover, mistletoebirds and rainbow bee-eaters.

A working heritage boatshed on Riverside Drive where volunteers restore and build traditional wooden Murray River boats using century-old slipway equipment. Drop in on open days to watch the craft in action.

A gallery on Normanville's main road dedicated to the work of painters Judith Sweetman and Gilbert Dashorst - coastal landscape work in oils and watercolour.

Goolwa's leading contemporary art gallery on Cadell Street, representing a wide stable of Fleurieu and South Australian artists across paintings, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery.

A community-built 1960 hall commemorating local WWI and WWII service personnel, with a full-size cricket oval still used by the district.

A heritage-listed wetland with small waterfalls, prolific birdlife and Aboriginal scar trees where canoes were once cut.

A dramatic reef break at the western end of Port Elliot, named for the thunderous sound of its crashing waves. A classic South Australian surf spot for experienced riders.

Goolwa's premier riverside park features an award-winning nature playspace built around a 10-metre restored wooden fishing boat, right on the Murray River with BBQs, shelters and a shallow swimming beach.

One of the Fleurieu's earliest rural cemeteries - laid out in 1858 with first burials in 1859, set in the rolling Delamere hills.

A small reserve south of Strathalbyn with three loop hikes through heathland, eucalypt and native grasses, with summit views over Lake Alexandrina and the Coorong.

Heritage & History

Cape Jervis Lighthouse

Cape Jervis

The headland lighthouse marking the southern tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula, with an original 1871 structure and a 1972 concrete tower that still operates today.

Beaches

Carrickalinga Beach

Normanville & Yankalilla

A wide, flat, white-sand beach stretching 3km along the Gulf St Vincent north of Normanville - safe for swimming, excellent for beach walks and one of the Fleurieu's best family beaches.

Family Activities

Carrickalinga Lookout

Normanville & Yankalilla

A clifftop lookout on Forktree Road above Carrickalinga with sweeping views over the bay, the Sellicks Hills and the Gulf St Vincent coast.

A 37-kilometre sealed rail trail along the old Willunga railway corridor, running from Marino on the coast through the McLaren Vale vineyards and ending on the edge of historic Willunga township.

An artist-run gallery and community arts hub in central Victor Harbor, with rotating exhibitions, artist talks, classes and workshops.

A 563-hectare bushland park near Mount Compass with three quiet walking trails through native scrub - one of the best birdwatching reserves on the Fleurieu.

A pioneer cemetery containing the resting place of many 19th-century Murray River paddle-steamer captains.

One of South Australia's tallest historic rail viaducts, a short walk through the creek valley from the Currency Creek Lions Park.

An outdoor community art project beside the Delamere General Store with rotating works by local Fleurieu artists.

A pretty old rural Uniting Church on Yoho Road, the village's second historic house of worship alongside the Anglican St James.