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Wildlife & Nature

Ingalalla Falls

Normanville & Yankalilla

A family-friendly tiered waterfall and rockpool just a short stroll from the carpark, set in the lush Second Valley Forest Reserve south of Normanville.

A small, hidden beach framed by dramatic sandstone cliffs in Newland Head Conservation Park - reached by a short walking track from the carpark.

Family Activities

Kleinigs Hill Lookout

Victor Harbor

A clifftop lookout above Victor Harbor offering one of the best elevated views over Encounter Bay, Granite Island and the western coastline.

Knights Beach sits on the eastern edge of Port Elliot's headlands and is rated among the top bodyboarding breaks in the world when a south-southeast swell is running. On smaller days it offers a safer family swim than neighbouring Boomer Beach.

Walking & Hiking

Kuitpo Forest

Willunga

A 3,600-hectare ForestrySA reserve of softwood plantations and remnant native bushland in the South Mount Lofty Ranges, criss-crossed by walking, mountain bike and horse trails 45 minutes from Adelaide.

A 347-hectare stringybark forest reserve adjacent to Kuitpo Forest, with 80+ bird species including beautiful firetail and chestnut-rumped heathwren.

Beaches

Middleton

Port Elliot

Small beachside village between Port Elliot and Goolwa on the Encounter Coast, with one of the Fleurieu's most consistent surf breaks and a famous pub.

A long, gently-shelving sand beach between Port Elliot and Goolwa, widely regarded as the best learn-to-surf beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

A small 800m sandy cove beneath 50-metre bluffs near Cape Jervis, popular for fishing, swimming and sunset views past the Starfish Hill Wind Farm.

A high-rainfall conservation park in the Inman Valley protecting some of the last Fleurieu Peninsula swamps and a network of bushwalking tracks through tall stringybark forest.

A 90-hectare conservation park north-east of Mount Compass with a 3.5 km Heysen Trail summit loop offering big views to Lake Alexandrina, the Coorong and the coast.

Wildlife & Nature

Murray Mouth

Goolwa

The opening where the River Murray - Australia's longest river - meets the Southern Ocean, about 10km southeast of Goolwa in the Coorong National Park.

A quiet, secluded beach below Myponga Reservoir reached via a steep dirt road - one of the truly off-the-beaten-track beaches on the Fleurieu west coast.

A 250-hectare SA Water reservoir opened to the public for walking, kayaking, fishing and picnics, with a spectacular lookout over the dam wall and spillway.

An unexpected Buddhist temple complex with meditation gardens hidden in the hills above Sellicks Beach - one of the most surprising spiritual destinations on the Fleurieu.

A coastal reserve south-west of Victor Harbor protecting Waitpinga Beach, Parsons Beach and the spectacular cliffs of the Wild South Coast Way - the Heysen Trail's most dramatic Fleurieu section.

A tiny 8-hectare reserve at the southern end of Myponga Reservoir - South Australia's first privately donated nature reserve, gifted in 1956.

An 18-artist cooperative gallery sharing space with Willunga Glass Studio on Willunga's High Street, with paintings, sculpture, slumped glass, jewellery and woodcraft.

Heritage & History

Old Noarlunga

McLaren Vale

Historic 1840s river township on the Onkaparinga River, tucked inside a dramatic river bend near Onkaparinga River National Park.

The 3-kilometre winding ascent out of Willunga onto the Willunga Scarp is South Australia's most famous cycling climb, with panoramic Gulf views from the top.

Walking & Hiking

Onkaparinga River National Park

McLaren Vale

A stunning river gorge and surrounding bushland just 35km south of Adelaide, with clifftop lookouts, riverside walks and rock pools teeming with wildlife.

Family Activities

Onkaparinga River Recreation Park

Onkaparinga

A 250-hectare estuarine recreation park where the Onkaparinga River meets the sea - distinct from the upstream Onkaparinga River National Park, with quiet walking trails and rich birdlife.

Surfing & Watersports

Parsons Beach

Victor Harbor

A wild, remote surf beach at the western end of Newland Head Conservation Park, best known for its powerful reef break and its seclusion.

A dramatic cliff-backed cove between Kings Beach and The Bluff at Encounter Bay - one of the best whale and dolphin viewing spots on the Heritage Walking Trail.