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A small charming Normanville main street cafe known for brunch, specialty coffee and a tight all-day menu.

A Currency Creek winery, providore and restaurant on a sprawling vineyard estate, with multiple event spaces and a long lunch reputation.

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.

A regenerative and biodynamic 'living wines' producer with weekend appointment tastings on the McLaren Vale plain.

A certified-organic, biodynamic and vegan producer with a historic barn cellar door on Twentyeight Road - by appointment while renovating.

A mother-daughter-owned winery with a warehouse-style cellar door on Willunga's main road, paired with a contemporary art programme curated by Praxis Artspace.

Andrew 'Ox' Hardy pours shiraz, grenache and fiano from a rustic tasting space at the historic Upper Tintara Vineyard in Blewitt Springs.

A boutique Scarpantoni-family winery on the original 1840 Oxenberry Farm homestead, with a cellar door cafe and duck-filled wetlands.

Heritage & History

PS Oscar W

Goolwa

One of only a handful of original Murray River paddle steamers still in regular operation, the wood-fired PS Oscar W offers one-hour heritage cruises from Goolwa Wharf on weekends.

A scenic hilltop cellar door on Ingoldby Road, McLaren Flat, also a popular wedding and events venue with sweeping vineyard views.

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.

Leading certified organic and biodynamic producer with a cellar door on Wheaton Road, owned and run by the Paxton family.

An early settler homestead turned boutique accommodation on Nosworthy Road: a romantic cottage, a glamping bell tent and a simple forest tent - all for couples.

Fresh seafood restaurant and casual cliffside kiosk on the Port Willunga Esplanade, with one of the best ocean and old jetty ruin views on the Fleurieu.

An estate-grown EVOO producer at the Nangkita Olive Grove, with sit-down oil tastings, share platters and grove discovery tours - open the first full weekend of every month.

A vineyard-set craft brewery and dog-friendly taphouse in The Range, with 13 taps of beers brewed onsite and a wood-fired pizza kitchen.

The historic Ingleburne homestead winery, home of the Copper-dressed Shiraz, the Kitchen Door restaurant and the Red Dot Gallery - one of the iconic McLaren Vale estates.

Contemporary cellar door on Hunt Road showcasing both the Pertaringa and Bec Hardy ranges - wines by the sixth-generation Hardy family.

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.

Half and full day fishing charters and sightseeing sea tours of the Fleurieu coast, Coorong and Encounter Bay from Victor Harbor.

A fifth-generation Johnston family estate making McLaren Vale Shiraz since 1892, from some of the region's oldest vines.

A family-run Neapolitan wood-fired pizzeria set in the middle of the McLaren Vale vineyards - one of the great Fleurieu long-lunch destinations.

Dining & Cafés

Port Elliot Bakery

Port Elliot

Long-loved country bakery in the heart of Port Elliot, famous for pies, pasties, vanilla slices and coffee a short walk from Horseshoe Bay.