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Family winery on Bagshaws Road, McLaren Flat - home to The Currant Shed restaurant and a large cellar door with sweeping Mount Lofty Ranges views.

A 19th-century stone Anglican church in Yankalilla that became a Marian pilgrimage site after an image of the Virgin Mary appeared on the wall behind the altar in 1994.

A contemporary and touring exhibition gallery housed in a landmark building on the Goolwa Wharf, looking out over the Murray River.

Charlie O'Brien's alternative-variety wine project showcased in a shared tasting room on Stump Hill Road, McLaren Flat.

An absolute beachfront bistro and bar at Aldinga with produce-driven plates and an oceanfront deck - one of the best sunset dinners on the western coast.

Sommelier-led intimate wine tours into McLaren Vale, the Barossa and the Adelaide Hills - all-inclusive small groups led by Matthew Kurko.

Matt Wenk's boutique Smidge Wines has a Halliday five-red-star rating and has featured in Wine Spectator's Top 100 for ten consecutive years.

An award-winning microbrewery housed in a converted dairy factory in Myponga, famous for its beers named after the owners' Samoyed dogs.

Heritage & History

Soldiers Memorial Gardens

Strathalbyn

A beautiful riverside park at the centre of Strathalbyn, following the River Angas through the heritage town with lawns, ponds, picnic tables and the town's war memorial.

A shared cellar door (with Seven Eves) championing climate-appropriate Mediterranean varieties crafted by winemaker Mauricio Ruiz Cantu.

Wildlife & Nature

South Australian Whale Centre

Victor Harbor

Interpretive whale centre on the Victor Harbor foreshore, home to an excellent education gallery and the best vantage point for winter whale spotting.

Scenic helicopter tours from Strathalbyn Airfield covering the Fleurieu coastline, Murray Mouth, Victor Harbor Bluff, Second Valley and McLaren Vale.

An independent Port Elliot bookshop on North Terrace specialising in literature, art and design titles - a destination shop on the main street.

A 15-metre Westcoaster deep-sea charter vessel from Cape Jervis for serious offshore fishing in Backstairs Passage and beyond.

A four-bedroom cottage sleeping up to 10 within Deep Creek Conservation Park - wood heater, self-contained kitchen, classic bush retreat.

Daily 2, 3.5 and 6-hour cruises from Goolwa Wharf through the barrage and into the Coorong - the only operator running scheduled cruises through the Murray Mouth.

A 270-hectare bushland reserve south-east of Myponga, on the Heysen Trail, with diverse native bird and mammal habitat and quiet bush walking.

Heritage & History

St Andrew's Uniting Church

Strathalbyn

The bluestone landmark of Strathalbyn - a Presbyterian church consecrated in 1848, standing on the high bank of the River Angas above the Soldiers Memorial Gardens.

A State Heritage-listed stone church at Delamere - foundation stone laid 19 September 1870, dedicated 4 May 1871.

A contemporary gallery, in-house studio and shop in Yankalilla run by artist Christine - browse the working studio while you shop the gallery.

Famous casual-fine dining restaurant perched on the cliff above Port Willunga beach, named for the 1888 shipwreck visible below at low tide.

A community art gallery run by the Strathalbyn Arts Society, housed in the beautifully restored old Strathalbyn Railway Station on South Terrace.

A small-batch microbrewery in the historic Goolwa Wharf goods shed, sharing a building with The Fleurieu Distillery and pouring four preservative-free hand-crafted beers.

Family Activities

SteamRanger Cockle Train

Goolwa

The historic Cockle Train follows the coast from Goolwa to Victor Harbor on tracks laid in 1887, run by SteamRanger Heritage Railway.