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A relaxed bring-your-own-picnic-style cellar door on the heritage cricket oval site at Sand Road, McLaren Vale.

A converted shearing shed brewery on a working family farm, with panoramic ocean views over Carrickalinga to Cape Jervis - one of the most scenic brewery destinations on the Peninsula.

A small Willunga chocolatier and patisserie on the High Street, hand-painting eggs and turning out fresh weekly patisserie alongside a tight chocolate range.

Eat & Drink

Fox Creek Wines

McLaren Vale

Family-owned boutique estate founded in 1984, known for value-driven Shiraz, Cabernet and the flagship Reserve JSM.

The Mitolo family's light-filled Roman-style pizza and pasta bar with a playful disco-lounge vibe, alongside the Mitolo cellar door.

At the end of The Strand, the restored Freeman Lookout perches above Horseshoe Bay on a headland that whalers used as a spotting post in the 1830s. One of the Fleurieu's best whale-watching vantage points in winter.

A renovated nature playground on the Victor Harbor foreshore featuring its iconic decommissioned steam locomotive - a much-loved family stop.

Hand-made single-vineyard wines in a bush-set cellar door on Blewitt Springs Road, open daily 10am-5pm.

Family-owned certified organic and biodynamic winery in McLaren Flat, with a sustainable solar-powered tasting room overlooking the vineyards.

Geoff Merrill's cellar door at the historic Mount Hurtle Winery in Woodcroft - specialising in aged release Shiraz, Cabernet and Chardonnay.

A family-run motor museum in the heart of Strathalbyn housing a rotating collection of classic cars, motoring memorabilia and vintage advertising.

Wildlife & Nature

Glacier Rock (Selwyn Rock)

Inman Valley

A Permian-era glacial pavement carved into 510 million year old bedrock on the floor of the Inman River - one of the oldest and most accessible glacial sites in Australia.

Independent craft brewery on Sand Road, McLaren Vale - the only dedicated brewery in the heart of the wine region.

A working specialty coffee roaster and dog-friendly cafe in the Aldinga village precinct, next door to The Little Rickshaw.

Wildlife & Nature

Goolwa Barrage

Goolwa

A 630-metre concrete barrage built in 1940 to keep salt water out of the Lower Lakes, the Goolwa Barrage is a favourite wildlife spot where fur seals, pelicans and cormorants gather and visitors can walk right out over the lock gates.

Beaches

Goolwa Beach

Goolwa

Goolwa Beach is the southern end of an 18-kilometre stretch of wave-pounded Southern Ocean sand running all the way to the Murray Mouth, with a patrolled swimming area and a legendary (and legal) 4WD beach drive.

A 170 m timber boardwalk over the Goolwa dunes to a lookout with panoramas of Sir Richard Peninsula, the Hindmarsh Island Bridge and the Coorong.

An 1853 stone hotel on the corner of Cadell Street, still trading after 170 years, with the salvaged figurehead from the Irish sailing ship Mozambique displayed on its facade.

A processing factory shopfront in Port Elliot selling fresh, de-sanded Coorong pipis (Kuti) year-round - operated in partnership with the Ngarrindjeri people.

A State Heritage Area covering 19 historic sites along the Goolwa wharf - paddle steamer, railway, goods sheds, hotels and Little Scotland - the best-preserved 19th-century river port in Australia.

A community market on the Goolwa Wharf with over 80 stalls of fresh produce, crafts, food and music - held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.

A father-and-daughter family producer with an old-school daily cellar door on Ingoldby Road, McLaren Flat - 10:30am to 4:30pm.

Wildlife & Nature

Granite Island

Victor Harbor

A small rocky island off the Victor Harbor foreshore, home to a little penguin colony and accessed by the iconic horse-drawn tram causeway.

A tiny tucked-away cove between Rocky Bay and Knights Beach, reached via the Harbourmasters Trail. Calm days bring crystal-clear water for snorkelling; rough days bring dramatic wave shows.