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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.
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.
Aldinga Washpool & Blue Lagoon
Aldinga & Port Willunga
A coastal freshwater lagoon system inside Aldinga Conservation Park, with 166+ recorded bird species including hooded plover, mistletoebirds and rainbow bee-eaters.
Big Duck Boat Tours
Victor Harbor
Small-group wildlife boat tours from the Granite Island Causeway at Victor Harbor, with seals, dolphins and - in winter - southern right whales.
Black Swamp
Goolwa
A heritage-listed wetland with small waterfalls, prolific birdlife and Aboriginal scar trees where canoes were once cut.
Blowhole Beach
Cape Jervis
A secluded sand-and-pebble cove on the southern Fleurieu coast, reached only by 4WD track or a steep 3km return walk down from Cobbler Hill - and gloriously empty when you get there.
Bristow Smith Reserve
Goolwa
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.
Bullock Hill Conservation Park
Strathalbyn
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.
CABN McLaren Vale
McLaren Vale
A cluster of eight off-grid, architecturally designed tiny cabins scattered across vineyards around McLaren Flat - including CABN X cabins with private saunas and outdoor baths.
Canoe the Coorong
Goolwa
Guided kayak tours from Hindmarsh Island into the Coorong National Park - a Ramsar-listed wetland system of lagoons, sand dunes and waterbirds.
Coorong National Park
Goolwa
A 130-kilometre lagoon and dune system stretching east from the Murray Mouth - one of Australia's most significant wetlands, reachable from Goolwa via the barrage and across Hindmarsh Island.
Cox Scrub Conservation Park
Inman Valley
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.
Deep Creek National Park
Cape Jervis
The largest conservation area on the Fleurieu Peninsula, with 15 walking trails through eucalypt forest, waterfalls, ocean clifftops and views to Kangaroo Island.
Encounter Bay
Victor Harbor
A sweeping bay on the Fleurieu's south coast, named by Matthew Flinders after his 1802 meeting with French explorer Nicolas Baudin - and today the heart of the Victor Harbor foreshore.
Encounter Wetlands Reserve
Victor Harbor
A samphire estuarine wetland on Matthew Flinders Drive at Encounter Bay, with a sealed walking path, shaded shelters, fish nursery and rich birdlife.
Finniss Conservation Park
Inman Valley
A walk-in-only bushland reserve north-east of Mount Compass, on the Heysen Trail - one of the quieter walking destinations on the central Fleurieu.
Fishery Beach
Cape Jervis
A sheltered fishing beach a few kilometres east of Cape Jervis, the site of an 1840s whaling station and the shipping port for the historic Talisker Mine.
Freeman Lookout and Obelisk
Port Elliot
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.
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.
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.
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.
Harbourmasters Walking Trail
Port Elliot
A 1.9-kilometre sealed loop trail along the granite cliffs of Port Elliot, linking Horseshoe Bay, Freeman Lookout, Green Bay and Knights Beach with sweeping Encounter Bay views.
Hindmarsh Falls
Victor Harbor
A short, easy walk leads to a lookout over a roughly 20-metre cascade on the Hindmarsh River, tucked into a quiet recreation reserve north of Victor Harbor.
Hindmarsh Island
Goolwa
A large inland river island in the lower Murray near Goolwa, connected to the mainland by the 2001 Hindmarsh Island Bridge - a gateway to the Coorong and Murray Mouth.