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Encounter Bay
Beaches

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 Bikeway
Walking & Hiking

Encounter Bikeway

Victor Harbor

A mostly flat 30km sealed path running along the Encounter Coast between Victor Harbor and Goolwa - perfect for families, casual walkers and cyclists.

Family Activities

Encounter Lakes

Victor Harbor

A calm man-made saltwater lake at Encounter Bay with two swim beaches and sheltered paddling for families - one of the safest swimming spots near Victor Harbor.

Walking & Hiking

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.

Walking & Hiking

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.

Beaches

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.

Arts & Culture

Fleurieu Arthouse

McLaren Vale

A working artisan hub inside the historic Hardys Tintara winery - a gallery, retail space and eight resident artist studios where you can watch metal sculptors, painters and ceramicists at work.

Wildlife & Nature

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.

Family Activities

G T Fisher Train Playground

Victor Harbor

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

Glacier Rock (Selwyn Rock)
Walking & Hiking

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
Walking & Hiking

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.

Goolwa Beach
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.

Walking & Hiking

Goolwa Beach Dune Boardwalk

Goolwa

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.

Walking & Hiking

Goolwa Wharf Precinct

Goolwa

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.

Family Activities

Goolwa Wharf Rotary Market

Goolwa

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.

Granite Island
Walking & Hiking

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.

Green Bay
Beaches

Green Bay

Port Elliot

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.

Harbourmasters Walking Trail
Walking & Hiking

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.

Heysen Trail - Cape Jervis Trailhead
Walking & Hiking

Heysen Trail - Cape Jervis Trailhead

Cape Jervis

The official southern trailhead of the Heysen Trail, a 1,200km walking route that runs from Cape Jervis to Parachilna Gorge in the Flinders Ranges.

Hindmarsh Falls
Walking & Hiking

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
Walking & Hiking

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.

Hindmarsh Island Sturt Monument
Heritage & History

Hindmarsh Island Sturt Monument

Goolwa

A stone obelisk on Hindmarsh Island commemorating the explorer Charles Sturt, who reached the Murray Mouth here in 1830 - a quiet riverside heritage stop.

Hindmarsh Valley National Park
Wildlife & Nature

Hindmarsh Valley National Park

Victor Harbor

A 423-hectare national park proclaimed in 2021, protecting habitat for the southern brown bandicoot and western pygmy possum - one of the Fleurieu's newest parks.

Heritage & History

HMAS Hobart Memorial Lookout

Normanville & Yankalilla

A clifftop lookout on the Australian War Memorial 'Places of Pride' register, honouring HMAS Hobart I, II and III - with 2025 interpretive signage.