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Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram

Victor Harbor

The only operating horse-drawn tram in Australia, running since 1894 across the causeway to Granite Island.

A heritage 1865 bluestone country hotel on Albyn Terrace, Strathalbyn, with an award-winning bistro and a wide verandah looking over the river park.

A Calabrian family cellar door and osteria on the main road into Willunga, specialising in Italian varietals and traditional homestyle cooking.

Beaches

Waitpinga Beach

Victor Harbor

A wild, exposed surf beach inside Newland Head Conservation Park. No swimming, no facilities, and often empty - one of the most dramatic beaches on the south coast.

Walking & Hiking

Waitpinga Cliffs Walk

Victor Harbor

A spectacular section of the Heysen Trail along the high sandstone cliffs between Waitpinga Beach and Kings Beach in Newland Head Conservation Park.

One of the last remnants of original coastal vegetation on the Adelaide plains, with sandy walking tracks, native woodland, wetlands and abundant birdlife.

Wildlife & Nature

West Island

Victor Harbor

A small uninhabited granite island sitting in Encounter Bay west of Wright Island - part of the Encounter Bay Marine Park and an important seabird breeding site.

A Mediterranean-leaning seafood restaurant perched on the Encounter Bay clifftop with panoramic ocean views, a heritage two-storey building and a long-standing reputation.

Willunga 100's Grenache Room is a grenache-focused tasting space inside a restored 1920s cottage in the Blind Spot Vineyard at Blewitt Springs.

The 1855 Willunga Courthouse and adjoining police cells have been preserved as a pocket museum by the National Trust, complete with magistrate's bench, dock, cells and stables.

A family-run boutique cellar door on the Willunga foothills (also known as Black Duck), open weekends for tastings, platters and winter curries.

One of Australia's most celebrated farmers markets, running every Saturday morning in the grounds of Willunga High School.

A destination skate park and nature playground at the southern end of the Shiraz Trail in Willunga, with grass for picnics and shade trees.

Arts & Culture

Willunga Slate Museum

Willunga

A small National Trust museum on Willunga's historic High Street dedicated to the 19th-century slate quarries that roofed half of South Australia. Entry is free and the galleries are packed with original tools, photographs and local stories.

Wine & Cellar Doors

Wirra Wirra Vineyards

McLaren Vale

Heritage winery established in 1894, famous for The Angelus Cabernet and the award-winning Harry's Deli bistro in the ironstone cellar.

A holiday park on Wirrina Cove with powered and unpowered camping sites, cabins and self-contained units, just metres from a quiet swimming beach.

Family Activities

Wirrina Cove Marina

Normanville & Yankalilla

The small marina and public boat ramp at Wirrina Cove, a base for fishing charters and recreational boaters, next door to the Wirrina resort precinct.

A 3-hectare wildlife sanctuary on the Woodstock Wine Estate at McLaren Flat, with rescued kangaroos, wallabies and an emu, and a daily 11:30am feeding session.

Family-owned winery with the Stocks Tasting Room, Coterie Restaurant, native wildlife park and extensive gardens on Douglas Gully Road.

David and Mary Woolaway's working pottery, jewellery, photography and scraperboard studios at Goolwa North - classes, workshops and B&B accommodation onsite.

Wildlife & Nature

Wright Island

Victor Harbor

A small offshore granite island sitting in Encounter Bay west of Granite Island, with a rocky shoreline that forms part of the bay's signature view.

Certified biodynamic and organic estate in the sandy-soil Blewitt Springs sub-region, making Australia's most celebrated old-vine Grenache.

Dining & Cafés

Yankalilla

Normanville & Yankalilla

Historic agricultural town on the western Fleurieu, once one of the five major towns of colonial South Australia and still the service centre for the surrounding farming district.

A heritage stone showground hall first built in 1887, with a 1900 supper room and 1950s cinema foyer - still the home of the annual Yankalilla Show.