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Small, top-end producer by French-born winemaker Emmanuelle Bekkers, crafting some of McLaren Vale's most sought-after Syrah and Grenache.

Single-estate Blewitt Springs winery with a modern cellar door, restaurant and accommodation in the elevated sandy-soiled sub-region of McLaren Vale.

A quirky cellar door inside a converted 1862 sandstone chapel above Sellicks Beach, pouring small-batch Shiraz and Grenache.

Small-group wildlife boat tours from the Granite Island Causeway at Victor Harbor, with seals, dolphins and - in winter - southern right whales.

A wine, music and lifestyle destination built around an 1875 stone cottage on Malpas Road, combining craft McLaren Vale wines with live music.

Working station-turned-holiday park perched above Cape Jervis, with motel rooms, cottages and campsites overlooking Kangaroo Island and the Heysen Trail.

A family caravan park right on the beach at Horseshoe Bay, Port Elliot - cabins, ensuite sites, caravan and camping sites, and a direct walk to the sand.

Shaded bushland caravan and cabin park a short drive from the iconic Port Willunga cliffs, Aldinga Beach and the McLaren Vale cellar doors.

A heritage-listed wetland with small waterfalls, prolific birdlife and Aboriginal scar trees where canoes were once cut.

An organic and biodynamic small-batch Grenache and Shiraz producer with Saturday winemaker-led tastings on the Blewitt Springs sand.

Beaches

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.

An award-winning Goolwa cafe on the edge of the Murray River showcasing local produce - Coorong mullet, Goolwa cockles and Fleurieu wines - in a light-filled riverside dining room.

A small family producer on McMurtrie Road best known for the Higher Springs Shiraz and site-expressive grenache, tasting from a shared cellar door with Lino Ramble and Sherrah.

A dramatic reef break at the western end of Port Elliot, named for the thunderous sound of its crashing waves. A classic South Australian surf spot for experienced riders.

Dining & Cafés

Bracegirdle's House of Fine Chocolate

McLaren Vale

Bracegirdle's House of Fine Chocolate is moving to 145 Main Road, McLaren Vale, with a temporary setup while the new cafe is fitted out.

Cult small-batch winery by former New York sommelier Brad Hickey, specialising in amphora-aged Nero d'Avola and minimal-intervention wines.

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.

One of the Fleurieu's earliest rural cemeteries - laid out in 1858 with first burials in 1859, set in the rolling Delamere hills.

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.

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.

A wide-ranging antique and collectables dealer in the heritage Old Registry Building on Port Elliot's main street.

Guided kayak tours from Hindmarsh Island into the Coorong National Park - a Ramsar-listed wetland system of lagoons, sand dunes and waterbirds.

A custom-built charter vessel fishing Backstairs Passage and The Pages from Cape Jervis - seven days a week, tackle provided.

Five two-bedroom cabins on a 2.5-acre gum-tree property near the Sealink Kangaroo Island ferry terminal, with sea views.