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Small family winery run by sisters on Main Road McLaren Vale, with a hosted cellar door and exclusive-to-visitors tastings.

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.

A family cherry orchard in The Range hinterland offering pick-your-own cherries each summer (early December to January).

Electric bike rental along the 31km Encounter Bikeway with pickup at Goolwa, Middleton or Port Elliot - self-guided coastal cycling.

Offshore fishing charters from Wirrina Cove Marina with 30+ years of local experience - two vessels carrying up to 16 passengers, snapper, whiting and tuna grounds.

Hands-on cooking classes at McLaren Vale wineries - pasta, cheese, spice masterclasses and native food, suited to beginners and confident cooks.

A boutique yoga studio in Aldinga village with a full weekly schedule of hatha, vinyasa, yin and pilates classes.

A laid-back weekend cellar door set on green lawns under towering gum trees on Foggo Road.

A 4-hour hands-on bread-making class in McLaren Vale - take home a sourdough starter and fresh-baked loaves, with wine and light lunch included.

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.

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.

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

Family Activities

Gilbert's Motor Museum

Strathalbyn

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.