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354  SOUTH A USTR ALIA

Fleurieu Peninsula and Limestone Coast

The coastline south of Adelaide is rich and varied with 2. Cape Jervis
beautiful beaches, magnificent coastal scenery and abundant  SD m  g
birdlife. The southern coastline of the Fleurieu Peninsula is Visitors to the tiny
hamlet of Cape Jervis
largely exposed to the mighty Southern Ocean. Here there can catch the ferry to
are surfing beaches, long expanses of sand, sheltered bays Kangaroo Island across McLaren
and harbours and stark, weathered cliffs. The western side of Backstairs Passage. The Vale
the peninsula is more sheltered. There are very few commercial cape has good boating
and fishing and is a
developments on the southeast’s coastline and it is easy to hang-gliding centre.
find quiet, secluded beaches for swimming, surfing, fishing or Fleurieu
walking. Just off South Australia’s mainland, Kangaroo Island Normanville Peninsula
boasts both pristine swimming beaches and ruggedly
beautiful windswept cliffs.

Flinders
Chase Kangaroo Island
National
Park

3. Kingscote, Kangaroo Island
 S  D 7 m  Kingscote, the island’s
largest town, has a small sandy beach with a
tidal pool. There is rich birdlife in swampland
south of the town.

1 Port Noarlunga  S D m 
Port Noarlunga boasts a fantastic beach and a
protected reef with marine ecosystems that can
be explored by snorkellers and scuba divers on
a fully marked 800-m (2,600-ft) underwater trail.

4 Waitpinga Beach  D m  6 Port Elliot  S D m 
Waitpinga Beach, on the southern Port Elliot, together with nearby
coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula and Victor Harbor, has long been a
part of Newland Head Conservation favourite place to escape the
Park, is a spectacular surfing beach summer heat of Adelaide.
with waves rolling in off the Southern Established in 1854 as a port for
Ocean. Strong, unpredictable the Murray River trade, the town
currents make the beach unsafe has a safe swimming beach and
for swimming and suitable for a fine cliff-top walk.
experienced surfers only. The long
stretch of clean white sand is a
favourite for beach walkers.
7 Hindmarsh Island
5 Victor Harbor  S  m  The quiet
 S  D 7 m  During the escapist destination of
Seal Bay, a windswept beach early 19th century, Victor Harbor Hindmarsh Island can be
on the south coast, is a major gained notoriety as a whaling reached by bridge from the town
Kangaroo Island tourist station. Today, the southern right of Goolwa. On the island there
attraction, with visitors taking whales frolicking offshore from are several good vantage points
guided tours to see the June to October are a popular from which visitors can see the
endangered sea lions. tourist attraction. mouth of the Murray River.
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