Travel tips in South Australia, Australia

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Natural features

Blue Lake, Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier, South Australia

A volcanic crater lake on the edge of Mount Gambier that turns a brilliant cobalt blue from about November to March, then fades to a steely grey for …

Tours and activities

Barossa Valley

Tanunda, South Australia

One of Australia's oldest wine regions, settled by German Lutherans, famous for Shiraz, with cellar doors, bakeries and the Maggie Beer farm shop.

Natural features

Kangaroo Island

Kingscote, South Australia

A large island off South Australia with wildlife everywhere: sea lions at Seal Bay, kangaroos, koalas and echidnas.

Natural features

Umpherston Sinkhole, Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier, South Australia

A collapsed limestone cave in the middle of Mount Gambier that was turned into a sunken garden in the 1880s by James Umpherston.

Attractions

Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary, Mylor

Mylor, South Australia

A wildlife sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills, created from a run-down dairy farm and now planted with native trees, lakes and creeks inside a predator-…

Natural features

Engelbrecht Cave, Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier, South Australia

A limestone cave that runs right under the streets of Mount Gambier, with clear underground lakes that cave divers explore.