Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.horsedrawntram.com.au
; return adult/child/family $8/6/22; hourly 10am-4pm)
Just off-
shore is the boulder-strewn
Granite Island
, connected to the mainland by a 632m cause-
way built in 1875. You can walk to the island, but it's more fun to take the 1894 double-
decker tram pulled by a big clydesdale. Tickets available from the driver or visitor in-
formation centre.
Encounter Bikeway
CYCLING
(
www.tourismvictorharbor.com.au/walks_trails.html
)
The much-wheeled Encounter Bikeway
extends 30km from Victor Harbor to Laffin Point beyond Goolwa. The visitors centre
stocks maps; hire a bike from
Victor Harbor Cycle Skate Bay Rubber
(
08-8552 1417;
www.victorharborcycles.com
;
73 Victoria St; bike hire per 4/8 hr $30/40;
9am-5pm Mon & Wed-
Fri, 10am-3pm Sat & Sun)
.
Big Duck
BOAT TOUR
( 0405 125 312;
www.thebigduck.com.au
; 30min tours adult/child/family $35/25/110, 1hr $55/
45/180)
Do a lap of Granite Island and check out seals, dolphins and whales (but sadly
not many penguins these days) on the rigid inflatable Big Duck boat. Call for times and
bookings.
Encounter Coast Discovery Centre
MUSEUM
(
www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa
;
2 Flinders Pde; adult/child/family $5/3/13; 1-4pm)
Inside Vict-
or's 1866 Customs House on the foreshore, this National Trust museum has interesting
local-history displays from pre-European times to around 1900: whaling, railways, ship-
ping and local Aboriginal culture. Good for a rainy day.
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Sleeping & Eating
Anchorage
GUESTHOUSE $$$
( 08-8552 5970;
www.anchorageseafronthotel.com
;
21 Flinders Pde; s/d/apt from $55/100/250;
)
This grand old seafront guesthouse is the pick of the local crop. Immaculately main-
tained, great-value rooms open off long corridors. Most rooms face the beach, and some
have a balcony (you'd pay through the nose for this in Sydney!). The cheapest rooms are
view-free and share bathrooms. The cafe-bar downstairs is a winner.
Victor Harbor Holiday & Cabin Park
CARAVAN PARK $
( 08-8552 1949;
www.victorharborholiday.com.au
;
19 Bay Rd; unpowered/powered sites $30/36,
vans/cabins from $52/85;
)
The friendliest operation in town, with tidy facilities,
