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free barbecues and a rambling grassed area to pitch a tent on. Runs rings around Victor's
other caravan parks.
Nino's
CAFE $$$
( 08-8552 3501;
www.ninoscafe.com.au
;
17 Albert Pl; mains $15-33; 10am-10pm Mon-Thu,
10am-midnight Fri-Sun)
Nino's cafe has been here since 1974, but it manages to put a con-
temporary sheen on downtown VH. Hip young staff and a mod interior set the scene for
gourmet pizzas, pasta, salads, risottos and meaty Italian mains. Good coffee, cakes and
takeaways, too.
Anchorage Cafe
MODERN AUSTRALIAN $$$
( 08-8552 5970;
www.anchorageseafronthotel.com
;
21 Flinders Pde; tapas $7-14, mains $16-35;
8-11am, noon-2.30pm & 5.30-8.30pm)
This salty sea cave at the Anchorage hotel has an
old whaling boat for a bar and a Med/Mod Oz menu (baguettes, pizzas, souvlaki)
peppered with plenty of seafood. There's great coffee, tapas and cakes, plus Euro beers
and a breezy terrace on which to drink them.
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Information
Victor Harbor Visitor Information Centre
( 1800 557 094, 08-8551 0777;
www.tourismvictorharbor.com.au
; Foreshore; 9am-5pm)
Handles tour and accommodation
bookings. Stocks the
Beaches on the South Coast
brochure if you feel like a swim, and
the
Old Port Victor
history walk brochure.
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Getting There & Away
BUS
Adelaide ($22, 1¾ hours, one to three daily) continuing to Goolwa.
TRAIN
On the first and third Sundays from June to November inclusive,
SteamRanger Heritage
(adult/child return $69/36) tourist train from Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills to Victor
Harbor via Strathalbyn, Goolwa and Port Elliot. The
Cockle Train
(adult/child return
$28/14) runs along the Encounter Coast between Victor Harbor and Goolwa via Port El-
liot every Sunday and Wednesday, and daily during school holidays.
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