Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Port Elliot
POP 3100
About 8km east of Victor Harbor, historic (and today, rather affluent) Port Elliot is set
back from
Horseshoe Bay
, an orange-sand arc with gentle surf and good swimming.
Norfolk Island pines reach for the sky, and there are whale-spotting updates posted on
the pub wall. If there are whales around, wander out to
Freemans Knob
lookout at the
end of the Strand and peer through the free telescope.
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Activities
Commodore Point
, at the eastern end of Horseshoe Bay, and nearby
Boomer Beach
and
Knights Beach
have reliable waves for experienced surfers. The beach at otherwise
missable
Middleton
, the next town towards Goolwa, also has solid breaks. You can learn
to surf (around $40 for a two-hour lesson, including gear) with
South Coast Surf
Academy
(
1800 786 386;
History buffs should look for the
Walk Into History at Port Elliot
pamphlet (try Gool-
wa Visitor Information Centre
Click here
)
detailing a couple of history walks around
town.
Big Surf Australia
SURFING
( 08-8554 2399; info@bigsurfaustralia.com; 24 Goolwa Rd, Middleton; surfboards/bodyboards/
wetsuits per day $30/20/15;
9am-5pm)
For surf-gear hire, check out Big Surf Australia
in Middleton.
Port Elliot Bike & Leisure Hire
BICYCLE HIRE
( 0448 370 007;
www.portelliotbikeleisurehire.myob.net
;
85-87 Hill St; per day $40)
Pick up a
mountain bike and hit the Encounter Bikeway (
Click here
)
, running through Port Elliot to
Goolwa (15km east) and Victor Harbor (7km west).
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
RAPID BAY
About 15km south of Normanville, follow the signs past bald hills and farmhouse
ruins to Rapid Bay. In the 1950s this was a boomtown, the local limestone quarry
shipping 60,000 tonnes of lime per month from the enormous jetty. Production
ceased in 1981; since then Rapid Bay has assumed a gothic, ghost-town atmo-
