Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 08-8559 2277; North Coast Rd, Stokes Bay; mains $15-27; 11am-5pm Tue-Sun, daily during
school holidays)
Don't worry about sandy feet at this casual, al fresco joint in Stokes Bay.
'What's the house special?', we asked. 'Whatever I feel like doin'!', said the chef (usu-
ally seafood, washed down with local wines and decent espresso).
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South Coast Road
The south coast is rough and wave-swept compared with the north.
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Sights & Activities
Seal Bay Conservation Park
NATURE RESERVE
OFFLINE MAP
( 08-8553 4460;
www.environment.sa.gov.au/sealbay
;
Seal Bay Rd; self-guided tours adult/
child/family $15/9/40, guided $32/18/80, twilight $60/36/165; tours 9am-4.15pm year-round,
extra tours Dec-Feb)
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'Observation, not interaction' is the mentality. Guided tours stroll
along the beach (or boardwalk on self-guided tours) to a colony of (mostly sleeping)
Australian sea lions. Twilight tours December and January. Bookings advised.
Clifford's Honey Farm
APIARY
OFFLINE MAP
(
www.cliffordshoney.com.au
;
1157 Elsegood Rd, Haines; 9am-5pm)
It's almost worth swim-
ming the Backstairs Passage for the honey ice cream (sourced from a colony of rare Lig-
urian bees) at this charming, uncommercial farm. A bit off the tourist radar (again,
charming).
Kelly Hill Conservation Park
NATURE RESERVE
OFFLINE MAP
( 08-8553 4464;
www.environment.sa.gov.au
; South Coast Rd; tours adult/child/family $15/9/
40, caving $65/39/176; tours 10.30am, then hourly 11.15am-4.15pm)
This series of dry lime-
stone caves was 'discovered' in the 1880s by a horse named Kelly, who fell into them
through a hole. Take the standard
show cave tour
, or add on an
adventure caving tour
(following the 2.15pm standard tour; bookings essential). The
Hanson Bay Walk
(9km
one way) runs from the caves through mallee scrub and past freshwater wetlands.
