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Mount Gambier
One of the world's premier freshwater dive sites, a crystal-clear limestone sinkhole on private farmland near Mount Gambier.
Lake Bonney SE
Millicent
Lake George (Beachport)
Beachport
A large coastal lagoon beside Beachport, rich in birdlife and prized by local fishers.
Lake McIntyre
Millicent
A restored wetland reserve on the edge of Millicent, with easy boardwalks and abundant birdlife.
Little Blue Lake
Mount Gambier
A deep, intensely blue water-filled sinkhole south of Mount Gambier, a popular spot for a bracing freshwater swim.
Little Dip Conservation Park
Robe
A coastal wilderness of shifting sand dunes, surf beaches and freshwater lakes just south of Robe, laced with 4WD tracks and walking trails.
Little Dip Conservation Park
Robe
A string of colourful freshwater lakes hidden among the towering dunes of Little Dip, south of Robe.
Mount Muirhead Lookout
Millicent
A viewing platform on the Mount Burr Range near Millicent, looking across black-soil flats to Canunda's dunes, pine forests and lines of wind turbines.
Mount Schank
Mount Gambier
One of Australia's youngest volcanoes, a textbook scoria cone south of Mount Gambier with a steep walking trail to the crater rim.
Mount Scott Conservation Park
Kingston SE
A quiet inland park 22 km east of Kingston SE, where brown stringybark woodland shelters malleefowl, wallabies and nearly 150 recorded bird species.
Naracoorte Caves National Park
Naracoorte
South Australia's only World Heritage site, a network of fossil-rich limestone caves preserving 500,000 years of Australian megafauna.
Naracoorte Swimming Lake
Naracoorte
A spring-fed swimming lake and reserve in Naracoorte, a long-loved free family spot in summer.
Nora Creina Bay
Robe
A near-circular bay of white sand and reef about 15 km south of Robe, backed by a tiny, tightly held settlement of beach shacks.
Padthaway Conservation Park
Naracoorte
A remnant block of blue gum and stringybark woodland beside the Padthaway wine district, with a peaceful signature walk and abundant birdlife.
Penola Conservation Park
Penola
Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
Mount Gambier
A Ramsar-listed coastal wetland whose crystal-clear freshwater springs and the deep "Chasm" draw snorkellers and divers from around the world.
Pool of Siloam
Beachport
A landlocked salt lake near Beachport, up to seven times saltier than the sea, where you float effortlessly on the surface.
Stick-Tomato Cave (Wet Cave)
Naracoorte
Naracoorte's self-guided cave: two big chambers with automated lighting, tree ferns at the entrance and no tour timetable to keep.
Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park
Millicent
A single, richly decorated show cave set in an ancient sea cliff near Millicent - and one of the few wheelchair-accessible caves in Australia.
The Granites
Kingston SE
A cluster of smooth granite boulders rising from the surf about 20 km north of Kingston SE - the only rock outcrop in roughly 180 kilometres of Coorong beach.
Umpherston Sinkhole
Mount Gambier
A collapsed limestone cave transformed into a terraced sunken garden of hydrangeas, ivy and hanging vines, floodlit at night when possums emerge.
Valley Lake
Mount Gambier
A crater lake in the Crater Lakes reserve with a wildlife park, boardwalks and easy walking beside the water.
Victoria Fossil Cave
Naracoorte
The cave that earned Naracoorte its World Heritage status, where ice-age bones still lie in the active dig.
Wonambi Fossil Centre
Naracoorte
A life-sized reconstruction of Naracoorte's ice-age megafauna, bringing the World Heritage fossil record to life.