Situated near Cape Jervis (which is 107km from Adelaide), Deep Creek Conservation Park has sweeping coastal views, a wicked waterfall, man-size yakkas (Xanthorrhoea semiplana tateana), sandy beaches, kangaroos, kookaburras and popular bush-camping areas (per car $9 to $27). The epic 1200km Heysen Trail (www.heysentrail.asn.au) trucks through here on it's final southern reaches.
Deep Creek Conservation Park
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There's a small local history museum out the back of the Yankalilla visitor centre. Look for the radar antenna from the scuttled HMAS Hobart, now a dive…
2. Cape Willoughby Lightstation
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19.15 MILES
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6. Penneshaw Maritime & Folk Museum
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8. Encounter Coast Discovery Centre & Museum
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Inside Victor's 1866 Customs House on the foreshore, this National Trust museum has interesting local-history displays from pre-European times to around…