Coast and caves road trip
Robe to Naracoorte across the Limestone Coast
The plan
The Limestone Coast earns its name: the same soft rock that grows Coonawarra's Cabernet also builds towering coastal dunes, hollows into vast cave systems, and shapes a coast of obelisks, lighthouses and salt lakes.
This three-day road trip starts in Robe, the prettiest of the South East's seaside towns, runs down the wild coast through Beachport and the dunes of Canunda, then turns inland to the World Heritage fossil caves at Naracoorte and the wetland birdlife of Bool Lagoon.
How to use it
Book a guided tour at Naracoorte to see the fossil chambers properly, and time the coast for calm weather so the swimming spots and lookouts are at their best.
Day 1
3 stops-
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Day 2
2 stops-
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2Naracoorte
Naracoorte Caves National Park
Tour the World Heritage fossil chambers at Naracoorte Caves.
Day 3
2 stops-
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2Tantanoola
Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park
Finish underground among the stalactites of Tantanoola Caves.
On the map
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Image credits
- View of Robe coastline and Obelisk 20230214 1.jpg by DXR , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons