The Best Coastal Walks & Drives on the Limestone Coast
Cliffs, blowholes and big-sky beaches
Beyond the wine country, the Limestone Coast is defined by its raw, windswept shoreline of limestone cliffs, blowholes and endless beaches. These are the best ways to experience it on foot or by car.
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Mount GambierCape Banks Lighthouse
A remote lighthouse on the rugged Carpenter Rocks coast.
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Port MacDonnellPort MacDonnell Foreshore
The southernmost foreshore in South Australia.
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Time any of these for late afternoon and you will understand why people keep returning to this stretch of the Southern Ocean.
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