The South East Field Days are held in March each year in Yacca Park at Lucindale in South Australia. An average of 22,000 people attend from all over Australia to experience the wide range of activities, displays and features of agricultural, environmental, technological and general interest. Lucindale is an easy drive of about 60 kms from Camawald Cottage. For more information go to the websit… [more]

The Coonawarra Wine Region is particularly well known for producing world class red wines, especially Cabernet Sauvignon. Coonawarra’s secret lies in the combination of the rich red terra rossa soil, limestone, pure underground water and a long cool ripening season for the grapes. Coonawarra lies within South Australia's Limestone Coast Zone (south-east South Australia) is named from a lo… [more]

Take a trip to Coonawarra during the month of July and explore the Cellar Dweller Festival. The Cellar Dwellers festival is a month long wine festival and the only event of its kind where the visitors get the rare chance to taste and buy the back vintages and old treasures,  many of which are hard to find, aged Coonawarra wines. Indeed some of these wines may never be seen on the shelves of s… [more]

A Coonawarra wine tour has much to offer from the celebrated extensive brand wineries through to smaller family boutique wineries. Each winery has distinguishing characteristics that are displayed in their distinct wine styles, production techniques and product presentation. By creating this unique identity the wineries are able to deliver premium wines for everyone to enjoy. With its rich … [more]

Petticoat Lane is in the oldest residential street of Penola. Now a State listed heritage area, it's one of the original attractions built many years before the vineyards were planted in Coonawarra. The Penola National Trust has restored all cottages with some being heritage listed. The lane’s character is enhanced by red gum kerbing, rose plantings, a herb garden and a lavender farm feat… [more]

Located in the picturesque Limestone Coast tourism region, adjacent to the Victorian border, the Naracoorte Caves in the south east of South Australia (Australia) is one of the popular and highly-visited tourist sites. The Naracoorte Caves Conservation Park is 12 kilometres southeast of Naracoorte and just 30km from Camawald Cottage in Coonawarra.. The Naracoorte Caves is one of the histo… [more]

Located between Adelaide and Melbourne, in the Limestone Coast region of South East South Australia, and just 21 kilometres south of Naracoorte, is the internationally-recognised Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, one of the largest and most diverse freshwater systems in Southern Australia. The reserve is home to a wide range of wetland wildlife and provides essential drought refuge for many rare and e… [more]