Top 10 Fleurieu free family days
Beaches, playgrounds, parks and walks - all free, all family
Free is family-friendly
Kids do not care how much things cost. They care about whether they can run, splash, climb, watch and explore. Almost every great Fleurieu day with kids costs nothing - the beaches are free, the playgrounds are free, the conservation parks are free. This list is built around stops that combine kids' play, walking and one or two reliable wow moments.
No entry fees, no booking required.
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1Goolwa
Bristow Smith Reserve
Goolwa's award-winning nature playscape built around a 10-metre river bend. Climbing, water play, BBQs and shade. The single best playground destination on the Peninsula.
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2Victor Harbor
G T Fisher Train Playground
A renovated nature playground on the Victor Harbor foreshore featuring a real decommissioned steam locomotive that kids can climb on. A short walk from the Granite Island causeway.
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Normanville & YankalillaIngalalla Falls
Short walk to a tiered waterfall and rockpool. Free entry, free electric BBQs and picnic shelters. One of the most underrated free family days on the Fleurieu.
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GoolwaGoolwa Barrage
Walk across the 1940 barrage to spot fur seals lounging on the downstream wall. Free parking, free toilets, free BBQs. Easy, flat walking suitable for prams and small kids.
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Aldinga & Port WillungaSellicks Beach
Drive on the sand, park, and let the kids loose. The hard, flat sand goes for kilometres and the cliffs at the southern end are a natural backdrop for a long afternoon.
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6Willunga
Willunga Skate Park & Nature Play
A destination skate park and timber-and-rope nature play area at the southern end of the Shiraz Trail. Pair with the Saturday farmers market across town.
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StrathalbynSoldiers Memorial Gardens
A riverside park along the River Angas with picnic tables, a band rotunda, an iron footbridge and shaded lawns. Quiet country town family setting.
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Victor HarborGranite Island
Walk the causeway across to Granite Island and around the loop track. Wildlife (penguins, sea eagles, fur seals), big granite boulders to scramble on, free entry, no booking. (Tram is paid; walking is free.)
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Inman ValleyGlacier Rock (Selwyn Rock)
A 510-million-year-old glacial pavement on the foreshore of the Inman River. Kids find it weirdly fascinating and the surrounding picnic ground has tables, BBQs and toilets.
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10Normanville & Yankalilla
Normanville Beach
A broad swimming beach with a foreshore park, shaded picnic tables and a long flat beach for kids. Pair with the Yankalilla Craft Market on the third Saturday of the month.
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