Stories
Longer reads, travel guides and field notes from the peninsula.
The Heysen Trail: 1,200km on foot
From the Cape Jervis ferry terminal to a remote gorge in the northern Flinders Ranges, the Heysen Trail is one of Australia's longest walking trails. The Fleurieu has its first hundred kilometres.
March 2026 · 6 min read
The Cornish slate miners of Willunga
Slate was discovered at Willunga in 1840. For the next eighty years it built the town and roofed half of South Australia. The miners were Cornish, the village they founded was named after a slate town in Cornwall, and the legacy is still visible in the streets today.
February 2026 · 6 min read
Why McLaren Vale Shiraz tastes the way it does
If McLaren Vale Shiraz tastes like nowhere else in Australia, it is because nowhere else has its specific accident of geography. A short history of why this small region punches so far above its weight.
February 2026 · 7 min read