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Mount Gambier - Surroundings

The area surrounding Mount Gambier features a variety of attractions.

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Beachport, Australia
(Near Mount Gambier)
Beachport (pop. 410), which in earlier days was an important whaling station, features sheltered beaches which have made it a popular holiday resort with a variety of accommodations.

From the Bowman Scenic Drive there are fine views of the Southern Ocean. Between Lake George and the sea is Beachport Conservation Park.

Offshore is Penguin Island, to which there are excursions in summer.
Address
Beachport Visitor Information Centre
Millicent Road
Beachport, SA 5280
Australia
Canunda National Park
90sq.km.

Canunda National Park features traveling dunes, rare coastal vegetation and many species of birds.
Address
Parks and Wildlife South Australia Mount Gambier Office
11 Helen Street
Mount Gambier, SA 5290
Australia
Tips
Best time to visit: spring and autumn.
Millicent, Australia
(Near Mount Gambier)
Millicent (pop. 5000) is an important commercial and industrial town with a large paper mill. The marshland surrounding the town was drained in the 19th C to provide land for pastoral farming and the growing of wheat. In the former schoolhouse (1873) is a museum with interesting material on life in pioneering days.

There is also an attractive Shell Garden, with fuchsias and begonias.
Address
Millicent Visitor Information Centre
1 Mount Gambier Road
Millicent, SA 5280
Australia
Hours
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Close12:0012:0012:0012:0012:0012:00
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Tips
Hours listed for Pioneer Museum. Shell Garden open daily 9am - 5pm.
Penola, Australia
(Near Mount Gambier)
Penola (pop. 1200) preserves some timber cottages of the pioneering period. The mansion of Yallum Park dates from 1880. The former post office houses a museum of local history.
Address
Penola / Coonawarra Visitor Information Centre
27 Arthur Street
Penola, SA 5277
Australia
Parking
Free
Tantanoola - Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park, Australia
(Near Mount Gambier)
At Tantanoola are a number of interesting limestone caves.
Address
Parks and Wildlife South Australia Mount Gambier Office
11 Helen Street
Mount Gambier, SA 5290
Australia
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