Fleurieu Peninsula

Geographical location

The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula south of Adelaide in the Australian state of South Australia.

Important places in their field Victor Harbor, Goolwa, Yankalilla, Rapid Bay and the wine region of McLaren Vale. Good conditions for surfing prevail at Waitpinga and Browns Beach.

There are also ferries between Cape Jervis on the tip of the peninsula and the Peninsula barrier island Kangaroo Iceland.

The Kaurna, Ngarrindjeri and Perramangk are tribes of Aborigines. They lived before the arrival of the first Europeans on the Fleurieu Peninsula. The peninsula was built in 1802, named by Captain Nicolas Baudin after the explorer and the French Minister of the Navy Charles Pierre Claret, Comte de Fleurieu.

Typical of the landscape are beaches, forests and agricultural land. The most famous beaches are Christies Beach, Muslim Beach, Carrickalinga Beach, Parsons Beach and Waitpinga Beach. The Deep Creek Conservation Park, the Granite Iceland Recreation Park and Newland Head Conservation Park are protected areas of the peninsula. For wildlife includes seals, fairy penguins, dolphins and pipefish. Pull Between May and October whales passing by the coast. The Mediterranean climate favors the cultivation of vines, olives and citrus fruits. The major wine producing areas are McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek and Currency Creek. The Fleurieu Peninsula has a large network of hiking and cycling trails. For example, there is the southern end of the 1200 km long Heysen Trail at Cape Jervis. This path runs through the peninsula, the Barossa Valley and the Flinders Ranges.