Special Events 2026
- South Australian Autumn Garden Festival, April 19, 2026
- Clare Valley Running Festival, March 29,2026
- Clare Valley Gourmet: Gourmet Weekend May 15 – 18 2026
- The Clare Agricultural & Horticultural Society Show – October 17 2026
Things to do within 2 kms
- Walk or cycle on the adjacent Riesling Trail or Scenic Drive. Learn More
- Make a booking for The Watervale Hotel’s Six Senses Penobscot Farm Tour & Six Course Degustation Menu. Learn More
- Make time for coffee and cake at the Watervale General Store, Learn More
- Visit local wineries – Crabtrees, O’Leary Walker, Clos Clare, Shut the Gate
- Restaurants – Watervale Hotel, Uppside Restaurant and Cellar Door and Skillogalee
- Bird Watching – rosellas, kookaburras, parrots, galahs and identified rare native birds visit
- Join the locals with a game of bowls at the “Watervale Bowling Club”
- Stroll around the “Historical Watervale Tour” and be amazed at the century old buildings
- Book a private wine tour or “KEEP YOUR GIN UP Tour” A private tour – Includes a Private Tasting by the Distiller, and lunch in the Distillery contact Charles. Learn More
Things to do within 15 kms
- Play golf at Clare Gulf Club, 18 hole, watered greens course
- Visit the boutique wineries of Skillogalee, Taylors, Eldredge, Grossets, Jeanneret, Jim Barry, Kilikanoon, Pauletts, Claymore, Mintaro, Mitchell, Penna Lane, Pikes, Sevenhill, Wilson etc. Visit Clare Valley website
- Browse at the local produce markets
- Walk through the “Spring Gully Conservation Park”
- Local Dining options – Learn More
- Watervale Hotel
- Clare Hotel
- Sevenhill Hotel
- Bentley’s
- Taminga Hotel
- Conners Restaurtant at Clare Country Club
- Magpie and Stump Hotel
- Reillys at Mintaro
- Rising Sun Hotel at Auburn,
- Visit Martindale Hall, a historical mansion in Mintaro
- Visit the Sevenhill Church and crypt and do the Heritage Walk. Learn More.
- Work out in the Valley Lifestyle Gym
- Visit Clare’s first distillery Sawmill Gin. Learn More
Things to do within 40 kms
- Visit the mines and do the self-guided walk of the historic town of Burra with access to eleven sites.
- Attend the Blyth cinema
- Medika Gallery
- Ride or walk the Rattler Trail
- Visit historic town of Kapunda
- Stroll sections of the Lavender trail, a rare and unique beauty of 325 KM trail from Murray Bridge to Clare.
- Walk the Mawson Trail
- Trek the Heyson Trail
- Visit the Barossa Wineries







