Special Events 2024
- South Australian Autumn Garden Festival, April 21,
- Clare Valley Running Festival, April 7
- Clare Valley Gourmet: Gourmet Weekend May 17 – 19, Breathe it In May 20 – 24 Land of the Long Lunch. May 25 – 26– not to be missed!
- The Clare Agricultural & Horticultural Society Show – October 2024
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, and sample a range of local produce or pick up some vintage kitchenware. 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,
- Salt and Vines Restaurant,
- Swans at Mintaro,
- Terroir at Auburn,
- Seed Winebar & Kitchen.
- Visit Catford Gardens or Walter Duncan’s Rose Garden
- Visit Martindale Hall, a historical mansion in Mintaro
- Visit the Sevenhill Church and crypt and do the Heritage Walk. Learn More.
- Get lost in the Mintaro Maze
- Work out in the Valley Lifestyle Gym
- Enjoy the Cheese and Wine Trail
- Discover secret family wineries. Learn More
- 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