Things to do within 2 kms
- Walk or cycle on the adjacent Riesling Trail or Scenic Drive
- Make a booking for The Watervale Hotel’s Six Senses Penobscot Farm Tour & Six Course Degustation Menu
- Make time for coffee and cake at the Watervale General Store, and sample a range of local produce or pick up some vintage kitchenware.
- Visit local wineries – Crabtrees, O’Leary Walker, Clos Clare, Shut the Gate
- Restaurants – Watervale Hotel 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
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
- Browse at the local produce markets
- Walk through the “Spring Gully Conservation Park”
- Local Dining options:
- 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
- Get lost in the Mintaro Maze
- Indulge in a massage at Clare Valley Massage or Tranquility Massage
- Work out in the Valley Lifestyle Gym
- Enjoy the Cheese and Wine Trail
Things to do within 40 kms
- Visit the mines of the historic town of Burra
- Attend the Blyth cinema and Medika Gallery
- Ride the Rattler Trail
- Visit historic town of Kapunda
- Walk the Mawson Trail
- Trek the Heyson Trail
- Visit the Barossa Wineries
SPECIAL EVENTS 2022
- South Australian Autumn Garden Festival, April 3
- Clare Valley Running Festival, April 3
- Gourmet Weekend – not to be missed – music, food and wine festival May 13-May 22
