Berri Estate's production statistics are astonishing: a third of all of SA's grapes are processed here; 100 million litres of wine are exported annually; 85,000 casks of wine are produced daily. Quantity over quality, no doubt, but with these kinds of numbers it's hard to deny that it's fulfilling some kind of basic human need. Wine snobbery be damned! Look for the vintage gothic-font wine tanks fronting the highway, 6.5km west of Berri itself.


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1. A Special Place for Jimmy James

3.65 MILES

A short amble from the visitor centre, this living riverbank memorial honours a Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal tracker who could 'read the bush like a…

2. Murray River National Park

3.78 MILES

Road access to the scenic Katarapko Creek section of the Murray River National Park is off the Stuart Hwy between Berri and Barmera. This is a beaut spot…

3. Rocky's Hall of Fame Pioneers Museum

4.9 MILES

Named after Dean 'Rocky' Page, local radio legend, Rocky's blares sincere rural twangings down the main street from outdoor speakers. Inside is a wealth…

4. Murray River National Park

11.49 MILES

From Loxton, you can canoe across to Katarapko Creek in the Murray River National Park; hire canoes from Loxton Riverfront Caravan Park. There's camping…

5. Tree of Knowledge

11.63 MILES

Down by the river near the caravan park, the Tree of Knowledge is marked with flood levels from years past when the river opted for a little inundation…

6. Loxton Pepper Tree

11.74 MILES

This gnarled, weather-split, termite-ravaged old pepper tree dates back to 1878, allegedly planted by boundary rider William Charles Loxton, after whom…

7. Village – Historic Loxton

11.78 MILES

Down by the river, this mildly kitsch (but nonetheless interesting) man-made village is a re-created time warp of 45 dusty, rusty old buildings and old…

8. Angove

11.94 MILES

SA wine snobs tend to turn up their noses at Angove, but that's really just a load of old "!%$ (insert expletive of choice). Sure, it's a big-scale…