Antechamber Bay South Campground

Top choice in Kangaroo Island


Within Lashmar Conservation Park where the Chapman River runs into Antechamber Bay, these dozen marvellously low-key campsites are right on the riverbank, with fire pits, a BBQ hut and silvery bream on the end of your fishing line. There are more sites on the north bank of the river.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kangaroo Island attractions

1. Cape Willoughby Lightstation

5.34 MILES

About 28km southeast of Penneshaw (via an unsealed road) on a treeless headland, this tidy white turret started shining out in 1852 (SA's first lighthouse…

2. Frenchman's Rock

8.09 MILES

When intrepid French explorer Nicholas Baudin surveyed the KI coast in 1803, he came ashore at what's now Penneshaw for a look around. He left his mark:…

3. Kangaroo Island Farmers Market

8.54 MILES

Has baked goods, chutneys, seafood, olive oil, honey, eggs, cheese, yoghurt and of course wine and dodgy buskers (including, once, a certain Lonely Planet…

4. Penneshaw Maritime & Folk Museum

8.84 MILES

Inside a 1922 stone school house, this salty museum displays artefacts from local shipwrecks and early white settlement (check out those girthsome…

5. Browns Beach

11.78 MILES

A lovely protected beach, around 14km southwest of Penneshaw en route to American River and Kingscote. Good for a quick dip.

6. Island Beach

15.02 MILES

Loong beach between Penneshaw and American River, backed by rows of fancy beach houses. Go for a wander and see what's washed in on the tide.

7. Deep Creek Conservation Park

15.42 MILES

Situated near Cape Jervis (which is 107km from Adelaide), Deep Creek Conservation Park has sweeping coastal views, a wicked waterfall, man-size yakkas …

8. US Schooner Independence

16.55 MILES

In a big tin boatshed near the American River jetty, the timber ribs of the new US Schooner Independence are slowly starting to resemble a hull. A…