The Best Lookouts in the Clare Valley
Eight places to see the valley - and the country beyond it - laid out at your feet.
The Clare Valley is gentle country, but it knows how to stage a view: long ridgelines, sudden scarps and a patchwork of vines and wheat that changes colour by the season. These eight lookouts range from drive-up easy to summit-walk serious, and every one of them is free. Photographers should aim for the golden hours - the logic is explained in where to find the Clare Valley's best views - and cyclists will find several within reach of the Riesling Trail.
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Clare
Billy Goat Hill Lookout
A short, sharp climb above Clare township for the classic town-and-vines panorama.
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Clare
Neagles Rock Lookout
Clare's other great vantage point, with rocky foregrounds made for photographers.
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ClareBrooks Lookout
A 400-metre-high perch over the Wakefield Plains, reaching toward Yorke Peninsula.
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4
PenworthamHorrocks Monument
The explorer's memorial above Penwortham, with long views over the southern valley.
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5
Burra
Mount Bryan Summit
The highest point in the Mount Lofty Ranges, earned via the Heysen Trail.
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BurraBurra Creek Gorge
Not a height but a depth - red gums and waterholes cut into the plains at Worlds End.
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ClareSpring Gully Conservation Park
Lookout walks over a rare stringybark forest, at its best after spring rain.
Carry water and sun protection on the walking-access lookouts - shade is scarce on the high ground, and the Mid North sun does not negotiate.
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