Forest Gate Cottages Bed and Breakfast Accommodation is just across the road from the Kuipto Forest. The area abounds in bushy tail and ring-tail possums, koalas, echidnas, kangaroos, bandicoots and other friendly native fauna. The area is also a birdwatchers paradise, with fairy wrens, blue wrens, honeyeaters, mistletoe birds, finches, silver-eyes and many other native birds.

Take a leisurely morning walk through Kuipto Forest and see the kangaroos and their joeys feeding. Go for an evening stroll through the scented pine and eucalypt forests in the evening and look for native wildlife by torchlight.

If your romantic interlude includes bush walking during your stay, we can supply a detailed map of a fabulous short walk to the top of nearby Mt Magnificent where you get to see a picturesque 360 degree view of the entire area all the way to Lake Alexandrina on a clear day. It's only a 20 minute, easy walk (except the last 200 metres!) and well worth the effort (but remember to take your camera and a water bottle).

You could lunch at the Meadows Bakery where you can dine in, or on a warm day, dine out on the lawned area under the shady gum trees. The range of pastries, cakes and buns at the nearby Clarendon Bakery is legendary and is a favourite haunt for many. There are also the Meadows markets which are held on the 2 nd Sunday of each month.

Very close to home and just five minutes down the road, you will find the very picturesque K1 Winery. The K1 Cellar Door is open weekends for tasting and sales from 11am - 5pm and is well worth a visit - even if just to enjoy the beautiful lakeside surroundings and gardens.

Fifteen minutes drive from Forest Gates takes you to the township of McLaren Vale – the vibrant hub of the famous McLaren Vale wine district. McLaren Vale is home to numerous boutique wineries and restaurants. It is an excellent place to explore – stop for lunch, look at local art and handcraft, relax with a coffee, sample the local produce or even taste some more wine! The Almond Train in the main street of McLaren Vale is an excellent place to sample the local almonds and other produce. The Dridan Fine Arts Gallery, located at the Hardy's McLaren Vale Tintara Winery, right next to the Almond Train, is the place to view the works of local and interstate artists and sculptors.

If it is a warm day you might like to drive on towards the sparklingly clean sandy beaches of Maslins Beach – the first official nudist or ‘free‘ beach in South Australia .

Travel the same distance in the opposite direction and you will discover the charming and historic German village of Hahndorf . There are simply too many shops to mention here, but you can see a huge range of local handicraft and artwork on display. The Cedars Gallery at Hahndorf, once the home of the renowned Australian artist Sir Hans Heysen, is one of South Australia 's unique heritage treasures.

Hahndorf is also an excellent place to taste a variety of German mettwursts and other smallgoods, or sample some German beers and pilsners.

Other nearby boutique wineries within a ten minute drive from Forest Gate Cottages are Magpie Springs Winery and Gallery, Hugo Winery, Kangarilla Road Winery, Woodstock Winery and Coterie, Wirra Wirra Winery, Scarpantoni Winery, Pertaringa Winery, d'Arenberg Winery, Tapestry Winery, Coriole Winery, Chapel Hill Winery and many others.

You will never run out of things to do during your stay with us at Forest Gate Bed and Breakfast Cottages. You could visit the historic Willunga township, Iris Acres, the specialist Iris and Daylily nursery, Amaroo Water Gardens , or even the Echunga and Willunga golf courses for a round of golf. There is always Mt. Bold reservoir, Prospect Hill Museum, the Heysen Trail (for bushwalking), And not least of all, a picturesque drive to Victor Harbour for lunch and a walk across to Granite Island to see the fairy penguins, or a similar drive in the other direction to the antique shops in Strathalbyn.

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