Victor Harbor, South Australia
Victor Harbor is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located within the City of Victor Harbor on the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about 82 kilometres (51 mi) south of the state capital of Adelaide. The town is the largest population centre on the peninsula, with an economy based upon agriculture, fisheries, and tourism. It is a popular tourist destination, with the area's population greatly expanded during the summer holidays, usually by Adelaide locals looking to escape the summer heat.
Victor Harbor viewed from Bluff
The causeway leading to Granite Island from Victor Harbor
A horse-drawn tram on the causeway at Victor Harbor
The beach at Victor Harbor
South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 984,321 square kilometres (380,048 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 26,878.
European settlers with Aboriginal Australians, 1850
Charles Sturt's expedition leaving Adelaide for central Australia, 1844
A satellite image of eastern South Australia. Note the dry lakes (white patches) in the north.
The Barossa Valley, northeast of Adelaide. South Australia's wine industry is the largest in Australia.