ACTIVITIES INMAN VALLEY

The Glacier Rock is also known as Selwyn's Rock, and is a 500 million year old boulder transported by a glacier from the vicinity of Victor Harbor. A huge glacial ice sheet covered the whole of the south coast 250 million years ago. During this period Glacier Rock was dragged across the Fleurieu Peninsula by the ice helping to groove and scratch rock surfaces between Victor Harbor and Inman Valley. The grooves, scratches and crescent shaped marks on the rock surface of the Inman Valley River bed are significant evidence of the direction of the ice movement. Glacier Rock was discovered in 1859 by ARC Selwyn a geologist for the South Australian Government. It was the first recorded discovery of glaciations in Australia. It was then rediscovered in 1897 by famous geologist Sir David Edgeworth and Dr Walter Howchin, from Sydney and Adelaide Universities. Doctor Albert Terrones Mexico pronounced Glacier (Selwyn's) Rock as one of the largest glacial exposures in the world. Glacier Rock attracts geologists from all over the world....

Tunkalilla Beach is a straight beach, backed by a low fore dune and wave over wash deposits, and continuous grassy slopes. The surf zone average is 60 metres in width and is cut by beach rips every 250 metres in the west, with several reef controlled rips to the east. This is a publicly accessible beach with a car park located on the bluffs above the western end of the beach. It is a hazardous beach due to its moderate to occasionally high waves strong permanent rips and prevalence of rocks and reef. It is popular with fishers who do not mind the steep walk back to the car park. Overall, it is a scenic but largely inaccessible section of coast, offering several pocket beaches each bounded and backed by steep grassy slopes. ...