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Virtual Tours of State Heritage Areas

In October 2007 a virtual tour option, featuring diagrammatical maps and approximately 400 images, was added to the Visiting section of this website.

To begin your 'tour' of a specific State Heritage Area follow the link www.stateheritageareas.sa.gov.au/visiting.html.

Adaptive Re-Use At Goolwa State Heritage Area
New Brewery Opens in the Railway Goods Shed by the Goolwa Wharf

Photos: S. Laurence October 2006

In early October 2006 the aptly named 'Steam Exchange Brewery' opened its (very large) doors in the newly renovated Railway Goods Shed, nestled between the railway station and the wharf shed, at the Goolwa Wharf.

This opening is the culmination of more than a year's hard work to convert the timber and iron building, originally constructed in 1879, for use as a brewery. The building had to be re-clad and cleaned (imagine over 125 years of dust and grime!), structural timbers replaced (cockatoos had taken their toll on one particular beam), glass and timber sliding doors constructed to reflect the original design (using the skills of the neighbouring Goolwa Wooden Boats), and a micro-brewery and bar facilities installed.

With the previous adaptation of the wharf shed, and now the goods shed, visitors to the Goolwa Wharf can experience a unique blending of the old with the new: paddlesteamers and steam engines, boatbuilding and brewing.

For more information visit http://www.steamexchange.com.au.

Interpretation at Innamincka/Cooper Creek State Heritage Area

Interpretive Panel within the Innamincka/ Cooper Creek State Heritage Area

With funding support from the SA Tourism Commission, Heritage Branch recently developed and installed an interpretive panel within the Innamincka/Cooper Creek State Heritage Area (450Kb PDF). This distinctive sign highlights the designation of the State Heritage Area and is located amongst the ruins of the old Innamincka settlement (near the site of the early police station), just outside the current township.