FOUR STOPS IN FLEURIEU

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CUBE

To approach this brilliantly bonkers edifice (right) is to witness a giant mirrored Rubik’s cube plonked amid an expanse of vineyards, and to enter it is to delve into something of a Mad Hatter’s experience. Built over five levels and functioning as a restaurant, wine-tasting gallery and an art exhibition space, the cube was conceived by Chester Osborn, the eccentric fourth-generation owner of the 1912 d’Arenberg wine estate. darenberg.com.au

SALOPIAN INN

All the food here is either locally sourced, or grown in their impressive back garden – pomegranate, pear, nectarine, artichoke, herbs and honey being just a few of the offerings. Guests choose their own wine from the cool, brick cellar that sits underneath the dining room, and the menu is highly adaptable according to taste. Opt for the generous A$80pp (£44) tasting menu, which showcases their best-loved dishes, and leave

salopian.com.au

HOTEL CALIFORNIA ROAD AT INKWELL WINES

The Hotel California Road is a highly original collection of converted shipping containers, decked out with luxury furnishings and floating beds that rank among the most comfortable I’ve personally ever slept on. Owner Dudley Brown told me it was the third mattress they’d sampled before deciding upon the right one. The luxury suites sit huddled in a secluded valley on the Inkwell wine estate in Tatachilla, with private decks and gargantuan bath tubs that look out over the surrounding landscape. inkwellwines.com/hotel

BEACH HUTS, MIDDLETON

It’s a little discombobulating wandering into this clutch of colourful striped beach huts, built around a tennis court to resemble a small

British village, red postbox and all. A stone’s throw from Middleton

Beach, popular with surfers, each hut takes the name of an Australian beauty spot, though many happen to be of English origin (Torquay,

Henley, Scarborough and so on). beachhuts.com.au

with the distinct feeling that you’ll never be able to eat again.