• Pick your own berries from Agon Berry Farm, or the Blueberry Patch, at Mount Compass.

• Cheese, cream and milkshakes straight from the Jersey cows at the Alexandrina Cheese Company in Mount Jagged.

• Brian’s Olive Shop on the Main Road of McLaren Vale offers everything about olives including award winning pickled Kalamatas.

• If you are heading into the region on a Saturday, then Willunga Farmers Market is an essential food lovers’ stop. Everything that is fresh, regional and seasonal including dairy products, venison, gourmet rabbit, organic sausages, fresh fruit and vegetables, organic herbs, fresh & smoked fish, chutneys, tapinades, pastes, dips, pate, dukkah, sauces, oils, local almonds, olives, baked goods, wine, free range eggs plus much, much more!

• At Café Lime fridges and shelves are stocked full of regional cheeses, milk, olives, relishes and almonds.

• Jetty Food Store provides coastal food hunted and gathered for you a store offering an adult treasure hunt. The selection of food on offer is broad and eclectic, colourful and interesting.

Linger for lunch and lose yourself in the fantastic sights and aromas of Market 190, grab your cheeses and creams from Alexandrina Cheese and for the adults, why not treat yourself to a bottle of wine from one of McLaren Vale or Langhorne Creeks many winery cellar doors?

Strathalbyn’s tree-lined parks make the perfect, shady spot for laying out your rug and freshly filled basket, with many large grassed areas perfect for family cricket.

Do you want to stock you picnic basket with produce that is fresh, the best and served to you direct from the growers and makers of the Fleurieu Peninsula then the Willunga Farmers’ Market is for you. Located in Willunga Town Square the market’s a delight to the senses of smell, touch and sight. Purchase fresh, regional and seasonal food for your basket – dairy products, meats, sauces, baked goods, fruit and vegetables, organic herbs…olives, the list is virtually endless. Open every Saturday from 8.30am-12.30pm. After stocking up, perhaps picnic beside roses on Aldinga Road?

If you’re looking for a romantic day out with a certain someone, maybe toddle on down the Peninsula and experience nature’s delights at Deep Creek Conservation Park, Hindmarsh Falls or Rapid Bay? After taking the challenge of an adult treasure hunt at the Jetty Food Store in Normanville you can munch lunch amid unspoiled wildlife reserves, reconnect with the beauty of nature; perhaps become objects of curiosity for inquisitive fauna or relax on the beach and be mesmerised by St Vincent Gulf’s changing faces.