Awesome cafe, right on the foreshore at the bottom end of Beach Road in Goolwa Beach. The best quick and easy fish and chips, yummy coffee and wonderful service from the girls. We don't visit Goolwa without stopping for a coffee and a read of the paper with the waves crashing nearby. Even on a cold day it is cosy and warm, get down there!

Approximate cost: $8

Wonderful food! Great setting, there is nothing left out here. Just one question over a slightly oxidized wine which we had trouble getting replaced, it should never be an arm wrestle for a three day old wine. And slightly small portions, almost made small just to be cool when they didn't need to be. Otherwise, superb!

Approximate cost: $35

Wow! What can we say? Wonderful atmosphere, warm and cozy. Great wine list! The service was absolutely faultless, our waiter 'J' was just spot on with every single suggestion from the entrees to the wines and the coffee after. Try the grass-fed beef! Superb. We will be back.

Approximate cost: $30

A great place to spend the summer holiday. Right on the beach, clean and secure amenities, friendly staff. Just a little bit pricier than we had expected, but very top quality park. Good services to keep the kids happy, especially the jumping mound! Visit! You won't be disappointed.

Approximate cost: $56

These guys are awesome! We have found our new 'local'. Wood oven pizzas are the best I have ever had, from smoked salmon and capers to lamb and mango chutney. Yum! Great local wine list, reasonably priced. Wonderful service, great atmosphere. We will definitely be back!!

Approximate cost: $20

Awesome! These guys know pizza! Great coffees too, but the cakes, shakes and pizzas are the best. Try them, they are new but don't seem to have any teething problems.

Approximate cost: $24

Very poor service from the reception department, made us feel like we were imposing for being unwell! Make you come in for an initial appointment before you see the doctor, the last thing you want to do when you are sick is have two extra long appointments in the clinic, but they even make this worse by spreading it over two different locations 15 km apart! And the fees are very unfair, despite being a health care card holder, we had to pay a higher gap amount because we could only pay the gap, not the full medicare amount. Terrible, try another medical centre. They refused to be lenient for us on low incomes, so we found a better centre nearby who bulk bills.

Approximate cost: $55

Once again, health service providers on the South Coast seem to make you feel small and worthless. They called us about a cancelled appointment we could use, but because we did not respond within 30 minutes, they called us back, were rude to me on the phone and hung up. When I called back and left a message later about the initial appointment, my call was not returned. The receptionist was rude on our arrival, the fee was nearly double our previous physio. Good health services are hard to find on the South Coast.

Approximate cost: $85

I don't know why but I always feel like this medical centre is doing me the favor and I owe them the world. I always get spoken to rudely, my initial visit was rescheduled by them at the last minute, yet later when I needed to reschedule that appointment with a day's notice, I was practically yelled at on the phone and hung up on! The charges are very high, gap fees are even higher if you don't pay in full and just pay the gap, and if you want to see a copy of the charges schedule, you also have to pay $10 for that! I will not use them again, they are rude, expensive and make you feel uncomfortable. The doctors are great, but the pain you must go through with their rules, fees and reception are just not worth it. Look somewhere else.

Approximate cost: $54

Great local mechanics - these guys will fix just about anything, easy booking, collect on time and cheap! They even fitted a muffler I sourced elsewhere for under thirty dollars. Sometimes they go ahead and do a repair before quoting you the exact cost, but they will source the part from the regional area the same day and get it fitted, which can be difficult on the South Coast. Recommended.