{"id":13199,"date":"2013-07-08T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/new-4wd-adventure-tours-explore-the-fleurieus-hidden-treasures\/"},"modified":"2013-07-08T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:39:00","slug":"new-4wd-adventure-tours-explore-the-fleurieus-hidden-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/07\/new-4wd-adventure-tours-explore-the-fleurieus-hidden-treasures\/","title":{"rendered":"New 4WD Adventure Tours Explore the Fleurieu&#8217;s Hidden Treasures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"523697\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/523697.jpg\" height=\"158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/523697.jpg\" width=\"300\"><span><span>Off Piste 4WD Tours now offers full and half days tours exploring the McLaren Vale wine region, Coorong and Murray mouth, as well as the Fleurieu&#8217;s coastline, beaches and national parks.\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" title=\"More...\"><\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>The tours, which include food from local chefs and artisans, also visit producers and boutique wineries where adventurers can sample wine straight from the barrel.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The South Australian Tourism Commission has contributed $10,000 to help get the project off the ground through its New Product Support Program.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Tourism Minister, Leon Bignell, said the tours will bring a renewed interest in the Southern Vales and Fleurieu Peninsula. &#8220;The Fleurieu Peninsula is renowned for its stunning landscapes and boutique wineries, but is not normally known as an off-road adventure destination,&#8221; Mr Bignell said. &#8220;These tours are a new way for visitors to explore and experience the region and we expect they will continue to drive tourism in the area. &#8220;It is a great opportunity for interstate and overseas visitors to experience the Fleurieu&#8217;s wine, food and landscapes in one tour. &#8220;It also gives locals a completely different view of the Fleurieu and reason to fall in love with the region all over again.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Off Piste is a French term meaning &#8220;off track&#8221; or &#8220;off the trail&#8221;. Owner Benjamin Neville says the tours take visitors on old horse tracks, fire breaks, cattle runs and disused roads he discovered as a child while staying at his family&#8217;s Port Willunga holiday house. &#8220;We&#8217;re taking advantage of hidden, off-road 4WD tracks to discover unknown areas of the Fleurieu,&#8221; Mr Neville said. &#8220;Even locals from the Southern Vales have been gob smacked. &#8220;It&#8217;s about combining the key elements of what the Fleurieu does offer, but going off track and behind the scenes to experience food and wine in dramatic, hard-to-get to landscapes.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off Piste 4WD Tours now offers full and half days tours exploring the McLaren Vale wine region, Coorong and Murray mouth, as well as the Fleurieu&#8217;s coastline, beaches and national parks.\u00a0 The tours, which include food from local chefs and artisans, also visit producers and boutique wineries where adventurers can sample wine straight from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}