Hillocks Drive (Butlers Beach)
Seven kilometres of private coast for campers and anglers.
A generations-old family farm near Marion Bay with bush camping, clifftop pods and seven kilometres of wild private coastline, rock pools and surf-fishing beaches.
Ten minutes east of Marion Bay, a farm gate opens onto one of the Yorke Peninsula's best-kept secrets. Hillocks Drive is a working family property held for generations, and paying the entry fee buys you the run of around seven kilometres of undeveloped coastline at Butlers Beach - weathered cliffs, hidden coves and rock pools deep enough to swim in.
This is deliberately not a caravan park. Campsites are scattered widely through the scrub and along the clifftops, unpowered and private, with eco toilets nearby and a hot-shower amenities block available for a small fee. If canvas isn't your thing, there are rooms at the old homestead and modern pods perched on the cliff edge. A small shop sells ice, bait and basics.
The fishing is the big drawcard: salmon, mulloway, tommies and snapper from the surf beaches, with snook, sweep and squid off the rocks. Bring everything you need and treat the place gently - it's this lack of development that makes Butlers Beach feel like the coast as it used to be. It pairs naturally with a trip into Innes National Park next door.
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Last verified 8 August 2026 · source: Hillocks Drive - official website (bush camping rates page)
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Sources
- Hillocks Drive - official website (bush camping rates page) (accessed August 2026)
- Yorke Peninsula Tourism (official regional tourism board) - Hillocks Drive Bush Camping (accessed August 2026)
- Yorke Peninsula Tourism - Marion Bay destination page (accessed August 2026)