Victor Harbor, South Australia

Victor Harbor is a town in South Australia on the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about 80 km south of the centre of Adelaide. The city is the largest population centre on the peninsula, with an economy based upon agriculture, fisheries and various industries. It is also a highly popular tourist destination, with the city's population greatly expanded during the summer holidays, usually by Adelaide locals looking to escape the summer heat.

It is a popular destination with South Australian high school graduates for their end of year celebrations, known colloquially as schoolies.

History

Traditionally home of the Ramindjeri clan of the Ngarrindjeri people, the bay on which Victor Harbor sits was discovered by Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator in April 1802. As part of the first circumnavigation of the continent, Flinders was surveying the then unknown southern Australian coast from the west. He encountered Nicolas Baudin in Le Geographe near the Murray Mouth several kilometres to the east of the present day location of Victor Harbor. Baudin was surveying the coast from the east for Napoleonic France. Although their countries were at war, each captain was given documents by the other nation's Government, stating that the ships were on scientific missions, and were therefore not to be regarded as ships of war. Together, the ships returned to the bay and sheltered, while the captains compared notes. Flinders named the bay Encounter Bay after the meeting.

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Discount tool and hardware store coming to Greece

Democrat & Chronicle 26 Mar 2025
In February, discount tool and hardware chain Harbor Freight announced plans to open a new store in the spring in Victor ... Harbor Freight already has eight locations in the greater Rochester area ... Harbor Freight now has 1,550 locations nationwide.

New hi-tech buoys enhance coastal monitoring in South Australia

China.dot.org 24 Mar 2025
CANBERRA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A new network of spotter buoys off Victor Harbor, South Australia, is set to improve scientific monitoring of ocean conditions, providing real-time data on wave height, direction and temperature.

New hi-tech buoys improve south coast scientific surveillance

Phys Dot Org 24 Mar 2025
The introduction of new Spotter buoys to measure wave height and direction, and temperature in the sea off Victor Harbor in South Australia, provides a timely new resource to monitor fluctuating sea ...

South Australia deploys network of buoys for improved ocean monitoring

MENA FN 24 Mar 2025
(MENAFN) A fresh network of high-tech spotter buoys has been deployed off Victor Harbor, South Australia, to enhance the real-time monitoring of ocean conditions, delivering crucial data on wave ... .

SA fisher says 'burning' water harming marine life and business

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 Mar 2025
Similar seawater quality problems to those that have been reported near Victor Harbor are threatening the livelihood of a fisher in the state's south-east ... .

2025 Valspar Championship predictions, betting picks: Will Zalatoris among longshots to target at Copperhead

CBS Sports 19 Mar 2025
Spaun would have been a significant longshot victor at golf's "fifth major" at 110-1 odds before the tournament, compared to McIlroy who had one of the shortest odds of the weekend.

Mysterious sea foam on South Australian beaches reportedly leaves more than 100 surfers ill

AOL 18 Mar 2025
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email ... “In the last 24 hours there’s dead fish along Victor (Harbor), Middleton, Encounter Bay. It’s definitely hit the Victor coast, and there are dead octopuses in Middleton,” he said ... .

2025 Valspar Championship predictions, betting picks: Will Zalatoris among longshots to back at Copperhead

CBS Sports 18 Mar 2025
Spaun would have been a significant longshot victor at golf's "fifth major" at 110-1 odds before the tournament, compared to McIlroy who had one of the shortest odds of the weekend.
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