As early as the mid 1850's Robe was considered a holiday destination, and as early as 1857 the Governor of South Australia had a holiday house in Robe, and the posh folks of South Australia have been taking holidays in Robe ever since.

Today Robe has a large variety of accommodation, from luxury apartments to caravan parks, holiday rental properties, B&B and backpacker accommodation.
Most of Robe's accommodation is within a few hundred metres from the sea, and quite a few properties have good sea views.
Facilities in Robe include a multi screen cinema, a variety of restaurants, from take away to fine dining, two good hotels as well as a small but comprehensive retail sector
Robe an ideal destination for a quiet seaside holiday for families or couples and is a popular stopover point for visitors traveling from Adelaide to the Great Ocean Road

Robe is the quintessential fashionable seaside holiday village ..a fishing village, frozen in time, where the elegant old homes of South Australia's landed gentry sit comfortably side by side with the new urban steel and glass fronted holiday condo's of the nouveau riche.
Robe is also that very rare of creatures, a holiday destination unspoiled by the trappings of tourism - a place where life is lived at a gentle stroll and where morning walks on the beach and brunch in one of the local street cafes seem to be the prevailing principle. .
Robe is also one of this regions most affordable holiday destinations and has accommodation for every budget

Robe is a town with wide sandy beaches with no traffic lights or neon signs and no visible traces of the blight of holiday resorts - the ubiquitous poker machine.
In fact the only noise in the local pubs is the clink of glasses and the sound of local old and the new gentry.

Robe Harbour - a sheltered marina in the heart of township where the Robe's fishing fleet, rubs shoulders with the dandies of the ocean - the luxury yachts and cruisers that fuel the aspiration of most visitors

A quick look at the historic township of Robe
Robe has a local population of about 1500 and is the main service centre for the surrounding districts. Robe is located about an 1½ hour drive from Mt Gambier and about 3 hours from Adelaide.

Robe's location on the Northern side of a small peninsula gives it shelter from the prevailing southerlies and something of an advantage over other towns in the area when it come to weather.
The proximity to the ocean also helps temper the extremes in the climate making Robe the "Goldilocks" of the region -not Too Cold and not Too Hot - but Just Right ...