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First settled
in the 1850's the town quickly grew to become one of the busiest
ports in South Australia, but when the town failed to secure a rail
link to Adelaide in the 1870's, Robe virtually stopped growing.
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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
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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.
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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
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The Robe
Accommodation Guide is an independently published, "Not
for Profit" guide dedicated to providing impartial information
of all aspects of tourism in and around Robe
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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 ...
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