Clare Region SA

It's all fairly civilized around Clare. The Caravan Park is set a fair way out of town. The Tourist drives are well documented and you might get a bit of dust (or mud today) on the vehicle. Nearby Burra has a nice picnic and camping spot Burra Creek Gorge Nothing very challenging there.

You would have to drive to Orroroo to find real 4WD stuff at
Bendleby Ranges
Very good camping and testing tracks on a Farm Stay. It will cost you $$ though.

Kingo

Hopefully Pesty will be along any moment to enlighten you; he lives in a small village (Blyth) just out of Clare....

As far as I'm aware, there isn't much need for the stubby lever in and around Clare, but there may be some touring (wineries etc) that you can get yourself into.

If you find yourself 100klm west of Clare, give me nudge....I'm at Kadina.....

Roachie

Hi pafc
Don't take any notice of Pesty, he only lives in West Clare...
We do not have any 4 wheel drive tracks as such, but you will find many fine drives in the Valley. Head out to Spring Gully, Polish Hill River, or take your bikes and ride the Riesling Trail, or inspect the site where the remains of Burk and Wills rested, while being recovered and taken back to Melbourne in Pioneer/Maynard Park.
Take a visit to the Anglican Cemetery at Penwortham and find the grave of a very important, but little known explorer, John Horrocks.

Horrocks was the first person to bring a camel into Australia for exploration work. The camel lurched and Horrocks gun discharged, shooting himself in the face, north of Port Augusta.
Making their way back to his home in Penwortham(a hollowed out tree) the mortally wounded Horrocks was brought back to Penwortham. An Aboriginal man travelling with them, ran for 8 hours to Adelaide for medical help, but when help arrived, poor Horrocks had died. He was laid to rest in the area that he loved so much and was buried in true explorer fashion, his grave faces North/South, with the conventional way East/West

Clare is a great place to live and visit and you will find plenty to keep yourself occupied.

Enjoy you stay in our great town.

Cheers

Stephen

Apart from the listed tourist sites in the brochures there are a few dirt drives that you could consider. All will be pretty straight foward with one exception - RAIN - which will make the going quite testing especially if you find yourself in the black soil country north of Blyth.
You could drive north through Clare past the racecourse at Stanley Flat, past the Spalding turn-off, keep left where the Main Nth Rd deviates right and head off onto Lookout Rd. This will take you down through Benbournie heading west then some km's down head south and you'll finish up at Blyth. You could then head south from Blyth down through the tracks to Bowillia then s/east to Kybunga and make your wake up the 'escarpment' through to Spring Gully Conversation Park. Thereafter head east and you'll finish up back at the Caravan Park.
Another 'jaunt' head south back to Sevenhill, through town to Mintaro turn-off, follow road detour through Polish Hill River, follow back tracks past Mt Rufus to Mintaro, check out Martindale Hall then head north back through Mintaro to Farrell Flat, onto Burra and World's End Gorge then make your way back to Clare. Mostly dirt road driving, a few creek crossings, perhaps a bit of soft going (mud) some claypan "tracks' and the inevitable bitumen.

Either of these 'outings' are clearly indicated on maps and you shouldn't get lost. Give you a great opportunity to see a diverse range of country and not at all hard on your vehicle.

Good luck.