Settled by the Johnston family in 1839 who created a brewery by the Onkaparinga riverbank. The town is most famous for the Oakbank's Easter Racing Carnival - in particular the Great Easter Steeplechase.

Today (March 21 - 2005) we had babysitting duties, when the local school had a "child-free day" - so off we traipsed to Oakbank to watch the hurdling & steeplechase trials. Here are a small sample. I intend to take photos of the town at a later date.

The name comes from the Oak Bank district of Glasgow, from whence the Johnston family came.