Sights in Eyre Peninsula & West Coast
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Fountain Gallery
The acclaimed Wadlata Outback Centre has many excellent exhibits, particularly the Flinders Range and Outback Tunnel of Time, tracing the Aboriginal and European past using audio-visual displays, interactive exhibits and a spooky giant snake. If you're overwhelmed on your first visit, there's a pass-out valid for 12 months. Right next door is the Fountain Gallery , an intimate space with works by local and indigenous artists.
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Royal Flying Doctor Service base
At Royal Flying Doctor Service base you can find out more about the aeri- al medical service that goes to SA's remote areas with a short video and several displays. The base was in the process of relocating to the hangar at the airport when we visited.
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Wadlata Outback Centre
The highlight here is the 'Outback Tunnel of Time', tracing local Aboriginal and European histories using audio-visual displays, interactive exhibits and a distressingly big snake.
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Lincoln National Park
Around 15km south of Port Lincoln is Lincoln National Park, with roaming emus, roos and brush-tailed bettongs, safe-swimming coves and pounding surf beaches. Entry is via self-registration on the way in.
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Mikkira Station & Koala Sanctuary
Mikkira Station & Koala Sanctuary is Eyre Peninsula’s first sheep station and is also home to the endemic Port Lincoln parrot. Permits to thos station can be purchased from the visitors centre.
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Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Just north of town, the excellent garden has 250 hectares of sand hills, clay flats and desert flora and fauna. Explore on your own, or take a guided tour.
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Homestead Park Pioneer Museum
The Homestead Park Pioneer Museum features an original pine-log homestead (1850s) furnished in period style and a well-preserved rail carriage among its exhibits.
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Cinema Augusta
The local weekly newspaper, the Transcontinental, will tell you what films are on at Cinema Augusta, which shows all the big flicks.
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