Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Right next door to Port Lincoln's backpacker hostel (savvy positioning), Beer Garden Brewing brings the craft-beer revolution to the Eyre Peninsula…
Must-see attractions in Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The viewing platforms and boardwalks at Head of Bight overlook a major southern right whale breeding ground. Whales migrate here from Antarctica, and you…
Maralinga Atomic Bomb Test Site
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
If you've got a 4WD, make your way to Maralinga, 400km northwest of Ceduna – a 9½-hour approach. It was here at Ground Zero that the British detonated…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Sea-salty Lincoln National Park is 13km south of Port Lincoln. You'll find roaming emus, roos and brush-tailed bettongs, safe swimming coves, vast dunes…
Elliston Massacre Reconciliation Monument
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The steep limestone cliffs south of town were the site of a notorious massacre in 1849, when local Wirangu people were pushed to their deaths. The…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Along the ocean side of Coffin Bay is wild, coastal Coffin Bay National Park, overrun with roos, emus and fat goannas. Access for conventional vehicles is…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
One of several giant murals to appear on South Australian wheat silos in recent years, this glorious spangle of colour is the work of Argentinian artist…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
For a dose of hard-luck, weather-beaten atmosphere, take a drive out to Thevenard, Ceduna's photogenic port suburb on the peninsula south of town. Boarded…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Backed by the Gawler Ranges and surrounded by red sand hills, this remote salt lake 200km west of Port Augusta is a stunner, with over 200 islands and a…
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Just north of town, the excellent (and free!) botanic garden has 250 hectares of sandhills, clay flats and desert fauna and flora (ever seen a Sturt's…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
For a show-stopping view over Port Lincoln and Boston Bay extending to the tuna farms and Lincoln National Park beyond, take the drive up to the top of…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Chart Port Lincoln's history of boat-building, sailing and whaling in this tin-shed museum on the shores of Boston Bay, just north of town (look for the…
Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The whale breeding area near Head of Bight is protected by the 45,822-sq-km Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve, the world’s second-largest…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
A few kilometres down the Point Labatt road are the globular Murphy's Haystacks, an improbable congregation of 'inselbergs' − colourful, weather-sculpted…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
In 1990, a huge 5m-long, 1.5-tonne White Pointer shark was reeled in off Streaky Bay: check out the unnervingly large life-size replica in the little room…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Hey, what's that bizarre glowing tower just off the highway 10km south of Port Augusta? It's part of a giant greenhouse tomato-growing facility: hundreds…
Tumby Bay National Trust Museum
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Inside a prefab 1950s school building, fronted by a rather scrawny tin-man fisherman, Tumby Bay's little history museum is chock-full of interesting odds…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Next to the visitor centre, the Whyalla Maritime Museum includes the HMAS Whyalla, allegedly the largest landlocked ship in Australia (who keeps track of…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The endearing little Streaky Bay Museum occupies a 1901 school house, and features a fully furnished pug-and-pine hut, birds eggs and shell collections,…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Seems like everywhere you go in SA these days there's a winery cellar door (well, except the desert). Port Lincoln is no exception. On the northern…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
This fortified, mural-clad bunker on the northern edge of town is actually a thriving arts centre, selling works by more than 130 Aboriginal artists from…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
About 20km south of Port Lincoln, Mikkira Station was Eyre Peninsula’s first sheep station, and is also home to more koalas than seems plausible, plus the…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
This fine little museum in the back streets (a school house from 1914 to 1927) has pioneer exhibits, Indigenous artefacts, whale remnants and a display on…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
In the noble heritage-listed Port Lincoln railway station building (1927) and an adjacent freight shed, this trainspotters paradise shines a light on how…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The highlight at this combined museum/visitor centre is the Tunnel of Time, which traces local Aboriginal and European histories using audio-visual…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Not for the weak-kneed (see-through metal steps!), this 1882 water tower across the gulf in Port Augusta West affords a great view across the water and…
