Swim with playful sea lions just off port lincoln with calypso star charters or adventure bay charters or head west to baird bay where the waters are a little more protected. Some of south australia s most amazing marine life can be found off the shores of beautiful port lincoln and right along the eyre peninsula coastline. The landscape of the eyre peninsula is vast contrasting and pleasantly uncrowded making this a region with a rich natural bounty to explore.
The eyre peninsula is truly australia s one and only seafood frontier. Here you can sink your teeth into some of south australia s very best food and wine tick shark cave diving off your bucket list or swim with sea lions. Visit port lincoln the seafood capital of australia.
The eyre peninsula is overflowing with succulent seafood mouth watering wine and seaside charm. Taste fresh prawns mussels squid crab and a delicious variety of fish at one of the local restaurants believe us you can t get fresher or see the region s aquatic life up close. The lower eyre is the perfect place to start discovering why the eyre peninsula is called australia s seafood frontier.
Roughly the size of switzerland the eyre peninsula covers five regions stretching from the city of port lincoln on the lower eyre peninsula to the city of whyalla in the eastern eyre peninsula to the gawler ranges in the north to streaky bay and ceduna on the west coast and the edge of the nullarbor plain find a useful map outlining the. Beginning and ending in adelaide this tour of south australia heads to the rolling hills of the gawler ranges and lake gairdner before winding its way east around the eyre peninsula stopping in at. Odyssey traveller visits the eyre peninsula as part of our two peninsulas and a mountain range tour devoted to south australia s eyre peninsula yorke peninsula and the gawler ranges.
It s a tranquil coastal holiday destination watch southern right whales play with their young beneath cliffs at the head of bight during winter. Rarely will there be another boat bobbing on the best patch tourists blocking your camera lens or even footprints in the sand. There are 2000 kilometres of coastline to explore on eyre peninsula.
Accommodation attractions restaurants events hire info tours general. It is bounded on the east by spencer gulf the west by the great australian bight and the north by the gawler ranges. The eyre peninsula is a triangular peninsula in south australia.
The coastline was first charted by the expeditions of matthew flinders in 1801 1802 and french explorer nicolas baudin.
Eyre peninsula south australia. The eyre peninsula boasts fantastic food and wine luxury accommodation and abundant wildlife but it s best known for its world famous aquatic activities. Rex and qantaslink will get you to port lincoln where you can hop aboard a shark cage dive or swim and play with sea lions off the coast of port lincoln. Watch whales and their calves frolic. The eyre peninsula is a triangular peninsula in south australia it is bounded on the east by spencer gulf the west by the great australian bight and the north by the gawler ranges.
It is named after explorer edward john eyre who explored parts of the peninsula in 1839 1841.
It is named after explorer edward john eyre who explored parts of the peninsula in 1839 1841. The eyre peninsula is a triangular peninsula in south australia it is bounded on the east by spencer gulf the west by the great australian bight and the north by the gawler ranges. Watch whales and their calves frolic.
Rex and qantaslink will get you to port lincoln where you can hop aboard a shark cage dive or swim and play with sea lions off the coast of port lincoln. The eyre peninsula boasts fantastic food and wine luxury accommodation and abundant wildlife but it s best known for its world famous aquatic activities.
