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A Smorgasbord of Nature’s generosity Follow South Australia’s stunning coastline as you swim with sea lions, cage dive with Great White Sharks, or set out on a fishing charter. Indulge in Australia’s best seafood straight from the ocean as you make your way through this ultimate seafood safari. SUGGESTIONS 1 Whyalla Wildlife Encounters 9 Elliston Area 2 Swim with Giant Cuttlefish 10 Baird Bay Ocean Eco Experience 3 Cowell Local Secrets 11 Streaky Bay Seafood 4 Tumby Bay Art Ceduna Aboriginal Arts 12 and Culture Centre 5 Shark cage diving 13 EP Cruises 6 Port Lincoln National Park 14 Lake MacDonnell 7 Port Lincoln Wine and Dine 15 Head of Bight Coffin Bay: Oysters and 8 Seaside Scenery Crossing the Nullarbor The 1,256-kilometre journey across the Nullarbor Plain is one of Australia’s most beloved trans-state journeys. Wi-Fi hotspots have been provided The Bunda Cliffs and to keep you connected throughout the Head of Bight are highlights your journey. All locations have been of this scenic adventure. marked on the front side of this map. 1 Whyalla Wildlife 6 Lincoln National Park After all the hiking drop past the Port Kenny Encounters Hotel, a hidden local gem, where the seafood is Port Lincoln Visitor Information Centre as fresh as it gets. Whyalla Visitor Information Centre Environment.sa.gov.au • 8683 3544 whyalla.com • 8645 7900 Get your 4WD ready to encounter some of the On both land and at sea, there’s plenty of wildlife 10 Baird Bay Ocean most scenic coastline you might ever see. Here, Eco Experience activity to be seen here. The surrounding coast you can explore a vast sand dune system, rugged is home to Whyalla’s friendly pod of resident offshore islands and secluded white sandy beaches. bairdbay.com • 8626 5017 dolphins and Giant Cuttlefish, and on land you An adventure to write home about! Swim side- can find an incredible array of birdlife and Port Lincoln Wine and Dine by-side with the friendly sea lions and Bottlenose native marsupials. 7 dolphins as they curiously come out to greet you. Beer Garden Brewing In the winter months you can also book a beergardenbrewing.com • 8683 5303 spectacular whale watching tour. 2 Swim with Giant Cuttlefish Boston Bay Wines Whyalla Visitor Information Centre bostonbaywines.com.au • 8684 3600 11 Streaky Bay Seafood whyalla.com • 8645 7900 Line and Label streakybayseafood.com.au • 8626 1161 Spend an afternoon up close and personal with thelineandlabel.com.au • 8682 6635 If you love your seafood, then this place has got this natural wonder. Globally unique to the waters everything for you! Purchase everything from surrounding Whyalla, it attracts guests from far Rogue and Rascal rogueandrascal.com.au • 8683 5003 Abalone, Spencer Gulf King Prawns, Moreton and wide. Call Whyalla Visitor Centre to find out Bay Bugs, Blue Swimmer Crabs to freshly shucked how to book your magical experience. Make sure The Fresh Fish Place oysters. The only question is, how will you cook you plan ahead though, as the Giant Cuttlefish freshfishplace.com.au • 8682 2166 yours? Need a day out of the kitchen? Delight in migration period is from May to August annually. Treat yourself to the highest quality seafood with fish and chips cooked to perfection and served this regional town’s impressive dining options. from the food van right out in front of the store! 3 Cowell Local Secrets From a unique fish & chips experience at The Fresh Fish Place, to high-end fine dining at Line Cowell Visitor Information Outlet 12 Ceduna Aboriginal Arts eyrepeninsula.com • 8629 2019 & Label restaurant, you will not be disappointed. and Culture Centre Surrounding waters have earned this regional artsceduna.com.au • 8625 2487 town a reputation for being one of the best fishing 8 Coffin Bay: Oysters and Find artwork from more than 130 artists local destinations in the state. No luck fishing? You can Seaside Scenery to the Far West Coast of South Australia, whose purchase fresh oysters and seafood at Turners Coffin Bay National Park • Environment.sa.gov.au works are strongly influenced by their deep Oysters and Seafood Shop. Other local treats connection to the land. include a free guided tour of Shultz’s Quandong 1802oysterbar.com.au • 8685 4626 Farm, the Mt Millar Wind Farm or take a swim Oysterfarmtours.com.au • 0488 139 032 at Lucky Bay. 13 EP Cruises Pure Coffin Bay Oysters & Farm Tours epcruises.com.au • 0433 011 665 Coffinbayoysters.com.au • 0428 261 806 4 Tumby Bay Art EP Cruises specialise in whale watching, marine The beaches throughout Coffin Bay National life interactions and seafood tours in the Eyre Tumby Bay Visitor Information Outlet Park are truly epic and second-to-none, making Peninsula’s Western Coast. Be sure to try the colourtumbystreetart.com • 8688 2364 this the perfect place to create your adventure! prestigious culinary seafood experience, Fill your Instagram with snaps of large-scale Beach bums take note: Almonta Beach and Avoid ‘Ocean to Plate’. colourful murals painted on everything from the Bay should be your first ports of call. While in the local motel to the enormous grain silos. Even if you area, you can learn about harvesting the famous can’t make it for the Colour Tumby Bay Street Art Coffin Bay Oysters and sample a few fresh ones on 14 Lake MacDonnell Festival, you can still see the results long after this a tour of the farm. If you prefer to stay out of the cedunatourism.com.au • 8625 3343 fun and lively event has finished. water, then head over to 1802 Oyster Bar for a great selection of raw and cooked oysters. A beautiful lake, that’s pink? See for yourself this natural salmon-pink wonder caused by the lake’s 5 Shark cage diving high salt concentration. 9 Elliston Area Adventure Bay Charters Adventurebaycharters.com.au • 8682 2979 Elliston Visitor Information Centre 15 Head of Bight elliston.com.au • 8687 9200 Calypso Star Charters headofbight.com.au • 8625 6201 Sharkcagediving.com.au • 8682 3939 Pack your lunch and go trekking on the 13.6km Elliston Coastal Trail, which reveals some of the This is one of the most spectacular whale watching Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions most dramatic coastlines the Eyre Peninsula has viewpoints in South Australia. From June to Rodneyfox.com.au • 8363 1788 to offer. Lock’s Well beach falls just short of the October, witness large numbers of Southern Right Whales congregate en masse to give birth This heart-stopping adventure is one for the trail but should be noted as one of Australia’s great salmon fishing destinations. to calves in the sheltered waters of the bay at Great bucket list and only available in three locations Australian Bight Marine Park. worldwide! If diving with great white sharks is Adjacent to the stunning Talia beach, a walkway a little too much, you also have the tamer option provides access onto the rocks to view the of swimming with the sea lions! Pre-book your magnificent Woolshed Cave, part of the famous expedition with one of three operators based in Talia Caves. Port Lincoln for an unforgettable experience. Located at Mortana and situated between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny, Murphy’s Haystacks are ancient and enormous pink granite rock compositions that make for an exceptional stop-off point to take photographs and enjoy the landscape..