PORT LINCOLN - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 5606
Population: 13,000,  
Height above sea level: 5m
Latitude: 34.4000
Longitude: 135.5100
Location:  640km west of Adelaide via road through Port Augusta
Highway: Flinders & Lincoln 
Nearest Major Town: Port Augusta
Nearest Airport: Port Lincoln
Touring Area: Eyre Peninsula


A major fishing port with one of Australia's best natural harbours, it is home to Australia's largest tuna fishing fleet. It was named by Captain Flinders when his ship 'HMS Investigator' called in there in 1802 after leaving his home county of Lincolnshire in England.
An excellent 360 degree panorama of the town and hinterland can be seen from Winter Hill. There are seal colonies on the rocks nearby, and the Port is considered home to the Great White Shark, which frequents the coastline. Diving with sharks in a protected cage is available.

PLACES OF INTEREST:
Apex Wheelhouse. Ph: 08 8682 4666
Original wheelhouse from a Boston Bay tuna boat. It is a fully restored and equipped wheelhouse cabin serving as an interpretive centre for the fishing industry.
Axel Stenross Maritime Museum. Ph: 08 8682 1162
The late Axel Stenross was a Finnish boat-builder who set up a workshop in Port Lincoln in the 1920's. This museum is housed in the building and has many relics, artifacts, photographs and memorabilia of his life and times.
Barbed Wire & Fencing Equipment Museum Ph: 08 8682 1162
A collection of various types of fencing wire and equipment from all over the world. More interesting than it sounds.
Boston Island: Ph: 08 8682 6666
An island sheep station reached by launch from Port Lincoln. The tour includes a tractor crossing of the island to visit an 1840 slab cottage, shearing sheds and 'Squeaky Beach'.
Tuna Farms & Dangerous Reef Cruises. (Sept. to June) Ph: (086) 82 2425
A 2 hour cruise to a tuna farm in a cove of Boston Island. Underwater Viewing Platform. Extended cruise includes Dangerous Reef, home of the Great White Shark.
Karlinda Collection: Ph: 08 8684 3500
A collection of 10,000 sea shells and marine life from all over the world.
Koppio Smithy Museum. Ph. 08 8684 4208
Includes a blacksmith shop, school, historic cottage with curios, and 'Glenleigh', a fully restored 1890's pine log cottage with furnishings. The museum is 40 minutes north of Port Lincoln and offers an insight into pioneer life in the region.
M.B. Kotz Collection of Stationary Engines Ph: (086) 82 2460
Early farm equipment. many engines operational.
Mill Cottage Museum. Ph: (086) 82 4650
National Trust Folk Museum reflecting pioneer life of the Bishop family in their 1866 home. The Settlers Cottage nearby contains local memorabilia and curios.
The Old Mill
Built in 1846 as a flour mill it is now an historic lookout offering views over Port Lincoln.
Winters Hill Lookout
Spectacular views over Port Lincoln and the ocean. 5km north.
Rose-Wall Memorial Shell Museum Ph: (086) 82 1868
Shell collection in the grounds of the Eyre Peninsula Old Folk's Home.
Tiny Tots Gnome Village. Ph: 086) 84 6006
Fairytale world for all the family.
Tod Reservoir Museum. Ph: 08 8684 4210
An history of water supply to Port lincoln located in a 1922 house at the reservoir.
Whalers Way. Ph: (086) 85 6005
Cliffs, caves, blowholes and beaches at the most southerly tip of Eyre Peninsula. Includes Cape Carnot, reputedly the oldest rock in South Australia (2000 million years). A spectacular area to visit.
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INFORMATION CENTRE:
Port Lincoln Visitor Information Centre
3 Adelaide Place, Port Lincoln. SA 5606
Ph: 1800 629 911. Fax: 08 8683 3544
Internet access available

HOW TO GET THERE:
By Road: from Adelaide
Take Highway 1 north to Port Augusta, turn west on to the Eyre Hwy (1) and continue to the turn off for the Lincoln Hwy via Whyalla.
By Road: from Perth
Take Highway 1 east to Ceduna, turn south on to the Flinders Hwy and continue to Port Lincoln along the coast
By plane 250km from Adelaide (Approx 45mins)
By coach 650km from Adelaide, 350 from Port Augusta. Daily service
Car hire including 4WD is available. Local bus service operates weekdays and saturday mornings.

CLIMATE
Port Lincoln is in a temperate zone with averages between 9 and 16 degrees C in winter and 16 - 25 in summer. The total annual rainfall is 486mm, which can occur at any time throughout the year, but mainly in Spring (September to November).


  
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