Port Vincent   SA  5581
Population: 450,  
Height above sea level: Nil,  
Latitude: 34.47.00,   Longitude: 137.52.00
Location:  200km north west of Adelaide
Highway: Off Highway 1 at Port Wakefield 
Nearest Major Town: Adelaide
Nearest Airport: Adelaide
Touring Area: Yorke Peninsula
Around 200 km. north-west of Adelaide, with a population of around 400, this tiny coastal township is a popular holiday spot offering fishing, swimming and sailing on the safe waters of Gulf St. Vincent with a hilly hinterland providing scenic photographic opportunities for the visitor.
It was surveyed by solicitor L.M. Cullen in 1877 and was originally known as Port St. Vincent.
There are several places offering self contained cottages and flats, hostel accommodation and a caravan park.
Information can be obtained from the Port Vincent General Store in Main Street, Port Vincent. SA 5581. Ph: (08) 8853 7078.


  
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