Port Lincoln
The largest city on the Eyre Peninsula, set on glittering Boston Bay — a working tuna and oyster port that doubles as the gateway to two national parks.
Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln sits on Boston Bay, a natural harbour more than three times the size of Sydney Harbour, and built its fortune on the sea. This is the home port of Australia's southern bluefin tuna fleet and the birthplace of the Tunarama Festival. Beyond the marina, Lincoln and Coffin Bay national parks, the koalas of Mikkira Station and the cliffs of Whalers Way are all within easy reach.
Things to do in Port Lincoln
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Adventure Bay Charters
$$$Cage-dive with great white sharks or swim with sea lions and tuna on eco-accredited day trips out of Port Lincoln, the shark-cage-diving capital of Australia.
Australian Coastal Safaris
Guided Adventures Across the Peninsula
A local tour operator running guided four-wheel-drive, wildlife, seafood and fishing experiences across the southern Eyre Peninsula.
Axel Stenross Maritime Museum
A Finnish boatbuilder's working world, preserved
The slipway, workshops and living quarters of Finnish boatbuilder Axel Stenross, kept as a working maritime museum full of windjammer-era relics on the Port Lincoln foreshore.
Boston Bay
Australia's Biggest Natural Harbour
The vast, sheltered bay that Port Lincoln is built on — more than three times the size of Sydney Harbour and the home of the tuna fleet.
Cape Donington Lighthouse
A historic lighthouse at the tip of Lincoln National Park, looking out over Spilsby Island and the entrance to Boston Bay.
Cummins
Heart of the Wheat Belt
A classic agricultural town in the centre of the lower Eyre Peninsula, surrounded by grain country and dotted with heritage and silo art.
Donington Beach
A sheltered, shallow swimming beach near the tip of Lincoln National Park, with calm clear water and granite headlands.
Fishery Bay
A Southern Surf Stalwart
A long, exposed surf beach near Whalers Way, one of the most consistent and well-loved breaks in the Port Lincoln area.
Fishery Bay Lookout
A clifftop vantage over the wild surf and pale sand of Fishery Bay, south of Port Lincoln.
Glen-Forest Tourist Park
Animals, Slides & Family Fun
A family-friendly wildlife and activity park near Port Lincoln, combining hand-feeding native animals with water slides, mini golf and more.
Greenly Beach
Granite, Swell & Empty Sand
A spectacular west-coast surf beach framed by granite boulders and looking out to Greenly Island, beloved by surfers and photographers.
Lincoln Cove Marina
The heart of Port Lincoln's billion-dollar tuna industry, a working marina lined with fishing vessels, cafes and the story of the town's seafood wealth.
Marina Hotel Port Lincoln
$$A waterfront pub and accommodation overlooking the Port Lincoln marina, pouring local beers and plating up the day's seafood catch.
Memory Cove
A Wilderness Named in Grief
A pristine white-sand cove in a strictly protected wilderness area, named by Matthew Flinders for the crew he lost here in 1802.
Mikkira Station
Wild Koalas Under the Manna Gums
A historic sheep station where wild koalas doze in the manna gums — one of the few places on the Eyre Peninsula to see them in the wild.
Parnkalla Trail
Boston Bay, one footstep at a time
A shoreline walking trail tracing the curve of Boston Bay through Port Lincoln — first landing site, beaches, marina and headlands, with the city never far away.
Port Lincoln Hotel
Boston Bay From Your Balcony
Port Lincoln's landmark waterfront hotel, with bay-view rooms, a restaurant and bar overlooking the marina and Boston Bay.
September Beach
A popular family camping and swimming beach in Lincoln National Park, with sheltered water and a campground just behind the dunes.
Sleaford Bay
A long, powerful arc of surf beach south of Port Lincoln, exposed to Southern Ocean swell.
St Matthew's Anglican Church (Poonindie)
A stone colonial church north of Port Lincoln, the surviving heart of the 19th-century Poonindie Mission.
Stamford Hill Lookout
A summit walk in Lincoln National Park to a Flinders monument, with 360-degree views over Boston Bay and the islands.
Wanna Dunes
A vast field of white dunes tumbling to a wild surf beach in the south of Lincoln National Park.
Whalers Way
Granite Cliffs at the End of the Earth
A privately owned stretch of spectacular, untamed coastline at the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula, accessed by permit.
Lincoln National Park
Headlands, Bays & Memory Cove
A rugged coastal park just south of Port Lincoln, with sheltered swimming bays, dramatic headlands and the protected Memory Cove Wilderness.
Stories from Port Lincoln
The Boatbuilder of Boston Bay
When the great grain ships stopped coming, one Finnish carpenter stayed behind — and spent fifty years building the boats that built Port Lincoln.
June 2026 · 6 min read
Cage Diving With Great Whites at Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln is the only place in Australia you can cage-dive with great white sharks. We went out to the Neptune Islands to find out what the experience is actually like.
June 2026 · 6 min read
A Tuna Town’s Fortune
Port Lincoln is said to have more millionaires per capita than anywhere in Australia. The story of how that happened begins with a single, prized fish.
June 2026 · 5 min read
A Road Trip Around the Eyre Peninsula
A week-long loop of the Eyre Peninsula — down the calm east coast, around the wild south, and back up the surf-and-sea-lion west coast.
June 2026 · 8 min read
Visiting Port Lincoln — frequently asked questions
How do you get to Port Lincoln?
Port Lincoln is reached by road from Adelaide via the Eyre Peninsula (a long drive of around 650 kilometres), or by a short regional flight from Adelaide. It is the largest town on the peninsula.
What is Port Lincoln known for?
Port Lincoln is famous as a seafood capital, home to a major tuna and seafood fishing fleet, and as the base for experiences such as great white shark cage diving and swimming with tuna and sea lions.
Can you go shark cage diving from Port Lincoln?
Yes. Port Lincoln is the only place in Australia where you can cage dive with great white sharks, on tours that head out to the Neptune Islands.
What is there to do near Port Lincoln?
Highlights include Lincoln National Park, the wild coast at Whalers Way and Sleaford Bay, the koalas of Mikkira Station, Boston Bay and the town's seafood dining.
Image credits
- Port Lincoln, South Australia panoramic view(GN01441).jpg by State Government Photographer , CC0 via Wikimedia Commons