Family Activities
Adventures for Everyone
The best family activities in Streaky Bay
Shuck oysters, jump off historic jetties, hand-feed dolphins, hunt for the Tumby Bay murals and watch the tuna toss at Tunarama. The Eyre Peninsula is a natural playground built for families.
The Eyre Peninsula is built for family adventures, with safe swimming beaches, hands-on wildlife and plenty of room for kids to roam. The sheltered gulf bays around Tumby Bay, Cowell and Smoky Bay offer shallow, calm water and grassy foreshores, while jetties along the coast are perfect for crabbing, squidding and learning to fish.
Up the wow factor with the region's wildlife encounters: wade out to shuck oysters at Coffin Bay, meet hand-raised animals at Glen Forest near Port Lincoln, or take an eco-cruise to swim with sea lions and dolphins. Kids love clambering up granite giants like Pildappa Rock and Mount Wudinna, and the silo and street art murals turn town stops into a treasure hunt.
Distances are long, so plan around plenty of beach breaks and pack supplies for remote stretches. Most foreshore reserves have playgrounds, barbecues and shade, and many attractions are free or low-cost. Summer suits swimming and water play; the milder shoulder seasons make the longer drives more comfortable with little ones.
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Baird Bay Ocean Eco Experience
Swim With Sea Lions & Dolphins
A family-run eco tour that takes you into the water with wild Australian sea lions and bottlenose dolphins in their own protected bay.
Murphy's Haystacks
Pink Granite From the Dawn of Time
A cluster of strange, wind-sculpted pink granite inselbergs more than 1,500 million years old, standing in a farm paddock near Streaky Bay.
Perlubie Beach
A broad, shallow, drive-on beach north of Streaky Bay where families park on the sand and the tide goes out forever.
Streaky Bay Foreshore
The Heart of the Far West Coast
The friendly waterfront of Streaky Bay — a jetty, a sandy swimming beach and a foreshore caravan park that anchor town life.
Streaky Bay Powerhouse Museum
A volunteer-run museum in Streaky Bay built around the town's original diesel powerhouse and restored engines.
Yanerbie Sand Dunes
A vast field of white coastal sand dunes near Sceale Bay, popular for sandboarding, beach fishing and big ocean views.