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.
The harbour that built the city
Boston Bay is the enormous natural harbour that gives Port Lincoln its reason for being. Sheltered by Boston Island and the surrounding hills, it is one of the largest protected bays in the southern hemisphere and the anchorage for Australia's southern bluefin tuna fleet.
Today the bay is as much a playground as a working port. Operators run cruises out to the aquaculture leases where you can dive into a sea pen and swim alongside half-tonne tuna, while sailors, anglers and kayakers make the most of its calm, protected waters.
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- Staying Still 85 - Boston Bay.jpg by Ben Cordia , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons