Stories
Longer reads, travel guides and field notes from the Eyre Peninsula.
The Far West Run
Beyond Streaky Bay the map empties and the coast turns feral. This is a road trip for those who like their wilderness with a side of salt, swell and big silence.
June 2026 · 7 min read
Jetty Towns of the Gulf
On the sheltered eastern shore, life still gathers around the jetty. From Cowell to Arno Bay, these gulf towns move to the rhythm of the tide and the evening catch.
June 2026 · 6 min read
The Dunes of Coffin Bay
Coffin Bay is famous for its oysters and its calm inlets, but cross the park to the ocean side and you find towering mobile dunes and a coast that fights back.
June 2026 · 6 min read
Winter of the Whales
Each winter, southern right whales gather below the Bunda Cliffs to calve. The Head of Bight is one of the great wildlife theatres of the planet, and you watch it from dry land.
June 2026 · 7 min read
Friendlier Than Wave Rock
Out in the wheat country near Wudinna and Minnipa, billion-year-old granite rises in domes and waves and balancing boulders, with barely a soul to share it.
June 2026 · 6 min read
The Sea Caves of Talia
On the cliffs north of Elliston, the ocean has carved a cathedral and a perfect circle into the limestone. Standing at Talia is to watch geology happen in real time.
June 2026 · 7 min read
Driving the Great Ocean Tourist Drive at Elliston
A short clifftop loop at the tiny town of Elliston serves up sculptures, vertigo and some of the most spectacular sea cliffs in South Australia.
June 2026 · 4 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
Into the Gawler Ranges
Inland from the oyster bays lies a 1,500-million-year-old volcanic landscape of organ-pipe rock columns, rock-wallabies and deep red gorges. We headed into the Gawler Ranges.
June 2026 · 6 min read
The Giant Cuttlefish of Whyalla
Every winter, tens of thousands of Australian giant cuttlefish mass in the shallows off Whyalla in a shimmering display found nowhere else on Earth.
June 2026 · 5 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
Wildlife of the Eyre Peninsula
Few places pack in this many wildlife encounters - from swimming with sea lions to the world's only mass cuttlefish gathering.
June 2026 · 6 min read