If you’re after a seaside holiday without the crowds, the Eyre Peninsula is your kind of place. With more than 2000 kilometres of coastline, you can get as much space to yourself as you need. Here you'll see sheltered coves and bays that are perfect for fishing, secluded beaches, and stunning cliffs that provide perfect vantage points for spotting giant whales as they undertake their annual migration through the Southern Ocean. You’ll also find the spectacular outback landscape of the Gawler Ranges National Park, and the legendary Nullarbor Plain - a vast, treeless plain that has fascinated anyone with an explorer's spirit, ever since it was discovered. And of course in addition to all this there’s some of the world’s best and most mouth-watering seafood…

Highlights include:

Swimming with sea lions and dolphins

Visit stunning Baird Bay, one of few places in the world where you can swim with two very remarkable species of mammals – dolphins and sea lions – in their own underwater playground. On your guided cruise you’ll be supplied with snorkel, mask, wetsuit and all the information you need to enjoy an experience of a lifetime. 

Swimming with tuna

Hand feed or swim with the mighty southern bluefin tuna in the safety of a purpose built tuna pen, just a short 15-minute cruise from the sheltered waters of Port Lincoln. 

Australia's Seafood & Aquaculture Trail

Stretching from Whyalla to Ceduna , this coastal trail will enable you to get fresh on a journey through 14 amazing ocean-focussed businesses. See southern bluefin tuna worth upto $A5000 a fish, hand-pick crayfish, and taste world-renowned oysters. 

Dive with Great Whites

Thrill seekers can take a cruise out from the blue waters of Port Lincoln for the ultimate adventure - a face off with great white sharks (from the safety of a proper cage, of course).

Whale Watching at Head of Bight

Head of Bight, is Australia’s best land-based vantage point to view southern right whales (June – October). It’s where white sand dunes and beaches meet the spectacular Bunda Cliffs of the Great Australian Bight. Here, up to 100 whales at a time can be seen nurturing their young before journeying back to Antarctic waters. 

Gawler Ranges National Park

One of South Australia's hidden treasures. Gawler Ranges National Park is home to deep gorges, seasonal blooms and volcanic rock hills over 1.5 billion years old. Twenty one rare and threatened species find sanctuary here, including the yellow-footed rock wallaby and southern hairy-nosed wombat. Just north of here is the glistening white expanse of Lake Gairdner – also well worth exploring.  

Nullarbor Plain

Once part of the ocean floor, this is the world's largest, flattest slab of limestone. Meaning ‘no trees’ in Latin, the Nullarbor Plain’s 77,000 square miles are dotted by caves, national parks, Aboriginal culture and desert scenery making it a real highlight of a road trip between Perth and Adelaide. Along the way, drivers can break their journey by playing the world’s longest golf course, which stretches 1,365 kms from Western Australia to South Australia, with a hole in each participating town or roadhouse.  

Snorkel with Giant Cuttlefish

Snorkel among hundreds and thousands of Australian giant cuttlefish in their annual spawning grounds just off Whyalla. Watch these chameleons of the sea instantly change colour and texture, as they undertake their courtship displays. The spectacle occurs each year between early May and mid August. 

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