Port Lincoln - Fast Facts

Port Lincoln
A substantial fishing township on the southern edge of the Eyre Peninsula
Port Lincoln really is the keystone of the Eyre Peninsula. A substantial city located on Boston Bay (a bay which is more than three and a half times the size of Sydney Harbour) and nestled in on the easterly side of the Eyre Peninsula over the years it has become the most important grain and fishing port in the region. As a result it has become the informal capital of the whole peninsula.

Port Lincoln is located 656 km west of Adelaide, has a population of over 13 000, a rainfall of 488mm per annum, and enjoys a near-perfect Mediterranean climate. It is a large and reasonably sophisticated centre which is economically driven by the huge grain-handling facilities (the foreshore is dominated by the 47-metre-high grain silos which have a total capacity of over 337 500 tonnes), the canning and fish processing works, lambs, wool and beef, fertiliser production and, in recent times, the vast wealth which has been made as a result of tuna farming for the lucrative Japanese market. It currently boasts Australia's largest commercial fishing fleet and fish farming has become so important that Port Lincoln now has kingfish farms, mussel farms, oyster farms, experimental lobster farms and abalone farms.

Tourist Information

Port Lincoln Visitor Information Centre
3 Adelaide Pl
Port Lincoln SA 5606
Telephone: (08) 8683 3544, 1800 629 911
Facsimile: (08) 8683 3544