Monday 4th to Sunday 10th August 2025 – 7 Days
Accommodation: Whyalla, Ceduna, Pt Lincoln
Highlights of the tour:
- «Travel north stopping at Port Wakefield for morning tea near the first of our murals depicting the local industries and events.
- «Continue on to see “the big blade” at Snowtown, and the water tower mural celebrating John Hansen, a CFS volunteer for 25 years. We stop for a delicious lunch at Crystal Brook.
- «Once we reach Pt Augusta you are now officially at the top end of Eyre Peninsula. The last leg of the journey today finishes at Whyalla where we will drive to Hummock Hill Lookout for a great panoramic view of the town and the circular jetty.
- «Head inland for our first stop at Kimba, home of the stunning colourful silo showing a young girl standing in a wheat field overlooking a vivid purple sunset. See the a”big galah” and the “half way across Australia” sign.
- «On to Wudinna with it’s “big farmer” granite statue. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the park, before a stop at Pildappa Rock, part of the Gawler Ranges and a rock with the highest and longest wave formation on the Eyre Peninsula.
- «Minnipa has our next lot of street art, this one being a circular toilet block called the “Concrete Crappa”.
- «We finally at Ceduna, on the shores of Murat Bay with the port of Thevenard 3 kms to the west.
- «We will do a tour of the town street art before settling into the Ceduna Foreshore Motel, our home for the next two nights.
- «Travel to Fowlers Bay to cruise with the whales. It’s an amazing experience being able to get up close to see the beautiful creatures cruising with the very experienced EP Cruises.
- If the whales do not migrate into Fowlers Bay then we will travel to the Head of the Bight, remember they are wild creatures and are unpredictable.
- «It’s time to say goodbye to Ceduna and follow the coastline stopping at our first seaside town of Streak Bay.
- «See the bronze statue, unveiled on 2022, of a local boy Kieren McEvoy, winner of three Melbourne Cups.
- «Travel to Murphy’s Haystacks, inselberg formations made of pink, massive rock consisting mostly of quartz and orthoclase. They are so named because a traveller in a coach saw the formation in the distance and asked how a farmer could produce so much hay. The farm was owned by a man called Murphy.
- «More sea life to view at Pt Labatt, the only permanent sea lion breeding colony on mainland Australia.
- «Sea lions are one of the world’s rarest seals and less than 12,000 survive in the wild today.
- «Travel on through Pt Kenny and Elliston (with it’s huge wall of street art) and finally arrive at Pt Lincoln for the next two nights.
- «A change of pace on day 5, as we take a quiet, peaceful harbour cruise leaving from Lincoln Cove Marina. Hear first hand knowledge from someone with 40 years experience in the fishing industry and who has watched the evolution of the seafood trade coming of age of the Blue Fin Tuna industry.
- «Time for a visit and tour of Constantia, a world of class furniture maker since 1977. So good is their craftmanship that they were selected to design and build the Central Table & Hansard Desk in Australia’s New Parliament house. Renowned for their non toxic Organic Finishes this is an informative tour.
- «See the city of Pt Lincoln on beautiful Boston Bay from Winter Hill Lookout. See the statue of Makybe Diva, the first horse to win 3 consecutive Melbourne Cups in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and view the statue of Matthew Flinders and his cat Trim as we tour around Pt Lincoln.
- «Each year they have “The Colour Tumby Festival” which includes live painting. Each year well known artists come to Tumby Bay to add to the colour of the town. Of course they have a beautiful painted silo as well showing two boys jumping off the Tumby Bay Jetty.
- «Leave Pt Lincoln in the rear vision mirror and make our way up the coast with our first stop being Tumby Bay, where street art is everywhere.
- «Each year they have “The Colour Tumby Festival” which includes live painting. Each year well known artists come to Tumby Bay to add to the colour of the town.
- «Whilst here we add to our seafood part of the tour with a visit to Turners Oyster with a talk and tour about how the oyster industry operates. Turners Oysters is one of the original family operated farms and supplies fresh oysters, whole or opened, smoked or pickled, oyster kebabs, oyster pies and Kilpatrick or mornay oysters for sale
- «Arrive at Whyalla where we will take you to Hummock Hill for a panoramic view of the city and of course the circular jetty
- On our way back home our first stop is Pt Augusta at the top of Spencer Gulf, before travelling onto Pt Pirie to visit one of the best museums in South Australia, the “Stories of the Road Museum”. Run by Liz Martin OAM and dedicated to the trials and tribulations of the men, women and machinery that made Australia the great country it is today
- «Then the last leg of our journey back home, making a comfort stop at Pt Wakefield, having done a full circle of the Eyre Peninsula, having seen so much beautiful street art, sealife and seafood
Inclusions
- « Morning tea provided on Day 1
- « Cooked or continental breakfast on Day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
- « Lunch provided on Day 1, 2, 3 and 7
- « Enjoy a two course dinner on Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
- « Fully escorted with a tour host
- « Deluxe coach travel
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Twin/Double Share: $2,795 per person
Single Supplement: $550 for 6 nights