The Eyre Peninsula Seafood Trail
Two days from tuna town to oyster country on Australia’s Seafood Frontier
The plan
The Eyre Peninsula calls itself Australia's Seafood Frontier, and this two-day trail proves the title. You will eat oysters straight off the lease, watch a billion-dollar tuna fleet at work and follow the catch from the cold Southern Ocean to the plate.
Day 1 - Port Lincoln & Coffin Bay
Start in Port Lincoln, the seafood capital, where the southern bluefin tuna industry built one of Australia's wealthiest country towns. Wander Lincoln Cove Marina, then drive west to Coffin Bay. Pull on waders for an in-water oyster farm tour and eat the world-famous bivalves shucked on the spot.
Day 2 - Up the east coast
Track north to Tumby Bay and on to Cowell, where the near-landlocked Franklin Harbour produces its own prized oysters. Finish with crab and whiting fresh from the calm gulf waters - proof that the whole peninsula runs on seafood.
Book tours ahead in summer, bring an esky, and pace your appetite: there is a lot of shellfish ahead.
Day 1
4 stops-
1Port Lincoln
Lincoln Cove Marina
Watch the tuna fleet and grab a marina-side seafood lunch.
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2Port Lincoln
Boston Bay
Sheltered Boston Bay, the cradle of the local mussel and tuna farms.
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3Coffin Bay
Coffin Bay Oyster Farm Tours
Wade onto the lease and eat oysters shucked in the water.
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Day 2
3 stops-
1Tumby Bay
Tumby Bay Jetty & Foreshore
A pretty foreshore stop before the run up the east coast.
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On the map
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Image credits
- Oysters Bienville.jpg by VIUDeepBay from Nanaimo, Canada , CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons