Alternatively head east for the awesome expanse that is the Nullarbor, now home to the world’s longest golf course (nine holes spread over 1300km). Dreams come true at famous Baird Bay, the only place in the world where you can swim with dolphins and seals. Alternatively, go off the deep end at South Australia’s adrenalin capital, Port Lincoln: try deep-sea fishing, swim with tuna, and (yes) cage-dive with Great White Sharks. How big do the sharks get? Well, this is where Steven Spielberg shot footage for Jaws…

The peninsula has a diverse coastal landscape with windswept limestone and sandstone cliffs, sheltered bays and vegetated sand dunes which provide breeding areas for native birdlife. National parks such as at Coffin Bay, provide the best access to these untouched wilderness areas where you can enjoy camping, fishing, boating and swimming. You need to be relatively self sufficient here so tours are a great alternative and save you the bother of lugging tonnes of gear with you. 

There are many museums and historic points of interest at places such as Streaky Bay, Whyalla, Darkes Peak and Caralu Bluff which offers one of the best views over the Eyre Peninsula. Murphy's Haystacks can be viewed underfoot with walkways erected between the rocky granite outcrops and the Sir Joseph Banks group of Islands which is a Marine Conservation Park is another famous must see. A breeding ground for Cape Barren Geese and a playground for sealions and dolphins, you can take a chartered boat to get the best from a day trip around the islands or you could hire your own.

For the insanely adventurous you can embark on a four day cage diving expedition from Port Lincoln (yes, you in a cage and shark teeth next to your ear). Truly nothing more than a coincidence, the majority of this region borders the coastal area of the Great Australian Bight!