Goin' Off Safaris Pty Ltd
Coffin Bay Explorer Day Trip
From 9.00 am, the departure location for tours will be the Coffin Bay Yacht Club Floating Marina, Berth No 5.
Set amongst the spectacular Red Gum trees behind Port Lincoln, we drive the short distance to Glen Forest Animal Farm with this being one of the very best parks of its type in Australia. You have the opportunity to hand feed and interact with kangaroos and native birds, see a whole variety of other native and domestic animals, such as a koala, emu’s, dingoes, wombat, talking cockatoo’s, water buffalo, sheep, alpacas, highland cattle, camels, pigs, rabbits, ostrich, plus a lot more! The very popular Lincoln Estate Winery grows their grapes here and it is a great chance to sample some of this regions finest wine whilst relaxing amongst our countries most popular native animals.
From Glen Forest, we take you on a 30-minute drive to the home of the best oysters and fishing in the world, the beautiful Coffin Bay. The area is of outstanding beauty, world famous Oysters and is home to a variety of important species of flora and fauna. There are no other comparable systems of bays and inlets in such compact form anywhere on the coast, which is why this area is classified as a maritime wilderness area. We start with a 1 - hour tour with Pure Oysters Coffin Bay Owner Chris Hank, showing and educating you all about the Pacific and the Native Angasi Oyster from his oyster-processing shed. This is a typical operation that contributes to the 60 tonnes of oysters that are trucked out of Coffin Bay every week with Chris explaining and showing you, the whole Oyster growing and harvesting process. Fresh out of the rack, you get to sample these magnificent Oysters as well as seeing all the equipment used to get these Oysters into the top restaurants around the world.
For lunch we take you to the very new, Coffin Bay 1802 Oyster Bar & Grill. Please note that lunch is at your own cost.
Following lunch, we meander out to the Coffin Bay National Park, which offers some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in South Australia, ranging from ancient granite, limestone and sandstone cliffs to long beaches bordered by white sand dunes. Framed by the sea, the parks slender peninsula resembles the shape of a giant spur jutting out from the mainland. A place of amazing contrasts, the unprotected side of the peninsula reveals rugged headlands, limestone cliffs and islands shaped by the relentless Southern Ocean and frequent southwesterly winds. In contrast, the leeward side is calm and serene offering a safe swimming beach and great places to walk, fish and canoe. Wildlife is plentiful throughout the 31,000 ha National Park with Western Grey Kangaroos, Emus, Goanna’s and Snakes and Dolphins in the Bays. Claimed as a National Park in 1972, the area was once called the Coffin Bay Run and was used to breed horses. There are plenty of lookouts for spectacular views; there is an abundant of birdlife (150 different species in the park) and wildlife, 4WDriving tracks as well as a sealed road for more comfortable conditions. There are plenty of stops for photographic opportunities and you get to breath in the fresh aromas of sea air and stretch out on one of Eyre Peninsula’s best and picture perfect, golden sandy beaches.
On our way back to Port Lincoln, it would be incomplete if we did not call into one of the regions best award winning wineries for a tasting at the aptly named Boston Bay Wines. The Ford family relocated from Sydney to Port Lincoln and purchased a license to catch wild abalone from the local waters. Coupled with fishing interests, the family set about establishing a vineyard on the shores of Boston Bay following the advice of a friend and the early predictions of the French explorers Nicholas Baudin and Citizen Freycinet who suggested that Boston Bay would be a good place to grow grapes with its Mediterranean climate. The winery is now well established with a number of different award winning wines including the beautifully refreshing Boston Bay Sauvignon Blanc; fittingly named “The Great White”. Family member Tony Ford is the internationally acclaimed, popular and comical, in house Master- Chef. It’s a perfect location for Tony who loves seafood and the Eyre Peninsula. Tony is passionate about the Eyre Peninsula’s self-proclaimed position as Australia’s seafood frontier and delights in sharing his extensive local product knowledge with his guests
We now drop you back at your accommodation within the Port Lincoln CBD.
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