Port Lincoln : Coffin bay tour

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Yesterday we arrived in Port Lincoln and for the first time in 7 days Ruby and Reggie (R&R) were finally separated,  Drive through sites are great when you are on a big push, but now we get to rest a little , well R&R do.

We took the opportunity to do a tour to Coffin Bay, and i am so glad we did. The tour we had booked through “Untamed escapes” and our Lovely guide Joe, was so good.

So to start of , the first question i thought of was why is it called Coffin Bay

It’s not shaped like a coffin, well the story is that Mathew Flinders named the bay after his colleague 

Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin. He also named a lot of bays in and around the area including Avoid Bay, which was to be avoided as it had several reefs and was dangerous and Port Douglas after 

Captain Bloomfield Douglas

We were taken to the Southern tip of the Eyre peninsula to Coffin Bay National Park, where Joe , whom used to work for national parks used to work, provided a very detailed tour , explaining a lot of the work he undertook working in the park and some of the very interesting things he has had to do.

the island you can see in the picture above is golden island 


As you can see the scenery is stunning

After spending quite a while exploring the national park where they have quite a nice  little off the grid camping site, which Joe explained he was heavily involved in planning and creating. 

We headed back to Coffin and Bay and were taken on a tour with Experience Coffin Bay.

The tour took us out to the famous Coffin Bay Oyster farms.

We were provided with a very informative explanation of the whole process of farming oysters and how oyster farming became an industry in coffin bay. It was really interesting.

The photo is not very clear , but the orange thing in the image is a star fish, there were a lot of them around the oyster farms and the tour guide informed us that given the opportunity the star fish can empty an oyster shell. However the oysters are very well protected in their little plastic homes.

Part of the tour was half a dozen oysters picked that morning and freshly shucked for us, they were delicious.

We were told about how on the streets of Coffin bay is wasn’t unusual to see Emu’s walking around, I don’t think either of us believed this until sure enough Emu’s wandering down the street, traffic slowing whilst they crossed the road.


After the Oyster tour we were shown around the town a bit more, had a drive on the beach and then headed to Oyster HQ for lunch


After lunch our tour guide took us to some other lookouts and museums in and around coffin bay and for a wine tasting and finally dropped us back home to R & R. We had a lovely day and are looking forward to exploring Port Lincoln tomorrow


Happy and safe travels

The Touring Knights


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