Port Lincoln

While flying from place to place the Bazflyers are always on the look-out for a good story and a couple of days stop-over in Port Lincoln did not disappoint. This place has some seriously wealthy locals and some enormously proportioned homes all of which can be attributed to fishing. In fact, the southern bluefin tuna has showered the hard working migrant fishing families of Port Lincoln with unimaginable riches. 

Once just simple fishermen, they have made fortunes out of the tuna industry and some of them have built massive houses. Homes named 'Dallas' and 'Dynasty', after the television series. Some of the fishermen have even successfully ventured into race horses such as Tony Santic, owner of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva. Interestingly this horse with race earnings well beyond $15 million, was named after five of it’s owner’s employees - Maureen, Kylie, Belinda, Diane, and Vanessa - by taking the first two letters from each of their names 

A statue of Makybe Diva adorns the Port Lincoln foreshore.

Fancy a shower after swimming

 

Famous Coffin Bay oysters 

40% of the South Australian grain crop is grown locally and exported fromPort Lincoln 

Nearby Coffin Bay National Park