Port Broughton is on the uppermost end of Yorke Peninsula and a great base to explore the Southern Flinders Ranges, the Clare Valley wineries and the Copper Coast. Or you can just relax and fish while watching the pelicans and dolphins! The town was a wealthy grain handling port in the late 19th Century, with huge windjammers calling at the unusual T-shaped jetty to collect the summer harvest. The jetty was served by a horse-drawn train, while the wheat stackers and ships’ crews were served by the enormous and very grand Port Broughton Hotel. Seafood is plentiful (in the water and on the plate) and the town enjoys a reputation for huge snapper.

FAST FACTS!

• Yorke Peninsula is the traditional home of the Nharangga people. The Nharangga consists of four clans, Garnarra (north), Windara (east), Warri, (west) and Dhilba (south)

• The proprietor of the town’s flour mill was John Darling, who captained the Australian Test Cricket side in the 1890s, including during the Ashes Tour of 1896

• In March 1802, Captain Matthew Flinders (who charted and named Yorke Peninsula) celebrated his 28th birthday off the coast of Port Broughton

• The annual rubber duck race is held on the October long-weekend. For a small cost you can buy your own piece of bathtub-bred racing fury

• On the rare occasion the fish aren’t biting, head 5km north to see Fisherman Bay, a one-of-a-kind settlement of old fishing shacks on a tidal bay