Port Vincent is perfect on a sunny day – blue skies, crystal waters, families having a ball on the beach. You can fish for squid or tommies (Tommy Ruff) off the wharf, or do it the easy way and buy fish and chips to eat on the grassy foreshore while you watch others dropping a line. At low tide, head to the back beach with a crab rake and a bucket and, chances are, you’ll find blue swimmer crabs along the seaweed line. In the still of the afternoon, the local dolphins often swim by. And if you’re up for a stroll around to the marina, you might find long-nosed fur seals basking on the rocks in the sun.

FAST FACTS!

• Initially called Surveyor’s Point, the town of Port Vincent was laid out by an Adelaide solicitor in 1877

• Before a jetty and wharf were built in the 1900s, ketches would beach at high tide, then at low tide load up with grain, wool and mallee stumps directly from wagons on the sand

• The Nharangga people are the traditional custodians of Yorke Peninsula – their ancient ochre quarries can be seen at the base of nearby cliffs

• Trails along the local cliff tops form part of Walk the Yorke, a 500-kilometre walking and cycling trail from Port Wakefield to Moonta Bay