Tumby Bay

Tumby Bay SA 5605 (Pop 1 300)       

Tumby Bay is an appealing Eyre Peninsula holiday town and service centre located 600 km west of Adelaide. European settlers arrived in 1840s, however it took another 60 years before a settlement was established. Today, Tumby Bay with its long beautiful beach and two jutting jetties, is an increasingly popular seaside destination.

Tourist Attractions & Info:
C.L. Alexander Memorial Museum, West Tce housed within an old schoolhouse, depicts the area’s early pioneering lifestyle and history. Open (10am-11am) Wed and (2.30-4.30pm) Sun. Rotunda Art Gallery, Tumby Tce, local art exhibitions and outdoor mural. Open (10am-noon) Mon/Wed and (1.30pm-4.30pm) Sun. Mangrove Boardwalk, Berryman St interesting 70 m mangrove walkway with ecological interpretive signs.

Nearby:
Island Lookout Tower & Reserve (3 km south) stunning town, coastal and island vistas. Lipson Cove (10 km n-e) popular fishing spot with low tide walk to Lipson Island. Ponta & Cowleys beaches (15 km n-e) snapper and bream fishing. Koppio Smithy Museum (30 km s-w) fascinating and unique outdoor museum featuring a blacksmith’s shop (1903), schoolhouse, slab hut ‘Glenleigh’ (1893), restored trackers, farm machinery, Aboriginal artifacts and pioneer furniture. Open (10am-5pm) Tues-Sun. Port Neill (42 km n-e) old port settlement with good water-sports beaches and lookout offering excellent coastal views. Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservation Park Islands (approx 30 km s-e) made up of 20 islands and reefs providing refuge to large numbers of migrating waterbirds and Australian sea lions.

Accommodation:
Tumby Bay has a motel, a couple of hotels, holiday apartments and a caravan park. Visitor Information Centre: Hales MiniMart, 1 Bratten Way. Tel (08) 8688 2584.

Airport:
Port Lincoln Airport (PLO), off Lincoln Hwy, North Shields. Tel (08) 8684 3501. (36 km s-w).

Hospital:
Tumby Bay Hospital, Esplanade. Tel (08) 8688 2007.