Port Neill, South Australia: Things to do & accommodation

On South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, Port Neill is a simple beach town with a golf course and caravan park.

Port Neill is a small holiday town on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Nobody comes here looking to enjoy a range of activities – it’s a place for simple downtime by the beach.

Where is Port Neill, South Australia?

Port Neill is on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula. It is about half way between Arno Bay and Tumby Bay on the drive from Whyalla to Port Lincoln down the Lincoln Highway.

The distance from Adelaide to Port Neill is 569km, with a driving time of around six hours and nine minutes.

From Whyalla to Port Neill, it’s 185km. And it’s 88km from Port Lincoln to Port Neill.

Things to do in Port Neill: Beaches

The beach is the main attraction in Port Neill. The main beach is a white sand affair, stretching for about 1km. It starts facing north, then curves to face east, but rarely attracts significant ocean swell.

Cape Burr protects the beach, making it a fairly safe place to swim, even though there are no lifeguard patrols.

The best swimming is north of the Port Neill Jetty. There’s a park with barbecues, picnic tables, a toilet block and a playground by the jetty.

Port Neill Surfers Beach

Back Beach – or Surfers Beach – is on the southern side of Cape Burr. It faces south-east and gets bigger waves. There are rips here when the waves get sizable, so swimmers are best off leaving it to the surfers.

Other things to do in Port Neill include walking the Lady Kinnaird walking trail along the coast towards the Port Neill Golf Course. This is a nine hole and, frankly, poor quality course.

You can also go for a beer or two in the Port Neill Hotel.

Port Neill accommodation

There are several holiday lets in Port Neill, but the main accommodation is at the pretty basic Port Neill caravan park.

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Port Neill on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Photo courtesy of Tourism Australia.

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