Beachport Travel Guide

 balhannah Says:  This is a must do if you have a car!The scenic drive follows the spectacular rugged coast of the Southern ocean. We wound our way up, down and around sandhills, seeing gorgeous views along the way. Ever so often, we made stops at lookout points where we had to walk for an... 

 balhannah Says:  The Pool of Siloam is also on the Bowman scenic drive.This is a salt lake almost seven times saltier than the sea. It's believed to relieve sufferers of arthritis and rhuematism of pain. As the water has such a high salt concentration, when swimming in the water, you become... 

 balhannah Says:  Still on the Bowman scenic drive, our next stop is another 2kms at Post Office Rock.Post Office Rock, is another wonderful windswept headland that separates Salmon Hole from the Post Office beach. Of the four beaches, Post Office Rock is the calmest and safest, with the... 

 balhannah Says:  The Salmon Hole forms a fairly calm wide lagoon or hole between the reef and beach. Its a nice curved beach between Snapper Point and Post Office rock. There are four beaches, nearly all have numerous rocks and reefs. The Salmon Hole is the safest close inshore, but stay... 

 balhannah Says:  Our next stop along the Bowman scenic drive is at Snapper Point.Snapper Point is a flat 10 m high shelf probably composed of limestone. This, combined with other rocks and reefs forms two small beaches to the east, both backed by Dunes. As the names snapper and salmon imply,... 

 balhannah Says:  Backler's Lookout was the first viewpoint we came across when driving along Bowman scenic drive. This viewpoint gave good views over the township of Beachport, and of some nearby coastal scenery. 

 balhannah Says:  Centennial Park is located right on the beach front. It was here, we chose to sit and eat our lunch, we weren't the only ones either!It was quite popular with Caravanner's because of the good parking area by the Park.The park is spread over six acres, and surrounds a large... 

 balhannah Says:  I hope your feeling energetic! I wasn't!This Jetty is supposed to be the second longest in South Australia. The Beachport Jetty seemed to go forever, nearly as far as the eye could see, out into the waters of Rivoli Bay. Anglers like the Jetty to try and catch the Salmon,... 

 balhannah Says:  What a lovely idea to build a fantastic playground, and name it in honour of a lady who loved children. Susan Wilson, operated a kiosk nearby, selling pies, pasties, hot water and sweets. I guess most of us can remember going to buy some sweets with a meagre amount of money.... 

 balhannah Says:  I loved the old Cinema building, I bet there aren't many of these left in todays modern world!The Beachport Institute Motion Picture Project was formed in 1952, this was when the first screening was held. Now after many years this building has once more become a... 

 balhannah Says:  Bompas of Beachport was built in 1878, soon after Beachport was proclaimed a township. To me, it looked like a Hotel, which it was until 1887, when taken over by the SA Brewing Company. I thought this funny.....A Bank in town was needed, so a temporary office was set up in... 

 balhannah Says:  As we were about to enter Beachport, I happened to notice a Sculpture. Well, I managed a photo of one, and not of the others. The 3 sculptures celebrate what is special about Beachport. One represents the natural enviroment, another the fishing industry, and lastly, the... 

 balhannah Says:  A nice double story building built out of freestone in 1879, and used as shipping house and warehouse, is where the Museum is located. A railway line, connecting to the jetty, used to pass through the 4 m (12 ft) wide archway, through the front section, and into the... 

 balhannah Says:  Travelling to Beachport, we saw the road sign warning or Wombats in the area. We were in daylight hours, so not really a problem, as all wombats are basically nocturnal, but during cooler times can be seen early morning or late afternoon. Wombats being herbivorous eat mainly...