Things to do...in and around Port Clinton

- Community swimming pool available for use - Please pay at the caravan park before swimming

- Follow the Walk the Yorke trail behind the shack - Walk along the red cliffs of Port Clinton - The trail winds between coastal scrub and farmland - Go down a 78-step staircase - You might see some wombats and their burrows

- Blue Swimmer Crabs - Crabbing (during months with an ‘R’ in them) - Crab rakes available for use at the shack - Please use a crab measuring tool IMPORTANT Minimum size: 11 cm measured across the carapace from the base of the largest spines. All crabs must be measured as soon as they are caught and any undersize crabs immediately returned to the water. Personal daily bag limit: 20 – combined limit with Sand Crabs. Restrictions: Females with external eggs are totally protected and must be returned to the water immediately. Visit www.pir.sa.gov.au/fishing for size, bag and boat limits

- Clinton Conservation Park - You can see birds from the shack - Great area for bird watching - Approx. 57 species / migrating species

Step out of the shack and head down to the beach. Walk left, towards the town along the beachfront, and in some of the trees you'll see some very interesting carvings...let me know how many you find!

FROM THE BEACH - SALMON TROUT, MULLLET and BLUE SWIMMER CRABS between Christmas and Easter. FROM A BOAT –BLUE SWIMMER CRABS during warmer months using a drop net. GARFISH at the top of Gulf St Vincent at night and dabbing them with a spotlight and long-handled net. SNAPPER, KING GEORGE WHITING and BRONZE WHALER SHARKS in the summer months. A Marine Park Sanctuary Zone lies just to the north of Port Clinton, so make sure you don't fish in the wrong area. Visit www.pir.sa.gov.au/fishing for size, bag and boat limits, or the Fishwatch hotline on 1800 065 522.

SA - Schooner / Pint NSW/ACT - Middy / Schooner Vic - Pot / Pint QLD- Pot / Schooner WA - Middy / Schooner Tas - Ten / Schooner NT - Handle / Schooner

With coastal trails & town walks, Walk the Yorke showcases Yorke Peninsula’s spectacular coastline, diverse coastal communities and environments unique to ‘Yorkes’. The trail goes right past the shack; this is just one of the sections you can do; Starting from the shack, go left and follow the Walk The Yorke signs up the hill. The Port Clinton to Ardrossan section of Walk The Yorke is designed to be walked as one section (27.8km), but can be walked in 2 sections The 2 sections are Port Clinton to Price 7.8km (1 hour 57 mins), and Price to Ardrossan 20km (5 hours). Good luck!

If you're driving from Adelaide, you'll pass the turn off to the PaEE (where the cannon is!). And if you hear a lound boom during the day at the shack, this is why! "The PaEE hosts weapons trials, munitions proofing and environmental testing ... The 56 sq km site is 83 kms north of Adelaide, near the northern tip of Gulf St Vincent. Because of large tidal movements, it is the only range in Australia where projectiles can be fired into a coastal area and retrieved relatively undamaged for assessment". See more at; https://defencesa.com/precincts/test-and-training-areas/

Straight out the front of the shack to either left or right has mangroves and cliffs on high tide. Another really interesting place is the Price channel/Wills Creek area about 7kms up the road.

Don't miss the sunrise over Gulf St Vincent. Seen best from the kitchen table with a cup of coffee, or outside on the beach just steps from the shack. Yorke Peninsula is one of those rare places in Australia where you can watch the sunrise over the ocean in the east, and then after a quick drive, you can watch the sunset over the ocean in the west. So make it an early start to watch the sunrise over Gulf St Vincent while you're at Samphire Shack, then later in the day, take a 1 hour drive to Wallaroo to watch the sunset over Spencer Gulf and stay to watch the Wallaroo Silo Light Show.

"The people of Yorke Peninsula have loved their shacks forever. You'll find scores of them for rent right across the peninsula, though don't expect all shacks to be alike. Sure, you can still find quirky old fibro retreats from the '50's, but these days the 'humble shack' is just as likely to be a million-dollar build on the seafront." - Due South Magazine Samphire Shack is definitely one of those quirky ones!

Raise lid Lower seat if sitting Turn knob to OPEN white screen Use toilet Use only toilet paper supplied Cover with wood shavings Turn knob to CLOSE white screen Lower lid MORE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE TOILET AT THE SHACK!