Open dai­ly.

Clo­sures and safety

This park is closed on days of Cat­a­stroph­ic Fire Dan­ger and may also be closed on days of Extreme Fire Danger.

You can deter­mine the cur­rent fire dan­ger rat­ing by check­ing theFire Ban Dis­trict map on theCFS website.

Check theCFS web­site or call theCFS Bush­fire Infor­ma­tion Hot­line 1800 362 361 for:

• Infor­ma­tion on fire bans and cur­rent fire conditions
• Cur­rentCFS warn­ings and incidents
• Infor­ma­tion on what to do in the event of a fire.

Lis­ten to yourlocal area radio sta­tion for the lat­est updates and infor­ma­tion on fire safety.

Vis­i­tor infor­ma­tion, book­ings and park management:

Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice Port Lin­coln Office
Phone: (+61 8) 8688 3111
Email:EPParks@​sa.​gov.​au

Port Lin­coln Vis­i­tor Infor­ma­tion Cen­tre
60 Tas­man Ter­race, Port Lin­colnSA 5606
Phone: 1300 788 378
Email:info@​visitportlincoln.​net.​au
Vis­it Port Lin­coln website

Emer­gency contacts:

Med­ical, fire (includ­ing bush­fire) and police emer­gency sit­u­a­tions
Phone: Triple Zero — 000

Police Assis­tance
Phone: 131 444 for non-urgent police assistance

Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­viceSA – After-hours duty offi­cer
Phone: 08 8688 3223

Injured wildlife:

With­in the park
Please con­tact Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice Port Lin­coln Officeon (08) 8688 3111 or the after-hours duty offi­cer on (08) 8688 3223

Out­side of the park
Please con­tact a local wildlife res­cue group

Marine mam­mals
If you find a sick or strand­ed marine mam­mal (includ­ing whales, seals, sea lions and dol­phins), please con­tact Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice Port Lin­coln Office on (08) 8688 3111 or the after-hours duty offi­cer on (08) 8688 3223

Sum­mer in Lin­coln Nation­al Park is per­fect, the weath­er is warm to hot and usu­al­ly dry. It’s great for camp­ing and ide­al for beach lovers. 

Each year between May and Octo­ber, you may spot south­ern right whales swim­ming off the Sleaford Bay coast­line in theThorny Pas­sage Marine Park.

If you vis­it dur­ing late win­ter and spring – the best time for walk­ing – you’re like­ly to see the park teem­ing with native flo­ra and birdlife.

Entry to Lin­coln Nation­al Park is 13km south west of Port Lin­coln via Prop­er Bay Rd. The park is on the south-east­ern tip of the Eyre Penin­su­la and is an 8 hour, 680km dri­ve from Adelaide.

The trip can be short­ened by tak­ing the fer­ry from Wal­la­roo to Cow­ell, when it is operating.

Mem­o­ry Cove Wilder­ness Pro­tec­tion Area is accessed via Lin­coln Nation­al Park and a key is required to get in.

• Park maps

Assis­tance dogs are per­mit­ted in most pub­lic places and are there­fore wel­come in South Australia’s parks and reserves. Assis­tance dogs must be appro­pri­ate­ly restrained on a lead and remain under your effec­tive con­trol at all times while in a park or reserve.

As per the dogs in parks and reserves pol­i­cy, if the dog is not an accred­it­ed assis­tance dog, they must be trained to assist a per­son with a dis­abil­i­ty to alle­vi­ate that dis­abil­i­ty and meet stan­dards of hygiene and behav­iour appro­pri­ate for a dog in a pub­lic place. How­ev­er, refusal may be giv­en if the per­son with the dis­abil­i­ty is unable to pro­duce evi­dence the dog is an assis­tance dog with the appro­pri­ate training.

Before tak­ing your assis­tance dog into a park that does not nor­mal­ly allow dogs, it is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed that you con­tact us so we can pro­vide you with the lat­est infor­ma­tion on any poten­tial haz­ards with­in spe­cif­ic parks that may affect your dog. Please con­tact the park via the con­tact details pro­vid­ed under the con­tact tab or con­tact the vis­i­tor ser­vice cen­tre viaemail or onFace­book.

Dogs are not per­mit­ted in this park.

Dis­cov­er which parks you can walk your dog in on ourfind a park tool or read12 dog-friend­ly walks in Ade­laide Parks by Good Liv­ing for inspiration.

There are a vari­ety of facil­i­ties avail­able at the camp­grounds with­in the park includ­ing car­a­van sites and camp­sites, check online for suit­abil­i­ty and availability.

Toi­lets are avail­able at the Sur­fleet Camp­ground, Taylor’s Land­ing Camp­ground, Sep­tem­ber Beach Camp­ground and Fish­er­man Point Campground. 

Pic­nic shel­ters are avail­able at the day vis­i­tor areas at Stam­ford and Sep­tem­ber Beach. 

A boat ramp is locat­ed at Taylor’s Landing. 

There is no water avail­able in the park and you must bring your own.

Col­lec­tion of wood for camp­fires is not per­mit­ted in the park and you must bring your own fire­wood for campfires.*

Gen­er­a­tors may be used in the park between the hours of 9am and 9pm, be con­sid­er­ate of oth­er park visitors.

*Restric­tions apply. Seefire safe­ty.

• Read about the5 trea­sures of Lin­coln Nation­al Park on the Good Liv­ing blog. 
• Read theInsid­er Guide: Lin­coln Nation­al Park on the Good Liv­ing blog.
• Explore what oth­ernature and out­door activ­i­ties are avail­able in this area on the South Aus­tralia Tourism website. 

• Mobile phone cov­er­age can be patchy and unre­li­able in this park, espe­cial­ly if you are in low-lying areas.

• Camp­ing safety
• Parks man­age­ment plans
• TrailsSA
• SA Marine Parks

• Impor­tant: Col­lec­tion of fire­wood with­in Nation­al Parks is pro­hib­it­ed. Dead wood plays a vital role in pro­vid­ing shel­ter for ani­mals and adding nutri­ents to the soil.

Take a vir­tu­al tour of this park. Get a taste for this coastal parks var­i­ous beach­es, coves and lookouts.

• Geo­ra­ma vir­tu­al tour

Plants

A large pro­por­tion of Lin­coln Nation­al Park is cov­ered with a mix­ture of mallee euca­lypts, some species of which are restrict­ed to south­ern Eyre Penin­su­la and Kan­ga­roo Island (Cof­fin Bay mallee, euca­lyp­tus albop­ur­purea), and the Port Lin­coln mallee euca­lyp­tus con­glo­ba­ta con­glo­ba­ta sub­species occurs on the south­ern tip of Eyre Peninsula.

The coastal dunes which main­ly occur along the south­ern coast are char­ac­terised by a closed heath dom­i­nat­ed by coastal beared heath (Leu­co­pogon parv­i­florus), wat­tle species and a vari­ety of oth­er low coastal shrubs.

The oth­er main veg­e­ta­tion type that rep­re­sents a dis­tinc­tive com­mu­ni­ty in its own right, but which has been exten­sive­ly mod­i­fied by graz­ing and farm­ing land uses, is the droop­ing sheoak wood­lands. This com­mu­ni­ty occurs pri­mar­i­ly inland and is com­prised of a diverse vari­ety of under­storey shrubs and grass­es. The shoeak wood­lands are the focus of habi­tat restora­tion activ­i­ty by vol­un­teers and rangers. 

Have you seen a goan­na on the Eyre Peninsula? 

Vis­i­tors can record their goan­na sight­ings and pho­tographs to help under­stand the recov­ery of goan­nas in this region. 

Have you seen a goanna?

Whales

There has been 29 dif­fer­ent types of whales record­ed in South Aus­tralia. The most com­mon are the south­ern right whale, hump­back whale, sperm whale, blue whale and orca whale (killer whale). Of these you are most like­ly to spot a south­ern right whale along the South Aus­tralian coast.

Every year, between May to Octo­ber, south­ern right whales gath­er along the south­ern coast­line of Aus­tralia to mate and calve, before return­ing to sub-Antarc­tic waters to feed.

The south­ern right whale is a large whale which can grow up to 17.5 metres and weigh over 80 tons. The vast major­i­ty of south­ern right whales are black in colour with dis­tinc­tive white pat­terns on their heads that are cal­lus­es formed by small crus­taceans known as​‘whale lice’. The pat­terns are vis­i­ble at birth and are unique to each whale allow­ing researchers to iden­ti­fy indi­vid­ual whales. 

Flo­ra and fau­na species lists

To down­load flo­ra (plants) and fau­na (ani­mals) species lists for this park, use the​‘Cre­ate Sim­ple Species List’ tab under​‘Flo­ra Tools’ or​‘Fau­na Tools’ inNatureMaps.

Vis­i­tors should be aware that intro­duced Euro­pean hon­ey bees may be present with­in this park. Take extra care in the warmer months, from spring through to autumn, when the bees swarm and are attract­ed to water sources.

You can help reduce the risk of bee stings by care­ful­ly man­ag­ing attrac­tants, such as food, drink­ing con­tain­ers and oth­er sources of mois­ture, such as dish­wa­ter and wet clothing.

Long cloth­ing, enclosed foot wear and insect repel­lents can also help to pro­tect from bee stings. If you have any aller­gies to bee stings, ensure you car­ry appro­pri­ate medication.

The Barn­gar­la and Nauo peo­ple used the rich food resources of the low­er Eyre Penin­su­la coast long before the arrival of Matthew Flinders. Their local knowl­edge and bush skills were greater than Flinders’ as they had mas­tered the art of har­vest­ing fresh­wa­ter from under­ground and coastal springs. They also made use of a wide vari­ety of fish, inland mam­mals, rep­tiles and plants. Fish traps made from stone arrange­ments, stone work­ing sites and mid­dens are still present in the park.

Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples have occu­pied, enjoyed and man­aged the lands and waters of this State for thou­sands of gen­er­a­tions. For Abo­rig­i­nal first nations, cre­ation ances­tors laid down the laws of the Coun­try and bestowed a range of cus­tom­ary rights and oblig­a­tions to the many Abo­rig­i­nal Nations across our state. 

There are many places across the State that have great spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance to Abo­rig­i­nal first nations. At some of these places Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al pro­to­cols, such as restrict­ed access, are pro­mot­ed and vis­i­tors are asked to respect the wish­es of Tra­di­tion­al Owners.

In places where pro­to­cols are not pro­mot­ed vis­i­tors are asked to show respect by not touch­ing or remov­ing any­thing, and make sure you take all your rub­bish with you when you leave.

Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples con­tin­ue to play an active role in car­ing for their Coun­try, includ­ing in parks across South Australia. 

• DEW Park management
• DEW Abo­rig­i­nal partnerships

Colo­nial his­to­ry in the Port Lin­coln area is first record­ed in Matthew Flinders’ voy­age of dis­cov­ery aboard the Inves­ti­ga­tor in 1802. He sur­veyed and mapped much of the coast­line of the low­er Eyre Penin­su­la, nam­ing many sites in and around Lin­coln Nation­al Park and Mem­o­ry Cove Wilder­ness Pro­tec­tion Area. Flinders erect­ed a plaque at a site he named Mem­o­ry Cove, in mem­o­ry of the crew he trag­i­cal­ly lost after their cut­ter was upset by rough seas in Thorny Pas­sage near Mem­o­ry Cove. Eight of the islands in the Thorny Pas­sage were named by Flinders in their memory. 

Pri­or to becom­ing a park, the area was farmed and grazed from the mid 1800s until the mid 1900s. Seal­ing occurred for a few decades in the ear­ly 1800s, but seal num­bers were deplet­ed so quick­ly that inter­est turned to whal­ing. A whal­ing sta­tion oper­at­ed in Spald­ing Cove from 1828 to about 1832. By the late 1840s, whale num­bers had declined to a point where whal­ing had become unviable. 

Lin­coln Nation­al Park is one of the state’s old­est reserves. The first sec­tion of park was estab­lished as a Flo­ra and Fau­na Reserve in 1941. The reserve was repro­claimed as a nation­al park in 1972, since then fur­ther addi­tions have been made so that, along with Mem­o­ry Cove Wilder­ness Pro­tec­tion Area approx­i­mate­ly 31,500 hectares are protected.

Fur­ther inspiration: 

• Explor­ing the Sleaford-Wan­na dune sys­tem in your4WD, stop­ping for a pic­nic lunch and to admire the vast expans­es of sand and the tur­bu­lent sea.
• Wak­ing in your camp­site right next to the beach and wan­der­ing down for an ear­ly morn­ing swim. 
• Look for whales swim­ming in Sleaford Bay from the Wan­na and Lone Pine look­outs between May and October.
• Check out10 things to see and do at Lin­coln Nation­al Park on Good Living.

There is an exten­sive net­work of walk­ing trails in Lin­coln Nation­al Park that will take you through native scrub and wood­land, over beach­es, and along cliff tops where you may be lucky enough to spot a sea-eagle or a dolphin.

• Bush­walk­ing in Lin­coln Nation­al Park brochure

Bush­walk­ing is a fan­tas­tic way to con­nect with nature, keep fit and spend time with fam­i­ly and friends. South Aus­trali­a’s nation­al parks fea­ture a range of trails that let you expe­ri­ence a diver­si­ty of landscapes.

Easy walks

• Stam­ford Hill to Sur­fleet Cove (1 hour, 2.7km)

  An ide­al coastal walk for you and your fam­i­ly. An easy coastal walk along Stam­ford Beach, past scenic gran­ite head­lands framed by the sea, with Boston Island in the dis­tance. A short detour from check­point 9 to Sur­fleet Point offers reward­ing views.

  Access: begins from the car park at the base of Stam­ford Hill (check­point 7) or Sur­fleet Cove camp­ground (check­point 10).

• Sur­fleet Cove to Spald­ing Cove (1 hour, 2.4km)

  A shel­tered walk with views of beau­ti­ful Spald­ing Cove. An easy, shel­tered walk adja­cent to the coast with glimpses of beau­ti­ful Spald­ing Cove. An ide­al fam­i­ly walk.

  Access: this walk begins from Sur­fleet Cove camp­ground (check­point 10) or Spald­ing Cove,4WD access (check­point 11).

Mod­er­ate hikes

• Cape Don­ing­ton to Sep­tem­ber Beach (30 mins, 1km)

  Good fam­i­ly hike along rocky coast­line. A short, easy hike through coastal heath. Enjoy the refresh­ing sea views and rocky coastline.

  Access: this hike begins from Cape Don­ing­ton light­house (check­point 15) or Sep­tem­ber Beach camp­ground (check­point 16).

• Car­case Rock to MacLaren Point (1 hr 30 mins, 4.5km)

  Unspoilt beach­es and coastal mallee. Shel­tered behind the for­dunes, the trail weaves through coastal mallee to an unspoilt beach.

  Access: this hike begins from Car­case Rock (between check­points 18 and 19) or MacLaren Point.4WD access to both start points.

• Don­ing­ton Loop Hike (2 hrs, 6.2km)

  Explore Don­ning­ton Penin­su­la. Admire off­shore islands, gran­ite out­crops and sandy beach­es as you explore Don­ing­ton Penin­su­la. Pop­u­la­tions of Aus­tralia sea-lions and long nosed fur-seals inhab­it Don­ing­ton Island near the lighthouse.

  Access: the hike begins from Cape Don­ing­ton light­house (check­point 15) or Sep­tem­ber Beach camp­ground (check­point 16).

• Fish­er­man Point to Cape Don­ing­ton (1 hr 45 mins, 4.9km)

  Views to Boston Bay. Enjoy the rich gran­ite hues and sandy beach­es of the north­ern tip of Lin­coln Nation­al Park. The trail offers panoram­ic views of Port Lin­coln, Boston Bay and off­shore island. Don­ing­ton Cot­tage, over­look­ing Spald­ing Cove, was built around 1899 by farmer and light­house keep­er, William Argent.

  Access: this hike begins from Fish­er­man Point camp­ground 9checkpoint 13) or Cape Don­ing­ton light­house (check­point 15).

• MacLaren Point to Tay­lor’s Land­ing (3 hrs, 8.5km)

  Spec­tac­u­lar coastal views and long, seclud­ed beach­es. The trail offers spec­tac­u­lar coastal views from cliff tops and fol­lows a long to a seclud­ed beach near Tay­lor’s Landing.

  Access: this hike begins from MacLaren Point (4WD access) to Tay­lor’s Land­ing camp­ground (check­point 20).

• Park entrance to Pil­lie Lake (2 hrs 30 mins, 7.8km)

  Seclud­ed walk through diverse veg­e­ta­tion. Skirt the coast on this seclud­ed trail with its var­ied veg­e­ta­tion and refresh­ing views of Prop­er Bay. Superb wild­flow­ers can be seen in spring.

  Access: this hike begins from the park entrance (check­point 1) or the north­ern end of Pil­lie Lake (check­point 2).

• Pil­lie Lake to Stam­ford Hill (4 hrs, 11.6km)

  Diverse habi­tats and views of Prop­er Bay. Dis­cov­er a vari­ety of habi­tats as the trail pass­es through inland mallee wood­land and near low coastal lime­stone cliffs. Pleas­ant sea views from sec­tions of the trail.

  Access: this hike begins from the north­ern end of Pil­lie Lake (check­point 1), wood­cut­ters Beach (check­point 4) or Stam­ford Hill (check­point 7).

• Sep­tem­ber Beach to Car­case Rock (1 hr 45 mins, 4.5km)

  Seclud­ed beach­es and scenic gran­ite coast­line. Scenic gran­ite coast­line with some of the most beau­ti­ful, seclud­ed beached in Lin­coln Nation­al Park.

  Access: this hike begins from Sep­tem­ber Beach (check­point 16) or from Car­case Rock (between check­points 18 and 19).

• Sleaford Mere to Park entrance (3 hrs, 8.9km)

  Explore the unique shores of Sleaford Mere.

• Sur­fleet Cove Loop Hike (1 hr 30 mins, 4.8km)

  Euca­lypt and tea-tree wood­land. A scenic walk along the shores of Prop­er Bay and Sur­fleet Cove, return­ing through euca­lypt and tea-tree woodland.

  Access: begins from Sur­fleet Cove camp­ground (check­point 10).

• Tay­lor’s Land­ing to Pil­lie Lake (4 hrs, 12km)

  Inland mallee wood­land with diverse bird life. Hike through open shrub­land and mallee wood­land. The diverse flo­ra pro­vides excel­lent habi­tat for many native bird species, includ­ing the elu­sive west­ern whipbird.

  Access: this hike begins from Tay­lor’s Land­ing (check­point 20) or Pil­lie Lake car park (check­point 2).

Hard Hikes

• Stam­ford Hill Hike (45 mins return, 1.6km)

  One of 40 Great Aus­tralian Short Walks, hike up Stam­ford Hill for mag­nif­i­cent views of Boston Bay, Port Lin­coln and Lin­coln Nation­al Park. Return the way you came. This hike offers spec­tac­u­lar panoram­ic views of Lin­coln Nation­al Park, Boston Bay and numer­ous off­shore islands from the his­toric Flinders Mon­u­ment at the top of Stam­ford Hill. Inter­pre­tive signs on the trail pro­vide infor­ma­tion about the area’s nat­ur­al his­to­ry. A rea­son­able chal­lenge, this trail has some mod­er­ate inclines but has a good trail surface.

  Access: this hike begins from the car park at the bas of Stam­ford Hill (near check­point 7).

• Stam­ford Hill Loop Hike (2 hr loop, 5.7km)

  Hike up Stam­ford Hill for mag­nif­i­cent views of Boston Bay, Port Lin­coln and Lin­coln Nation­al Park. Con­tin­ue down Stam­ford Hill to return to the car park via the Inves­ti­ga­tor Trail. Excel­lent views, tran­quil sur­rounds and inter­est­ing his­to­ry are fea­tures of this hike. Take in the mag­nif­i­cent panora­ma of Lin­coln Nation­al Park, Boston Bay and off­shore island from the his­toric Flinders Mon­u­ment at the top of Stam­ford Hill. Dis­cov­er his­toric ruins left by the wood­cut­ters (near check­point 6).

  Access: this hike begins from the car park at the base of Stam­ford Hill (near check­point 7).

• Wan­na Dunes to Sleaford Mere (5 hrs, 14.3km)

  Low mallee wood­land leads to a van­tage point pro­vid­ing a panora­ma over­look­ing the park. An excel­lent camp shel­ter for bush­walk­ers, the Bri­an Clarke Hut, is found at check­point 23. Mas­sive wind-sculp­tured sand dunes are a fea­ture of the Sleaford Bay coast­line. The exposed South­ern Ocean beach­es and lime­stone cliffs pro­vide an invig­o­rat­ing experience.

  Access: This hike begins from the car park, just south of check­point 22.

Treks

• Inves­ti­ga­tor Trail — Cape Don­ing­ton to Pil­lie Lake, Tay­lor’s Land­ing (10 hrs, 30.7km)

  Seclud­ed coastal and inland expe­ri­ence. Fol­low check­points 15 – 20, 3, 2. See theLin­coln Nation­al Park bush­walk­ing brochure for infor­ma­tion on which short­er walks this trek combines.

• Inves­ti­ga­tor Trail — Lin­coln Nation­al Park entrance to Cape Don­ing­ton (12 hrs, 36km)

  Shel­tered bays and sandy beach­es. Fol­low check­points 1 – 15. See theLin­coln Nation­al Park bush­walk­ing brochure for infor­ma­tion on which short­er walks this trek combines.

• Inves­ti­ga­tor Trail — Pil­lie Lake to main park entrance via Sleaford Mere (9 hrs, 26.3km)

  Mas­sive sand dunes , wind-swept cliffs and unique Sleaford Mere. Fol­low check­points 2, 3, 21−24,1. See theLin­coln Nation­al Park bush­walk­ing brochure for infor­ma­tion on which short­er walks this trek combines.

• The Inves­ti­ga­tor Trail

  A long-dis­tance walk­ing trail made up of sec­tions which can be indi­vid­u­al­ly walked or hiked — or trekked as a whole. The trail is clear­ly defined and marked with check­points at strate­gic loca­tions to ori­en­tate your­self. The trail con­tin­ues to the north out­side the park for anoth­er 31 km via Tul­ka and Port Lin­coln to North Shields. The sec­tion through Port Lin­coln is called the Parnkalla Trail.

The camp­grounds in Lin­coln Nation­al Park have easy access to beach­es, bays and walk­ing trails, mak­ing them an ide­al base to explore the parks’ nat­ur­al fea­tures. There is a camp­ground for all campers — from rel­a­tive­ly well devel­oped camp­sites, with pit toi­lets, that can be accessed by sealed roads to more seclud­ed, unde­vel­oped sites requir­ing a 4WD vehi­cle to access.

Fees and booking

Camp­ing fees apply and must be paid before you arrive.

• Book online
• FAQs about book­ing online

Car­case Rock Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground had two unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing areas for two vehicles.

Book before you go

Engine Point Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground has an unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing area for sev­en vehicles.

Book before you go 

Fish­er­man Point Campground

Suit­able for: off-road car­a­vans, off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: toilets

Open camp­ground with some shade on the shel­tered waters of Spald­ing Cove. This camp­ground has 19 allo­cat­ed campsites. 

Book before you go

Horse Rock Campground

Suit­able for: camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Locat­ed on the beach front of Port Lin­coln Prop­er Bay, this camp­ground has six campsites.

Book before you go

Horse Rock East Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle , this camp­ground is locat­ed on the shore of Port Lin­coln Prop­er Bay and has an unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing area for two vehicles.

Book before you go

Lin­coln Track Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground is locat­ed on the shore of Port Lin­coln Prop­er Bay and has an unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing area for four vehicles.

Book before you go

MacLaren Point North Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground is locat­ed on the east­ern coast of the Jussieu Penin­su­la and has two allo­cat­ed campsites.

Book before you go

Richard­sons Shack Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road car­a­vans, off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground is locat­ed on the shel­tered waters of Spald­ing Cove. This camp­ground has unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing areas for up to five vehicles.

Book before you go

Sep­tem­ber Beach Campground

Locat­ed only a short walk from pris­tine Sep­tem­ber Beach, this camp­ground has 12 campsites.

Ten sites (1−7 and 10 – 12) can beBooked online through the Nation­al park website.

Suit­able for: car­a­vans, camper vans, camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: toi­lets, water (non-potable), pic­nic facil­i­ties, fire pits

Book before you go 

Two sites (8 and 9) can be booked via theKata and Belle web­site.

Suit­able for: Glamping

Facil­i­ties:Kata and Belle pro­vide a glamp­ing ser­vice for these sites includ­ing; glamp­ing tent set­up and take down, a pri­vate ensuite with show­er and toi­let, water (non-potable).

Spald­ing Cove Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground is locat­ed on the shel­tered waters of Spald­ing Cove. This camp­ground has unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing areas for up to five vehicles.

Book before you go

Sur­fleet Campground

Suit­able for: car­a­vans, camper vans, camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: toi­lets and water (non-potable)

Locat­ed at Sur­fleet cove and over­look­ing the pro­tect­ed waters of Boston Bay, this shel­tered camp­ground has 19 camp­sites.
* Please note that camp fires are not per­mit­ted in this campground.

Book before you go

Tay­lors Land­ing Campground

Suit­able for: car­a­vans, camper vans, camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: toi­lets, water (non-potable), pic­nic facil­i­ties and boat ramp

Locat­ed on the east­ern coast of the Jussieu Penin­su­la, this camp­ground has five allo­cat­ed campsites.

Book before you go

Wise­mans Shack Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground is locat­ed on the shore of Port Lin­coln Prop­er Bay and has an unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing area for three vehicles.

Book before you go

Wood­cut­ters Beach Camp­ground (4WD)

Suit­able for: off-road camper trail­ers and tents

Facil­i­ties: none

Only acces­si­ble with a 4WD vehi­cle, this camp­ground is locat­ed on the shore of Port Lin­coln Prop­er Bay and has an unal­lo­cat­ed camp­ing area for two vehicles.

*Gen­er­a­tor use is per­mit­ted in all camp­grounds (9am — 9pm)

*Wood fires and sol­id fuel fires are pro­hib­it­ed dur­ing fire dan­ger sea­son (usu­al­ly 1 Novem­ber — 15 April). Wood fires and sol­id fuel are pro­hib­it­ed at all times at the Sur­fleet campground.

Book before you go

Don­ing­ton Cot­tage (sleeps six)

This cot­tage is nes­tled in the park’s nat­ur­al land­scape and over­looks the waters of Spald­ing Cove. This restored lodg­ings offers a great seclud­ed sea­side escape where you can relax on the per­go­la and enjoy the sea views.

The cot­tage is self-con­tained and can sleep up to six peo­ple. It has two bed­rooms, a lounge room, kitchen, bath­room and out­door toi­let. Elec­tric bar­be­cue facil­i­ties are also available.

Min­i­mum stay: two nights

Book­ings are essen­tial and can be made through:

Kata and Belle
Phone: 0420 986 326
Email:stay@​kataandbelle.​com
Vis­it Kata and Belle web­site

Sep­tem­ber Beach Campground

Kata and Belle offer​‘Glamp­ing’ in Sep­tem­ber Beach Camp­ground (sites 8 and 9). Ser­vice includes tent set­up and take down, a pri­vate ensuite with show­er and toilet.

Book­ings are essen­tial and can be made through:

Kata and Belle
Phone: 0420 986 326
Email:stay@​kataandbelle.​com
Vis­it Kata and Belle website

Mem­o­ry Cove Wilder­ness Pro­tec­tion Area , locat­ed with­in Lin­coln Nation­al Park, is a mag­nif­i­cent and seclud­ed bay with a pure white sandy beach, cra­dled between dense­ly veg­e­tat­ed headlands.

Mem­o­ry Cove pro­vides a very spe­cial camp­ing or day-vis­it wilder­ness experience.

Vehi­cle entry and camp­ing needs to be booked and a key col­lect­ed to enter Mem­o­ry Cove Wilder­ness Pro­tec­tion Area.

You can ride your bike on pub­lic roads and vehi­cle tracks with­in the park. The use of bikes on walk­ing trails is not permitted.

The Sleaford-Wan­na track offers some of the best sand dune dri­ving expe­ri­ences on the Eyre Penin­su­la. Fol­low the red mark­er posts and be reward­ed with scenery of mas­sive wind-sculpt­ed sand dunes, pound­ing surf and rugged lime­stone cliffs along the South­ern Ocean.

• 4WDriving safe­ty

There are excel­lent fish­ing spots all over Lin­coln Nation­al Park. Try beach fish­ing for Aus­tralian salmon at Millers Hole or Salmon Hole along the Sleaford-Wan­na Track (4WD only). Alter­na­tive­ly, cast your fish­ing line from any one of the shel­tered bays and coves scat­tered through­out the park.

Take care when fish­ing, make sure you know the tides and do not fish from slip­pery rocks. Many cliffs are under­cut and crum­bling. Be care­ful when walk­ing, fish­ing or dri­ving near any coastal area. 

If you plan to go off­shore, you can launch your boat from the beach at Tay­lor’s Land­ing or from one of the boat ramps in Port Lincoln.

There are sev­er­al marine parks with sanc­tu­ary zones where fish­ing is not allowed in the vicin­i­ty of Lin­coln Nation­al Park. The Sleaford Bay Sanc­tu­ary Zone is in theThorny Pas­sage Marine Park, which runs along the south­ern coast­line of Lin­coln Nation­al Park. The sanc­tu­ary zone lies between Wreck Beach and Wan­na Look­out. Shore-based recre­ation­al fish­ing is allowed, but all oth­er fish­ing is prohibited.

Fish­ing is active­ly man­aged in South Aus­tralia by theDepart­ment of Pri­ma­ry Indus­tries and ResourcesSA.
Check out these use­ful links before embark­ing on your fish­ing adventure:

• Recre­ation­al fish­ing regulations
• SA recre­ation­al fish­ing guide app
• Aquat­ic reserves

Each year between May and Octo­ber, you may spot south­ern right whales swim­ming off the Sleaford Bay coast­line in the Thorny Pas­sage Marine Park. The whales trav­el from sub-Antarc­tic waters to the shel­tered and warmer seas of south­ern Aus­tralia where they gath­er at spe­cial​“nurs­ery” beach­es to give birth and nurse their young, and mate before migrat­ing back to Antarc­tic waters in spring.

The most acces­si­ble whale spot­ting is from the Wan­na and Lone Pine lookouts.

Want to help?

To find out how you can help in this park or near­by, please vis­itNat­ur­al Resources Eyre Penin­su­la – Volunteering.

Want to join oth­ers and become a Park Friend?

To find out more about Friends of Parks groups please vis­itFriends of Parks South Australia.

You could join oth­ers to help look after a park. You can take part in work­ing bees, train­ing and oth­er events.

Become a Camp­ground Host

Com­bine your love of camp­ing with doing a good deed by becom­ing a vol­un­teer camp­ground host in this park.

A camp­ground host is a vol­un­teer who stays at the park either for a spe­cif­ic peak peri­od, like the East­er break or a long week­end, or an extend­ed peri­od of time (up to a few months) to sup­port park rangers. 

If you are pas­sion­ate about the envi­ron­ment, a keen camper, like to meet peo­ple from all around the world, and are a hap­py to help, then host­ing could be right up your alley. 

• SA’s Camp­ground Hosts Program

The inter­na­tion­al Trail Users Code of Con­duct is to show respect and cour­tesy towards oth­er trail users at all times.

Ensure that you:

• when hik­ing, wear stur­dy shoes, a hat and sunscreen
• be aware of weath­er con­di­tions and avoid walk­ing dur­ing the hottest part of the day
• make sure you have appro­pri­ate weath­er proof clothing
• car­ry enough water to be self-sufficient
• please be respect­ful of oth­er users at all times
• stay on the des­ig­nat­ed trails and con­nec­tor tracks for your own safe­ty, and pre­vent the spread of declared weeds to oth­er areas in the park
• ensure some­one knows your approx­i­mate loca­tion and expect­ed time of return
• take appro­pri­ate maps.
• Walk, hike or trek — what’s the difference?

When camp­ing in a Nation­al Park, it’s impor­tant to remem­ber the following:

• Always let some­one respon­si­ble know your trav­el plans, espe­cial­ly when trav­el­ling in remote areas. It’s a good idea to let them know when you expect to return.
• Check the weath­er fore­cast before you leave, includ­ing overnight tem­per­a­tures on theBureau of Mete­o­rol­o­gy. Even dur­ing very mild weath­er, the nights can get very cold. 
• The qual­i­ty and quan­ti­ty of water can­not be guar­an­teed with­in parks. Please bring plen­ty of water and food to be self-sufficient.
• Always camp in des­ig­nat­ed sites (where applic­a­ble) — do not camp beneath trees with over­hang­ing branch­es, as they can drop with­out warn­ing. It’s also a good idea to check that there are no insect nests nearby.
• Check to make sure you’re not camp­ing in a nat­ur­al water­way, flash floods can hap­pen anytime.
• If camp fires are per­mit­ted, you must bring your own fire­wood, as the col­lec­tion of fire­wood with­in Nation­al Parks is pro­hib­it­ed. Extin­guish your camp fire with water (not sand or dirt) until the hiss­ing sound stops.
• Ensure that you are famil­iar with thefire restric­tions for this park.

Main­tain­ing the legal dis­tance from marine mam­mals such as whales, dol­phins and seals is impor­tant, both for our safe­ty and that of the animals.

The ani­mals may be seri­ous­ly injured if they are struck by a ves­sel or fright­ened young may become sep­a­rat­ed from their moth­ers. Even if there is no con­tact, com­ing too close can dis­rupt feed­ing, breed­ing and migra­to­ry behaviours.

Reg­u­lar water users should make them­selves famil­iar with all the rules for inter­act­ing with marine mam­mals by view­ing theNation­al Parks and Wildlife (Pro­tect­ed Ani­mals – Marine Mam­mals) Reg­u­la­tions 2010.

In the Water

• Pre­scribed ves­sels (high-pow­ered craft such as jet-skis, hydro­foils and boats used for water ski­ing or paraglid­ing): Nev­er clos­er than 300m.
• Oth­erves­sels (for exam­ple, cab­in cruis­ers, yachts,​‘tin­nies’, inflat­a­bles, kayaks, wind surfers and kite surfers): No clos­er than 100m.
• Oth­er ves­sels with­in 300m of a whale: No anchor­ing; max­i­mum speed 4 knots; max­i­mum time 60 minutes.
• Swim­mers (includ­ing surfers and boo­gie board­ers): No clos­er than 30m.

On Land

• No clos­er than 30m (or 50m if the whale is dis­tressed, strand­ed or entangled)

In the air

• Planes and remote­ly pilot­ed air­crafts (drones) must be at least 300m from any whale or oth­er marine mam­mal (addi­tion­alCiv­il Avi­a­tion Safe­ty Author­i­tyrestric­tions apply).
• Heli­copters and gyro­copters must be at least 500m from any whale or oth­er marine mammal.

Spe­cial rules exist for:

• whale calves: all ves­sels and swim­mers – no clos­er than 300m
• dis­tressed, strand­ed or entan­gled whales: all ves­sels and swim­mers – no clos­er than 300m

Can I have a fire or barbecue?

• Ensure you are famil­iar with thefire restric­tions for this park.
• You must bring your own fire­wood, as the col­lec­tion of fire­wood with­in Nation­al Parks is prohibited.
• Gas fires and liq­uid fuel fires are per­mit­ted through the year, oth­er than on days of total fire ban.
• Wood fires and sol­id fuel fires are per­mit­ted through­out the year between high water mark and low water mark, oth­er than on days of total fire ban.
• Fires of any kind and gen­er­a­tors are not per­mit­ted in Mem­o­ry Cove

Clo­sures and safety

This park is closed on days of Cat­a­stroph­ic Fire Dan­ger and may also be closed on days of Extreme Fire Danger.

You can deter­mine the cur­rent fire dan­ger rat­ing by check­ing theFire Ban Dis­trict map on theCFS website.

Check theCFS web­site or call theCFS Bush­fire Infor­ma­tion Hot­line 1800 362 361 for:

• Infor­ma­tion on fire bans and cur­rent fire conditions
• Cur­rentCFS warn­ings and incidents
• Infor­ma­tion on what to do in the event of a fire.

Lis­ten to yourlocal area radio sta­tion for the lat­est updates and infor­ma­tion on fire safety.

Strong cur­rents and rips can make swim­ming dan­ger­ous in this area.

Do not climb on, or fish from slip­pery rocks. 

When 4WDriving in the park and on the beach, it is impor­tant to be aware of the following:

• Stan­dard road rules apply when dri­ving any­where in the park, includ­ing the laws for speed lim­its, drink dri­ving, vehi­cle reg­is­tra­tion and seat belts.
• Take extreme care when dri­ving in the park – be aware of blind cor­ners, crests and nar­row two-way tracks.
• Observe all track and safe­ty signs, espe­cial­ly​‘No pub­lic access’ signs.
• Do not take your vehi­cle off the des­ig­nat­ed tracks. Wildlife can be threat­ened and pre­cious habi­tat and indige­nous sites can be dam­aged by off track driving.
• Check tide times before dri­ving on beach­es and avoid dri­ving on beach­es at high tide.
• Expect vary­ing road con­di­tions along beach­es, with sandy, bog­gy and rocky patches.
• Get­ting bogged in sand is com­mon. Make sure you know what to do in the event of get­ting bogged and always car­ry a shovel.
• When dri­ving on sand, deflate your tyres as appro­pri­ate for your vehi­cle. Don’t for­get to rein­flate your tyres to the manufacturer’s rec­om­mend­ed pres­sure before leav­ing the park. Take care when low­er­ing tyre pres­sure as there is risk you could roll the tyre off its rim. Also, remem­ber that low­er tyre pres­sure can mean a change in how the vehi­cle handles.

Every nation­al park is dif­fer­ent, each has its own unique envi­ron­ment, it is impor­tant to be respon­si­ble while enjoy­ing all the park has to offer.

Please ensure that you:

• leave your pets at home
• do not feed birds or oth­er ani­mals, it pro­motes aggres­sive behav­iour and an unbal­anced ecology
• do not bring gen­er­a­tors (except where per­mit­ted), chain­saws or firearms into the park
• leave the park as you found it — there are no bins in nation­al parks, please come pre­pared to take your rub­bish with you. 
• abide by the road rules (main­tain the speed limit)
• respect geo­log­i­cal and her­itage sites
• do not remove native plants
• are con­sid­er­ate of oth­er park users.

• Impor­tant: Col­lec­tion of fire­wood with­in Nation­al Parks is pro­hib­it­ed. Dead wood plays a vital role in pro­vid­ing shel­ter for ani­mals and adding nutri­ents to the soil.

• Be aware, there are fer­al bees in the park that are attract­ed to water sources in summer.
• Many cliffs are under­cut and crum­bling. Please take extreme care when walk­ing, fish­ing or dri­ving near any coastal area.

Pleasepay vehi­cle entry before you arrive.

Book and pay in person

If you are unable to book and pay online you can do so, in per­son, at thesebook­ing agents across the state.

For online book­ings enquiries please email:

DEWEPOnlineBookings@​sa.​gov.​au

Camp­ing

Camp­ing fees apply and must be paid before you arrive.

Camp­ing fees are chang­ing in this park from Fri­day 1 July 2022.

• Book online
• FAQs about book­ing online

Book and pay in person

If you are unable to book and pay online you can do so, in per­son, at thesebook­ing agents across the state.

For online book­ings enquiries please email:

DEWEPOnlineBookings@​sa.​gov.​au

Accom­mo­da­tion

Don­ing­ton Cot­tage (sleeps 6)

This cot­tage has two bed­rooms, a lounge room, kitchen, fridge, hot show­er and flush toi­let. Elec­tric bar­be­cue facil­i­ties and a per­go­la are also available.

$114 per night
Min­i­mum stay: 2 nights

If you intend to vis­it often, you may like to pur­chase any of the below park passes.

12 month vehi­cle entry for a sin­gle park

Is this your favourite park? If you vis­it more than five times a year, it’s more eco­nom­i­cal to pur­chase a 12 month vehi­cle entry for a sin­gle park pass.

• Buy a 12 month vehi­cle entry for sin­gle park pass now
• Buy in per­son at a Park Pass outlet
• Park Pass­es FAQs

2 and 12 month vehi­cle entry for mul­ti­ple parks pass

Are you want­i­ng to explore a num­ber ofSA’s nation­al parks? Pur­chas­ing a 2 or 12 month vehi­cle entry for mul­ti­ple parks pass can offer you val­ue for mon­ey and convenience.

The 2 and 12 month vehi­cle entry for mul­ti­ple parks pass enti­tle you to vehi­cle entry for not just this park, but up to an addi­tion­al 10 parks as well!

• Buy a Park Pass now 
• Buy a park pass in person
• Park Pass­es FAQs

There are no oth­er fees or per­mits asso­ci­at­ed with this park.