Whyalla - Whyalla

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Whyalla
StateSouth Australia
Residents
21.751 (2016)
height
20 m
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Whyalla

Whyalla is a city in South Australia on Spencer Gulf, 76 km south of Port Augusta.

The city was a very important location for iron and steel production and in its heyday had the largest shipyard in Australia, a coking plant, a steel mill and up to 33,000 inhabitants. Today there is only the only manufacturer of railway sleepers left there, the population has dropped to around 21,000.

getting there

By plane

By bus

In the street

mobility

Map of Whyalla

Tourist Attractions

  • Whyalla Tourist Information Center, Lincoln Hwy, Whyalla SA 5600 (PO Box 126) (at the HMS Whyalla with the entrance to the Maritime Museum). Tel.: 61 8 8645 7900 (Toll Free: 61 1800 088 589), Fax: 61 8 8645 3620, Email: . Open: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weekends and holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Cuttlefish. w: Sepia apama or English Cuttlefish, to be found in very high numbers off Whyalla from May to August, an experience for every diver / snorkeler.
  • Dolphins. In the gulf and sometimes following the boats to the port of the city.
  • HMAS Whyalla. The very first ship built at the local shipyard is now at the north entrance to the city on the Lincoln Highway.
  • Whyalla Maritime Museum. At the HMAS Whyalla with exhibition and ship inspection.
  • Whyalla Fauna and Reptile Park
  • Mount Laura Homestead Museum
  • Hummock Hill. Lookout point.

activities

  • Visiting a Steel mill: Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:30 am from the Visitor Information Center (at HMS Whyalla), duration 2 hours, sturdy shoes recommended

shop

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

trips

  • Iron Knob. A former mining town on the "Eisensteinberge" (Iron Stone hills), today a ghost town with sightseeing without a guide, about 25 km northwest.
  • Point Lowly Lighthouse. Built in 1883, on the coast, about 20 km north.

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