Continuing the seafood theme, I’ve just returned to Adelaide after three days on Eyre Peninsula, including a visit to Port Lincoln (pictured above).
Port Lincoln is said to be the largest fishing port in the southern hemisphere. It is renowned as the major base for fishing southern bluefin tuna.
The town’s most famous son is Dean Lukin, who won gold in the super heavyweight category at the 1984 Olympics. He carried the Australian flag during the closing ceremony of the 1984 games, and remains Australia’s only Olympic gold medallist for weightlifting.
Dean Lukin
I sometimes reflect that I might have become editor of the Port Lincoln Times if I had made some different decisions around the time I was editor at Ceduna in 1993.
If we had bought our first house there instead of Port Pirie we’d be much wealthier today, because it’s a very prosperous community.
The wealth has come largely from the seafood industry, but tourism, farming and mining are also strong industries.
During the visit I enjoyed some excellent local seafood, including succulent prawns, filleted sardines, squid, tuna and oysters.
The picture below was taken at a fish processing facility.
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