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The Steel City, where a warship sits beside the highway

The ex-HMAS Whyalla, a World War II corvette and the first ship built in Whyalla during the war, now stands beside the Lincoln Highway, where it was moved in 1987, and the Whyalla Maritime Museum runs guided tours of it.

Ships and steel explain the rest. Whyalla, called Hummock's Hill until 1916, is known as the Steel City for its integrated steelworks and shipbuilding heritage. Its port has shipped iron ore since 1903, and with Port Pirie and Port Augusta it forms the Iron Triangle.

Whyalla sits on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula and is considered one of the best places to fish there, with the beach and the jetty drawing the anglers. In 1998 Bennett Oval staged an NRL match in which the Illawarra Steelers beat the Adelaide Rams 39 to 4, which is still good for an argument.

Meeting up around the gulf

Casual sex still starts with a public first meeting: the Maritime Museum, the beach and the jetty all suit one, and the volunteer-run Mount Laura Homestead Museum makes a quiet second stop. Summers are hot, with January afternoons averaging 30°C, while winters are mild and rain stays low all year.

In a straight line, Port Pirie is 45 kilometres away across the gulf and Port Augusta 63, though the drive to Port Pirie runs round the head of the gulf. Adelaide is 231 kilometres off and Port Lincoln 246, again in a straight line. Let someone you trust know where you are going, and see how the site protects you.