Eyre Peninsula

Not four steps down the production line, but right where it all begins. On the Eyre Peninsula, you’ll taste the ocean’s story from the first bite. As you stand in the shallow waters of an oyster farm, you cup the freshly shucked shellfish in your hand and find it's surprisingly heavy for its size. Bringing it to your lips, the creamy texture bursts with the flavour of the sea. Even as the cold water creeps up your waist, your waders keep you warm, holding you secure. That’s how locals make you feel here, no matter what the waters have in store. That generosity is obvious as you're served up butter-coated abalone to settle the stomach after coming face-to-face with great whites on a cage dive. Later, as the sun sinks below the glassy waters, your friends pick at battered fish and salty chips, laughing about your failed moonwalk through the shallows in flippers. Here on the Seafood Frontier, it’s not just the freshness of the food that makes it taste different — but where you’re eating it.