Eyre Peninsula

12 November 2015

"Australia's seafood frontier." That's how the exploreeyrepeninsula web site describes the most westerly region of South Australia.  With so many people working on and around the water you can understand why VACSWIM is so popular with 25 beach or pool locations.

Eleven of the programs take place on a beach and are delivered by the Surf Life Saving South Australia and the names of the beaches, such as Coffin Bay and Lucky Bay, reflect the sometimes unforgiving nature of this wild coastline. 

The Surf and Survive program delivered by Surf Life Saving is all about providing children with appropriate beach and sea safety skills. The aim is for parents to enjoy peace of mind while their children enjoy the water.

The beach based programs are popular with both locals and holiday makers with many participants living in Adelaide and enjoying VACSWIM as part of their holiday.

On the other hand, most of the pool based programs involve local residents.  Pool programs take place in all population centres from Port Lincoln in the south through Cummins and Lock in the middle, Whyalla and Port Augusta in the east and Ceduna and Streaky Bay in the west.  For the latter there are two location - Streaky Bay Jetty Pool and Streaky Bay Area School - so residents and holiday makers at Streaky Bay are loving VACSWIM.

So, if you live local or will be visiting on holiday make sure you don't miss out on booking a place in one of the Eyre Peninsula - they're filling up fast!