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Port Lincoln; Number 3 top spot for tourists
January 13th, 2012 by LunchPort Lincoln, the Seafood Capital of Australia is now placed 3rd on the list of South Australia’s top 10 destinations behind Adelaide and Mt. Gambier.
And I thought it would rank higher with our unique adventure activities such as Great White shark cage diving, swimming with sealions and tuna, sensational sports fishing either on a charter or off a secluded beach. Speaking of beaches, these are to die for wether it would be for surfing, swimming, snorkeling, body surfing or just lazing about watching the kids build sandcastles and having fun.
You dont get seafood any fresher or plentiful and there are award winning wineries, picturesque National Parks full of wild life and birdlife, 4WD tracks, the Great Australian Bight Treks, resteraunts, pubs and standout accommodation.
A few people reckon the distance is too far or it costs too much. Rubbish! Check out Regional Express (REX) or Qantas Link for cheap flights that only take 40 minutes to get here from Adelaide. Goin’ Off Safaris will pick you up if required and give you 2-6 days of a action packed itinerary like no other or we can organise your agenda and drive yourself! What are you waiting for…..??
Ultimate shark diving adventure
October 2nd, 2011 by LunchFor anyone who wants 2 days of Ultimate Ocean Adventure to tick off some of your bucket list items, well here’s a package to get you going. In another first for the seafood capital of Australia in Port Lincoln, this really is world class action packed weekend, designed to cover the big 5 ocean experiences off Eyre Peninsula’s southern waters.
We are now offering you the chance to interact with and get up close and personal with Great White sharks, the powerful Southern Bluefin Tuna, Australian Sealions, Bottlenose Dolphins and when in season, the Southern Right Whales. Over 2 sensational days packed full of adrenalin pumping adventure aboard the spectacular & fully kitted out 78ft Strictly Business, for $1300.00 per person this includes the following;
- Multiple Great White shark cage dives including night diving at Shark Bay, Neptune Islands
- Swim with and feed the mighty Southern Bluefin Tuna off Boston Bay Island
- Swim with the puppies of the ocean, the Australian Sealions at Seal Cove
- Close up viewing of Bottlenose dolphins and Southern Right Whales (when is season)
- Deep sea fishing targeting Tuna, Snapper, Trevally, Nannagai, Shark, Blue Morwong, King George Whiting and what ever takes the bait!
- Fully catered meals and after dinner drinks
- All of your fishing and diving equipment
- Your own bunk for overnight stay and a
- Bloody fantastic experience!
The boat is aptly named Strictly Business and she has been superbly renovated to cater for charters like this one, with the passenger in mind. Limited to 9 lucky guests, the boat is fully equipped with air conditioning, heaps of room on the rear deck and fly bridge, a large and comfortable saloon with flat screen TV, a superb sound system and the latest in ocean software and technology. There is even a camera hooked up to the shark cage so that you can see the underwater vision from the large flat-screen on the deck! Did I mention the cold beer on tap…? Well that’s included as well.
As this is limited to 9 passengers, this adventure is perfect for a group of friends, corporate or team bonding retreat, special occassions or we can also make sure the sole traveller is looked after as well. We can also organize group charter flights ex Adelaide for your group.
With only limited dates to fill over the summer months, seats on this pearler of a trip will go quick. For a detailed itinerary, availabilities, dates and contact details, please visit our Shark Cage Diving page.
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- The Stylish 4 Star Port Lincoln Hotel
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- It’s Not Bad At The Top
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- Massive King George Whiting
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- Goin’ Off Safaris- Ultimate Ocean Adventure- Great White Shark
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- Goin’ Off Safaris- Ultimate Ocean Adventure- Swimming With The Famous Southern Bluefin Tuna
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- Inside The Shark Cage
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- Goin’ Off Safaris- Ultimate Ocean Adventure- Strictly Business In Flight
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- Goin’ Off Safaris- Ultimate Ocean Adventure- A Big White Female Just Lurking Around
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- Sea Lions – Puppy Dogs Of The Seas
Colebrook Luxury Log Home, Pt.Lincoln
June 19th, 2011 by LunchEyre Peninsula now has yet another world class jewel to add to its crown. This time its in the form of an amazing new property aptly named “Colebrook” in Charlton Gully, just out of the seafood capital of Australia, Port Lincoln.
Designed by owners Shane and Rebecca Cole, Colebrook is an outstanding rural retreat that offers a relaxed country experience without foregoing the small luxuries of everyday life. The Cole’s youthful exubarance and passion to the property is shown immediately as you enter through an impressive stone entrance, then the gently sloping landscape of ‘Colebrook’ envelopes you within the 10 acres of its unique natural setting!
Featuring two spring fed lakes stocked with rainbow trout, murray cod and yabbies, and surrounded by mature stands of native eucalypts, Colebrook has been purpose designed to enhance that special country getaway feeling.
Perfectly complimenting its beautiful natural setting, the lodge has been intentionally designed to replicate the luxury log homes and lodges of rural Canada. The expansive 4 bedroom lodge easily accommodates 10 people, and incorporates a number of entertaining areas that would suit almost any situation.
Built over three levels, the entry and living level features a gourmet kitchen that opens onto a central ‘Great Room’ that is the heart of the lodge. Featuring 5m high cathedral ceilings, recycled timber flooring and a huge stacked stone fireplace, the ‘Great Room’ in turn opens through French doors onto a vast entertaining deck overlooking the main lake.
Two adjacent wings include a private retreat with walk-in-robe and ensuite, and a family guest wing with two double bedrooms and a bathroom that features a clawfoot bath and reclaimed timber vanity. The self contained lower level comprises a central walk out basement, with a bunk room, sauna and central recreation room that features an open fireplace, piano and a large wet bar with two bar fridges. The adjacent terrace includes a 6 person spa whilst an upper level mezzanine office opens out over the ‘Great Room’.
Guest facilities at ‘Colebrook’ include:
- 4 luxury appointed bedrooms with 3.5 bathrooms – master with ensuite & LCD TV in-built DVD
- 2 guest lounges with open fires, Plasma and LCD TV’s, piano and BOSE integrated sound system with iPod dock
- Reverse cycle airconditioning
- Complimentary wireless internet/email facilities and local telephone calls
- Indoor sauna & hot tub under the stars
- BBQ
- Gourmet meals available by prior arrangement*
- Laundry facilities
- Organic cotton bed linen, towels, hair dryer,
toiletries and heated tiled floors - Fishing rods and yabbie pots
- Binoculars for bird watching on deck
- Equestrian accommodation, feed/fodder and facilities available upon request – stable, paddocks (post, rail and electric fenced) and all weather 40 x 20 dressage arena*
*Additional cost
Well supported by us at Goin’ Off Safaris, Colebrook will add another dimension to our accommodation/package options and where we can incoorperate this property whilst showcasing the regions many highlights that it has to offer. Picture coming back to a fresh seafood smorgasboard or a lamb roast, specially prepared by our own chef after a day on the water fishing, swimming with Great White sharks, tuna and sealions or sightseeing along our magnificent coastline, sand boarding or local wine tasting for the day and we then lay it on for you whilst you are relaxing in this amazing comfort!
We can even fly you and your group in for a perfect retreat away weather its with families, friends or even work conferences where you will still be able to enjoy the delights of our region.
Check out the images below of this beautiful property and more details at the Colebrook website.
Great Whites loving ACDC!
June 9th, 2011 by LunchThere are new fans in the ACDC mosh pit! These are a little different species to the ones that most are used to in the pit; Bigger, faster, meaner and more ferocious. They are also graceful, intelligent and also scare the living bejesus out anything that gets close to them!
This is the Great White Shark and the new stage with the volume cranking is Shark Bay, Neptune Island and just a 2.5 hour cruise off Port Lincoln, South Australia. Like many others, I’ve been drawn to the ACDC rockers over their journey but did not expect these predators of the ocean been drawn to them as well!
Proven and friendly partners of Goin’ Off Safaris, is world class operator Matt Waller of Adventure Bay Charters who is enticing sharks to his cage and boat and offering the only berley free Eco friendly Great White Shark Cage Diving Experience in Australia!!! Matt is using audio sound vibrations to attract the world’s largest predatory fish, with ACDC being the Great Whites favourite music!! The benefits of using the sound vibration is that it is omnidirectional and instantaneous and completely eco friendly.
Shark action has been red hot for some time now with 5-7 sharks still being seen daily so next time your doing the air guitar to Thunderstruck, dancing like Angus Young and jamming to Hells Bells, think of the sharks and get on down here!
2011 Cancer Council SA Glitz and Hammer Ball
May 30th, 2011 by LunchA few months ago, Goin Off Safaris was asked if we would like to contribute a little something to the 2011 Cancer Council SA’s Glitz and Hammer Ball.
The Glitz & Hammer Ball is an annual gala ball organised by an external committee, supporting Cancer Council SA’s work within the community, with all funds raised going directly to Cancer Council SA to support cancer treatment, research, prevention, early detection, education and information.
We are all affected somehow by this disease, so we put together a 4 day/ 4 night package on the magnificent Eyre Peninsula, to be auctioned off on the evening, in the hope of raising several thousand’s of dollars to go to this cause. With the Port Lincoln Hotel, Adventure Bay Charters, Flinders Keepers Accommodation, Coffin Bay Explorer, Rex Airlines, GT Fishing Charters, Port Lincoln Limos, Cafe DelGiornio and us at Goin’ Off Safaris all donating their services, the package came out at just under a $11,000 auction item!
For 4 persons, this is now the major auction item which consists of;
- 2 nights accommodation at the Port Lincoln Hotel
- Great White shark cage diving
- swim with Australian sealions and Southern Bluefin Tuna
- 3 hours cruising the tranquil waterways of Coffin Bay & eating fresh Coffin Bay oysters
- Full day off shore fishing charter
- Full day of sight seeing, beach fishing,sand boarding, snorkeling and swimming
- 2 nights waterfront in beautiful Coffin Bay
- Seafood dinner platter for 4
- 4 course dinner prepared by our in house chef
- Airport pickup & return in style by limousine
I’m sure you would agree that this sounds like a lot of fun! The ball is on this Saturday, the 4th of June at the Adelaide Convention Centre and hosted by Troy Gray, with entertainment by stars such as Lisa Edwards and the Motown Connection! Its going to be a great show and there are still plenty of tickets available and for more information, click here.
CH Ten’s 7PM Project, Great White Shark Cage Dive
February 8th, 2011 by LunchIt was all happening a few days ago, when we loaded up some of the Channel Ten’s 7Pm Project team for a day of filming the Great White Sharks at the Neptune Islands off Port Lincoln.
The Projects lucky correspondent for the day was Julian Schiller who performed admirably all day and really did not want to go home! Also on board was the Adelaide Review’s Jim Plouffe and his photographer, staff of the South Australian Tourist Commission who drew a short straw and the programs producer Margie Smithurst.
Once out at the Neptunes, it was less than a minute when a big 5m male rolled in to check us out with 3 of his mates joining in over the next 5 hours. With crystal clear waters, cameras rolling and the stars on display and performing, all we had to do was to sit back and watch these unbelievable predators lurk around us.
In the cage itself, you really did feel at ease as if you were at a massive aquarium viewing these beauties. Complacent even, as at times my arm found its way out of cage just to try and get the better video shot and image!
The days screening will be shown Tuesday the 8th of February at yep, 7PM! You can check out more of the shark cage dive footage and program at the 7Pm Project’s website.
Shark Week on Discovery Channel & Pt.Lincoln
December 12th, 2010 by Lunch
Shark week has kicked off on the Discovery Channel, showing all kinds of sharks, shark facts and some amazing footage.
To get a better grasp of these magnificant predators is to come on down to Port Lincoln and jump in a cage to view the Great White Sharks in all their glory. We are still seeing 3-6 big sharks daily, so plenty of action. For more details contact Goin’ Off Safaris here.
It’s bigger than Oprah’s visit to Australia!!
Extreme Ocean Adventures
November 15th, 2010 by LunchJust found a great website for all serious water thrill seekers at Adrenalin Charged Water Adventures. The activity list is quite impressive as it lists 25 charged up adventures that you can have around Australia. Whats more interesting though is that 16 of these “must do” ocean adventures, can be done right here in the one small area on Eyre Peninsula with us at Goin’ Off Safaris!
The 16 ocean activities for the active & listed in order as they appear are;
- Swimming with dolphins
- Fishing ( we do in-shore, off-shore, beach/surf fishing and 2-5 day live a board charters)
- Jetskiing
- Kiteboarding
- Parasailing
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Sea Kayaking and canoeing
- Swimming with Sea Lions
- Stand up paddle boarding
- Surfing
- Swimming with Tuna
- Swimming with sharks ( these are the real deal Great Whites!)
- Water skiing
- Windsurfing
- Cruises
How ’bout that for a list….? We may even see you down here!
Adventurer Colin McCallum raises awareness on Ovarian Cancer
October 25th, 2010 by LunchHere’s a great story about Colin McCallum, who lost his beloved wife through ovarian cancer and his now doing his best to raise awareness to us all about this disease. Colin contacted us a Goin’ Off Safaris as he badly wants to come to Pt.Lincoln to go shark cage diving amongst the Great Whites!
As part of Colin’s plight to raise awarness, he has just recently returned from Russia and after months of training, he got kitted up and flew a MIg 29 jet fighter to the edge of space to raise awareness for the silent symptoms for Ovarian Cancer! His story has just been on ABC TV in Perth, so click here for the full story.
The images that Colin sent us are below from his day in the MIG. Good on ya mate I say!
The dressing room where it all begins ,suit tighter than tight , these guys had to hod it open while I jumped of the ladder into it
Suit no 2 not just as tight
The walk to the transport that takes you to Mig with test pilot Uri and Erina
Going over plane construction and how they operate , whatever you do , never ever put bubble gum on the tip of the aircraft otherwise all communications are gone
Much better than construction where did I go wrong ?
The power plant 2 – widely spaced RD – 33 turbofan each rated at
18 000 plus Lb in afterburner. They are spaced apart to help generate lift , reduce wing loading and help maneuverability
Learning a few basics
A wee Scottish joke about who pulls the ejection handles in case of an emergency
They are fitted with a K 36 DM ejection seat which has had a lot of success in emergency escapes. Procedure is to tuck arms and legs tight with head pushed back to try and prevent anything snapping in the process of exit, as the rocket has a lot of force behind it. All joking aside Uri has lost 2 good friends who were test pilots in these planes but he said at least they passed doing something they loved
Picture before leaving
After the flight
Hope everyone is well and I hope this trip has brought a little more awareness towards Ovarian Cancer
Take care