Port Pirie

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Port Pirie is South Australia's first provincial city and a thrilling industrial and commercial centre, which boasts a large market garden as well as a fishing industry. It is located on the eastern shore of Spencer Gulf, 229 kms north of Adelaide.

The city has excellent accommodation options and exceptional seven day shopping. Tourist visiting Port Pirie will enjoy the beautiful parks, the picnic spots of Memorial Park and Solomontown Beach, the National Trust Museum and a look at the largest lead smelter in the world, which processes silver, lead and zinc to be transported from Port Pirie’s large port.

'The City of Friendly People', Port Pirie boasts a great city atmosphere of history and culture, intermingled with an industrial feel. The streets are lined with historic buildings, museums and galleries.

Port Pirie is the servicing point for the Indian Pacific, the Transcontinental and the Ghan luxury express trains.

• Visit the National Trust Museum in the Old Railway Station
• Take a relaxing walk along Solomontown Beach
• Tourist Info and the Regional Art Gallery at the Port Pirie Tourism and Arts Centre
• Take a tour around the Port Pirie Lead Smelter, thw world's largest
• Boating, fishing & water sports on Port Pirie's waterways
• Day trips to the Flinders Ranges and other National parks
• Memorial Park, dedicated to war veterans
• Port Pirie Festival of Country Music held in Sept/Oct
• Blessing of the Fleet on the 2nd Sunday of Sept