Nestled within the Port Lincoln National Park, MacLaren Point can be accessed only with a 4WD.  The track in is very rocky and uneven.  Care should be taken.

Lincoln National Park is about 12 kilometres from Port Lincoln.  Port Lincoln is about 650 kilometres from Adelaide.  It will cost you, currently, $8.50 per car to enter the National Park and $6 a night to camp at MacLaren Point.  (Correct change is needed as permits are obtained from a self registration station).

After entering the park, the road becomes unsealed, but it is quite well maintained.  Maps are available from the park entrance, so follow the road to left until you reach the turn off to MacLaren Point.  From memory, I think there is only 4 kilometres of track to negotiate before the Point is reached.

After bouncing and bumping your way through the bush, the track travels behind the dunes at the back of the beach and ends at a large clearing.  This is the camping area.  There are low bushes that offer a little shelter, but not much else.  There are no designated spots, but the often used areas are obvious.  The ground is firm and there are no problems with pitching tents.

If you follow the track back a bit, you will notice a few spots right behind the dunes, amongst the trees.  These are very sheltered spots, although those right at the base of the dunes are very sandy.  The other sites, on the opposite side of the track to the dunes, are not as sandy, but it is low lying ground here and water accumulates if it rains.

It is a great spot and I don't think it sees many visitors.  Kangaroos and emus are regularly spotted at the far end of the beach from the campground.  Snakes and lizards are plentiful and several times I have seen Tiger Snakes on the path that leads from the campground around the headland.

Speaking of this walking track, if you feel like a bit of a hike, follow it around the south eastern headland.  The view of the cliffs stretching away into the distance is incredible.

The beach at MacLaren Point is small but it is pristine.  The water is quite deep close in, although it is not fully exposed to the swells.  On calm days, it would be OK for swimming in close.  Surfers wouldn't find much here.

The fishing is good, both off the beach and the headlands at either end of it.  Tommies, Mullet and small Salmon can be caught from the beach, whilst the headlands drop into deep water and squid are easy enough to catch when the water is clear.  I'm sure there would be the opportunity to catch Snapper or maybe Kingfish from these rocks if you knew what you were doing.

Smorkelling around the rocks would be an eye opener, although the water looks very sharky.

There are no facilities.

Campfires are allowed, outside of Fire Danger Season of course, but you will have to bring your own firewood.

Pied Oystercatchers, Lincoln National Park.