Flinders Highway, South Australia

Northwest end

Southeast end

Coordinates

32°07′37″S 133°44′05″E / 32.126848°S 133.734659°E / -32.126848; 133.734659 (Northwest end)
34°43′05″S 135°51′14″E / 34.717987°S 135.853880°E / -34.717987; 135.853880 (Southeast end)

General informationTypeHighwayLength396 km (246 mi)^[1]Route number(s)

B100 (1999–present)
(Ceduna–Hawson)Former
route number

Alt National Route 1(1978–1999)
Entire routeMajor junctionsNorthwest end

Eyre Highway
Ceduna, South Australia

Birdseye Highway
Tod Highway

Southeast end

Lincoln Highway
Port Lincoln, South AustraliaLocation(s)RegionEyre Western^[2]Major settlementsSmoky Bay, Streaky Bay, Port Kenny, Elliston, Mount Hope, Coffin BayHighway system

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Flinders Highway connects the South Australian towns of Ceduna and Port Lincoln, a distance of 396 kilometres (246 mi)^[1] Flinders Highway – along with Lincoln Highway – presents an alternative but somewhat longer coastal route between Ceduna and Port Augusta, compared to the more direct route along Eyre Highway.^[3] It is designated route B100.

Route

Flinders Highway runs parallel to the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula through undulating farmland. It is named after the explorer Matthew Flinders who sighted these coasts in early 1802 from HMS Investigator. Only small settlements lie along its track: of these, Coffin Bay is a centre for oyster farming, Elliston is renowned for swimming beaches and fishing and Ceduna is the main town on the far west coast of South Australia supporting government offices and businesses.^[3]

History

The South Australian government decreed "the road from Port Lincoln to Streaky Bay will be known as the Flinders Highway", taking effect on 1 July 1938.^[4]

Major junctions

LGA^[5]	Location^[1]^[6]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Ceduna	Ceduna	0	0.0	Eyre Highway (A1) – Ceduna, Kyancutta	6km east of Ceduna, northwestern terminus of highway and route B100
Streaky Bay	Streaky Bay	96	60	Streaky Bay Road – Poochera	8km northeast of Streaky Bay
Elliston	Elliston	231	144	Birdseye Highway (B91) – Lock	2km southeast of Elliston
Lower Eyre Peninsula	Wangary	366	227	Coffin Bay Road – Coffin Bay	12km east of Wangary township
	Pearlah	374	232	Tod Highway (B90) – Cummins, Lock
	Hawson	386	240	Western Approach Road (B100) – Port Lincoln	Route B100 continues southeast along Western Approach Road
	Port Lincoln	396	246	Lincoln Highway (B100) – Whyalla, Port Augusta	Southeastern terminus of Flinders Highway, route B100 heads northeast along Lincoln Highway
Route transition

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Google (30 May 2022). "Flinders Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b Adelaide to Perth via Eyre, Lincoln, Flinders, Eyre and Great Eastern Hwys (Map). Royal Automobile Association. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^ "NEW MAIN ROADS SCHEDULE". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 15 June 1938. p. 25. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

West coast	Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Mount Dutton Bay Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point Sleaford Bay Fishery Bay
East coast	Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Lipson Cove Lucky Bay Memory Cove Point Boston Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing

Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast

West coast	Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Eba Island Grantham Island Nicolas Baudin Island Pigface Island
East coast	Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Tumby Island

Infrastructure

Highways	Birdseye Highway Eyre Highway (part) Flinders Highway Lincoln Highway Tod Highway
Railways	BHP Whyalla Tramway Coffin Bay Tramway Eyre Peninsula Railway Port Lincoln railway station
Other	Joy Baluch AM Bridge Tod Reservoir