Located in Yorke Peninsula's Copper Coast region, and close to Moonta and Moonta Bay, Port Hughes is a small holiday village overlooking the Spencer Gulf.
The town is a well regarded fishing and diving location which was surveyed in April 1863 and named after Sir Watson Hughes. The town consists mostly of residential lots and is home to the first Greg Norman designed golf course in Australia.
- Population:
- 647 1
- Postcode:
- 5558
- Location:
- 135 km northwest of Adelaide
- Main Roads:
- Spencer Hwy (B89)
- Radio Stations:
- FM:
- 5AU (97.9 MHz), ABC Classic (104.3 MHz), ABC News Radio (102.7 MHz), ABC Radio National (106.7 MHz), Faith FM (87.6 MHz), Flow FM (98.9 MHz), Gulf FM (89.3 MHz), Magic (105.9 MHz), Triple J (103.5 MHz) and Vision Christian Radio (88.0 MHz)
- AM:
- ABC Radio (639 kHz) and Radio TAB (1539 kHz)
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NEW Johnson Cove:
Northerly view over Johnson Cove at Port Huges, January 2016.
Image © Michael Greenslade
NEW Johnson Cove:
Westerly view over Johnson Cove at Port Huges, January 2016.
Image © Michael Greenslade
NEW Johnson Cove:
Northerly view over Johnson Cove at Port Huges, January 2016.
Image © Michael Greenslade
NEW Port Hughes Jetty:
View of the Port Hughes Jetty from Minnie Tce, January 2016.
Image © Michael Greenslade
NEW Minnie Terrace:
View of local shopping precinct at the end of Minnie Tce, Port Hughes, January 2016.
Image © Michael Greenslade
NEW South Beach:
Looking south over South Beach, Port Hughes, January 2016.
Image © Michael Greenslade
1 Australian Government, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census Data, 2021, Port Hughes, Census All persons QuickStats, Suburbs and Localities, SAL41198.