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Dean Lukin’s great white golf plan
PORT Lincoln’s reputation as
home to the great white shark
will be a major attraction in a new
$300-million-plus development
planned for the city.
An 18-hole golf course will feature the
outline of a shark, which is aimed at
luring tourists. The Lukin Corporation,
owned by Olympic gold medallist Dean
Lukin snr, unveiled its masterplan to
the Port Lincoln City Council this month,
reported the Adelaide Now newspaper.
The 20-year project includes at least 500
homes, a commercial precinct, wharf,
hotel and shopping centre at Proper Bay,
on the southern edge of the Port Lincoln
marina.
Mr Lukin said the plan anticipated Port
Lincoln taking off in coming years with
the expansion of the tuna industry, rapid
growth of the mining sector and BP’s oil
exploration in the Great Australian Bight.
Mr Lukin said a need to relocate the
large Port Lincoln fishing fleet from the
central wharf was the initial driver of the
development.
But it is the shark design at the golf
course which he hopes will help put Port
Lincoln even more on the international
tourism map.
“It will be the biggest tourist attraction
and because it has never been done in
the world, it should help draw a lot of
international visitors to Port Lincoln,” Mr
Lukin said. The proposal for an 18-hole
golf course to replace its existing course
has the broad support of the Port Lincoln
Golf Club.
“The spin-off effects of this development
would be so big for Port Lincoln, it will
provide so many jobs with the wharf
project alone a big deal, yet it is only one
small section of the whole project,” Mr
Lukin said.
Regional Development Australia, Whyalla
and Eyre Peninsula and Port Lincoln
Marina developer Sam Sarin.
The plan includes the revitalisation of
the central marina area as a focus for
tourism and visitor accommodation.
Regional Development Australia, Whyalla
and Eyre Peninsula chief executive, Mark
Cant said the fishing industry needed a
new facility to support its growth.
South Australian Sardine Association
chief executive Paul Watson said the
development was vital for the future
of the region’s seafood sector with all
fisheries supporting the plan.
The project stems from Dean Lukin snr’s
vision to buy the 150ha site in 1998
from BHP which had used it to freight
sand from Coffin Bay to Port Lincoln for
shipment to markets.
The development is being backed by the
fishing industry, Port Lincoln Golf Club,
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