Dan Smith

I was surprised at how much I liked Pt Adelaide. The Main Street has some good shopping, and the wharf is lovely for a walk. The cafes and restaurants are all wonderful, the public transport is good. There are police making themselves visible and they are friendly, if not busy.
There were some occasional hoon drivers.

I don’t know how safe the area is, but I felt safe walking at night to the Navy memorial at the wharf.

It’s not really a holiday destination, but I’ll choose to stay there again.

Drunks and fighting all through the main shopping area, screaming and shouting abuse outside the supermarket and taxi area, same abuse and violence outside the caravan park. We had rocks thrown at our car and abused and threatened by a group of teens.

Port Augusta police are incredibly rude, 110% were not interested in hearing our complaint. They didn’t want to know, and became abrasive and angry when we didn’t get the hint.

The Detective we spoke too was an unnecessarily hostile man who was angry that we questioned the process of reporting a crime. If looks could kill we’d be dead. He genuinely seemed unhinged.
No wonder the crime is so bad with police that bad. Why would anyone try and seek justice.

There are some nice bakeries and the Indian restaurant on the Stuart highway was nice. A cafe across Coles has amazing coffee.

I wouldn’t recommend even stopping to fill up for petrol in Port Augusta.
The risk of an assault is too high and as Police won’t treat you with the slightest bit of respect or manners, trying to report a crime is impossible.