A relatively quiet day today with only two sightseeing destinations on our list. Our first stop was the Point Labatt Conservation Park to view the only permanent colony on the Australian Mainland of Australian Sea Lions who share the area with some New Zealand Fur Seals. The easiest way to tell the difference is that the fur seals are a lighter, sandy colour and the sea lions are brown. There are other differentiating characteristics, like the ear flaps on the sea lions, but we were way too far away to be seeing ear flaps!! We had hoped to swim with the sea lions, but it was totally booked out while we're here. Hmmn, we keep thinking it is not school holidays so it must be low or at least shoulder season, but we have been told ... read more

This morning we set out along the Flinders Highway heading northwest. Our first stop was at Mount Dutton Bay … which had seemed like a good idea when we were leaving Port Vincent. Unfortunately, the weather started to deteriorate and it began to drizzle enroute. When we turned off onto (unsealed) Farm Beach Road we encountered a sign warning us to watch for the grader. Ahem, we didn’t see the grader, but we did have to drive over freshly graded dirt that had just been watered by the water tanker that we DID have to pass on our way out to the bay!! Yuck. Although we found ourselves closer to Mount Dutton, it was even less visible this morning than it was yesterday from Coffin Bay with a pall of cloud hanging over it. Oh well, ... read more

We spent today exploring the privately owned ‘Whalers Way’ on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula. We picked up some lunch supplies at Woollies and then made our way out to Right Whale Road where we were confronted with the locked gate. We found the key safe, our code worked to open it and we used the key inside to unlock the padlock and we were in! Lots of signs about entering and travelling at own risk, but my favourite was the ‘Strickly (sic) No Firearms’ sign. The staff at the Tourist Information Centre had recommended viewing all of the sites with a whale symbol first, so that was how we proceeded. First stop, Cape Wiles on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula, named by Matthew Flinders on the 15th of February 1802. A ... read more

This morning we were at the Tourist Information Centre just before 9.00am waiting for it to open. We wanted to check a few things about our planned activities to make sure we made the most of our time here. We had planned to go into Lincoln National Park today and do Whalers Way tomorrow and a boat cruise on Sunday. With no places available on any boats on Sunday and Monday we had to book that for Saturday and we paid for access to Whalers Way on Sunday. Next we made our way along to the sandwich shop that was recommended to us, the Boston Bay Diner. With freshly made sandwiches stowed in the car fridge we headed out to the National Park. We decided to drive out to the easternmost point at Cape Donington and ... read more

We have been carrying eggs with us for the last two weeks, so we finally had bacon and egg muffins for breakfast this morning before heading off to the HMAS Whyalla for the 11.30am tour. We actually arrived about 10.30am so had plenty of time to visit the museum beforehand. Our tour gave us access all areas despite a warning when booking yesterday that some areas would not be accessible due to maintenance works being carried out. Fortunately, there were no works being undertaken today. After the tour we did pop back into the museum to watch the video about the installation of the HMAS Whyalla as a land-based museum after she was decommissioned. The hulk only cost $5,000, but $1.5 million was spent setting her up as a museum! Afterwards we headed into the town ... read more