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Published: March 21st 2006
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Port Lincoln
View from the van on Saturday arvo Hi everyone,
Well here we are on the Eyre Peninsula at last. Have heard so much about this part of SA and it has been pretty good. After leaving the Barossa, we drove straight to a little place called Melrose in the foothills of the Flinders Ranges. The caravan park was delighful and right at the base of Mt Remarkable. Didn't do the climb because of time constraints - thats my excuse anyway. Rob had recommended we stay here and it was no further than following the beaten track and going to Port Pirie. Had a family of wallabies visit us as we were having sunset drinks. They were so tame the male walked straight between me and the table and even trod on my foot in his effort to find something yummee to eat. Next stop was to be Cowell, a fishing town on the east coast of the peninsula. The caravan park is on the beach but was full as a googy egg. Was in a great spot but so crowded with boats and 4 wheel drives we were happy to go onto Arno Bay. Suffice to say that every town on both coasts are fishing towns. This was
Port Lincoln
Sunrise view from the van. Taken by John, I was resting! a lovely place as well. The thing about the Eyre Pen is that inland can be as boring as anything whilst the beaches and coastline are just gorgeous. It is so far from Adelaide that normally the towns are still very small but a fisherman's delight.
Went on to Port Lincloln from Arno Bay. This is the biggest town on the Peninsula and is being transformed into a resort of sorts. Boston Bay is 3 times the size of Sydney Harbour and is a really busy working port as well as a haven for fishermen. Tuna and prawn fishing is where the money is here and it is said that there are more millionaires per head of population in Pt Lincoln than anywhere else in Australia. Of course there is lots of building going on around the marina much like Sanctuary Cove, Port Stephens and so on. Went on a cruise around the marina and canal development and saw the homes of some of these millionaires. The guide was a local who had worked on the boats as well as sailing around Australia on a yacht for 4 years. He said that Pt L was the best fishing and
Elliston
Ho hum! The view from just another boring afternoon walk. boating area he had seen anywhere and most would agree with him.
We had the best spot in the Kirton Park caravan park, noone between us and the water and more amazing views. There is a lovely coastal walk going straight past the park so we got some excercise walking each day. Happened to be the Port Lincoln Cup on the Thursday so off we went to the races. I backed the winner, Lincoln Sea who was in the Makybe Diva colours and also won in the lunch stakes too. Had half a crab, 2 oysters, 2 prawns and 2 mussels for $15. Hadn't been successful finding good seafood till then. All the prawns and tuna are sent interstate and overseas. The prawns are actually frozen on board the trawlers so no chance of getting fresh green prawns for a stir fry so that was a bit of a disapppointment. Drove to Coffin Bay for a look as we had heard so much about it. Another disappointment. It is quite pretty but mainly just shacks and just one pub (where our lunch took ages because the Jehovah's Witness had got to the dining room first) and a general store
Elliston Golf Club
Gee! The course sure has detetiorated since the demise of KP. and yacht club. If you were a fisherman you would be in heaven because the bay was gorgeous and the fishing exceptional I believe.
We left Port Lincoln on Sunday 12 March and headed up the West coast of the Peninsula to another little fishing town called Elliston. It rained all the way and we set up in the rain. the day before it was 40'C but was down to 23 when we arrived. Stayed here 2 nights and had a lovely walk along the beach and around town. John was very interested in the Elliston golf club after having had so much to do with the more famous one at Ellerston!! Hope we can get the pictures up - looks like just the sort of course John would take me to to get hooked on golf doesn't it. Do you know if you lived in South Australia and liked fishing and beach holidays you would never have to leave the state. The caravan parks all have good facilities and great camp kitchens - perfect for a holiday with the kids and a tent.
Next stop was Ceduna and the preparation for the Nullarbor crossing. Ceduna is not
Elliston Golf "Green"
This is the last time John wants to hear any complaints about greens! the hightlight of the trip but we did stay in the Shelley Beach Caravan Park which is a long way out of town and once again on a beautiful beach. The parks closer to town all had highfences and barbed wire for security but SB didn't need it. Great facilities - even had a bath there on the last night, soooo good! As I said there was not much to tell about Ceduna except the fishing. Blue swimmer crabs were being caught by the dozen and everyone was feasting on them except us. Just a bit wary of fishing when we don't know the first thing about it. We stocked up here with stores not that we needed much. Still have half the Carss Park pantry in the van and all fruit and veg is confiscated at the border. I did finally convince John to buy drinking water. He was amazed at how much better the tea tasted when made with good water. That's my boy! Will leave it at that and get on to the piccies. Next stop the Nullarbor.
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Monica & Phil
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Hi from Djibouti, We sure wish that Djibouti was as interesting and fun filled as your trip has been. I struggle to find things to write about in our travel blog. As you can see from the pictures that I post, not much here. Off to the Golf Course on Monday and will take pictures. I mentioned to Monica that now I wish that we had asked you if it would be o.k. for us to get a caravan and go along with you guys. Maybe next time. Love, Monica and Phil