Blogs from Venus Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

After leaving Port Augusta, I travelled over 300 kms the next day through wonderful blue bush Eyre Peninsular country. Lost telephone coverage a couple of times on this piece of road, that’s the first time this trip. But not for long, it reappeared at each town. The trip across the top of the Eyre Peninsular is through diverse country. Up until you reach Kimba, it is dry land, blue bush scrub. This is the area around Iron Knob. But suddenly, as you crest a small hill in the road, a beautiful green and gold valley studded with shinny white silos and grain storage facilities opens up before your eyes. The next 100 or so kilometers is some of the richest and best grain growing land in South Australia. I then travelled the Eyre Highway as far ... read more

The holiday continues, and so does the wind. We have been getting buffeted by wind gusts since arriving, however it did settle yesterday for a while. This morning promised us a sunshine and a gentle breeze, so instead of fishing like everybody else, we chose to go for a drive in search of oysters. We are in the vicinity of Coffin Bay, famous for oysters, so that’s where we headed. We stopped for lunch at Ellerton, about half an hour down the road. That should give you a clue about our departure time. Over a pie and coffee (good pies at Ellerton) Frank suggested that Coffin Bay was a long way, about 220km, so we should go across to Cowell on the other side of the peninsula instead. Cowell is famous for its jade and huge ... read more

Hi Guys, We come to you today from the lovely Venus Bay South Australia. We have been here since last Wednesday. Fortunately the weather has been a lot kinder than what you have copped in Vic. We were on the tail end of the cloud mass and received very little rain although it was blowing a gale for three days. The weather for the next week is fine,fine and fine high 20's each day. We have been making good use of the communal boat (thanks guys)and fishing regularly with Deb bagging her first whiting.We also had a great session at Mt. Camel beach on the salmon. We depart here Wednesday for Baird Bay not much futher down the coast. There is a Sea Lion colony within easy reach with the little boat and also a resident ... read more