Blogs from Coffin Bay, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

What an adventure we had today. First stop was at Woolies again to pick up some more lunch ingredients and then we headed over to Coffin Bay NP for the day. We drove straight through the town of Coffin Bay and into the national park … which may have been a mistake as there are no toilets near the entrance to the park and the toilets at Almonta Beach were not accessible due to renovation works! Undeterred by the lack of facilities we spent the morning exploring the sections of the park that can be reached using sealed roads. The first stop of the day was along the road in at Templetonia Lookout. It was very hazy, but we could just make out Mount Dutton and Marble Range looking north … and we could see not ... read more

Destination Coffin Bay. This was the perfect location to relax for a few days and to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Coffin Bay is a short 30min drive from Port Lincoln. If driving straight here after checking out of the CP in Port Lincoln, you can be set up and out enjoying the delight this town has to offer by lunchtime on the same day. The small rural town of Coffin Bay is located on the picturesque and calm waters of Coffin Bay. It is surrounded by the Coffin Bay National Park. Beyond the bay are the wild, energetic beaches facing the Southern Ocean. A thriving oyster farming industry is located in the bay offering a variety of industry immersion tours and sales of fresh oysters straight from the sea. Many culinary delights abound locally, mostly featuring ... read more

Howdy once again. Lets see first stop was Whyalla for lunch at a rest stop. Then straight after we arrived into town with the main industry with a major fire in one of their factories. Local emergency crews soon had it contained. We moved on after looking around the township. Next town was Cowell where we did some laundry and a spot of fishing off the pier. Then found a shop that sells Jade to get directions to the source. He was happy to direct us as apparently there is still plenty of low grade material still around. I'd like to think that I found some second rate Jade, aspretty well all the quality material has been picked clean long ago. I went back to the Jade seller and he confirmed that I had found Jade. ... read more

Tuesday 27 September – Coffin Bay Continuing down the coast and sometimes inland, we arrived at Coffin Bay at lunch time. We stopped at the VIC but attached to that was a food outlet selling oysters. Coffin Bay is known for its oysters. Doug and I had ½ doz shucked oysters natural and Tom had Kilpatrick. They were fresh, plump and soooo yummy!!! We also had a fresh, flaky pastry pasty with Doug and Leura having fish and chips. It was so good, we came back the next day to have some more….oysters that is! We decided to book into the caravan park and get up ‘early’ the next morning to visit the adjoining National Park. We went in Doug and Leura’s car leaving he vans in a cleared area of the park. The roads were ... read more

We’ve spent this week on the Eyre Peninsula. This is 200km west of Adelaide, a large triangular south-facing peninsula with lots of sheep and wheat production. Whyalla is South Australia’s 2nd largest city due mostly to the steel mill there, backed up by more iron ore exports. We went on a tour of the steel mill, but, unfortunately, were not able to see a steel pour. They convert coal to coke as well for the steel making process and we saw a red hot coke pour which was really impressive. The site and the volumes handled are immense. Weather wasn’t the best with wind and rain, but the campground was superb. We then headed south to Port Lincoln, at the tip of the peninsula. On the way passed through Cowell which we’ll have to come back ... read more