24TH Oct. and we headed south down the western side of the Eyre Peninsula South Australia. Just 110klms and we were in Streaky Bay. A beautiful small village town. On the shoreline of the bay stood a storm wrecked shark boat named Carol J. I just had to have a photo, seeing as I am Carol J. We haven’t seen too much of beautiful green grass for quite some time. Streaky Bay lays claim to having a record breaking fish catch. A 5m, 1520kg shark caught on a 24kg line by a 21y.o. young man. I have attached the newspaper story.
On the way to Port Lincoln on the most southern of the peninsula we had an overnight stop at Walkers Rocks, overlooking the Southern Ocean, as well as Coffin Bay, famous for their oysters. D’Arcy was just overwhelmed with the size & quality of the oysters. You can purchase them direct from the oyster sheds at a reasonable price. The weather wasn’t too good during our few nights stay, but we did manage to get a game of mini golf in and some sightseeing in the Coffin Bay National Park. Unfortunately the day was light rain and misty so not good for photos.Another interesting site was Murphy's Haystack. A group of unusual rock formations created a number of years ago.
We loved Port Lincoln, especially the Port Lincoln Tourist Park. On our arrival we were told they were having a sausage sizzle in the camp kitchen that night and everyone was invited. As it was Halloween they supplied the entertainment with karaoke. A great night and fun was had by all.
After arriving back to the park the next day, we discovered a familiar vehicle parked near us. As it turned out it was friends Robyn & Geoff, who we had met and befriended during our trip through Queensland in 2009. What a lovely surprise. It was great to catch up and a few more happy hours and conversations were on the agenda as well as spending Melbourne Cup day at a local hotel. Another great day and Geoff was the big winner. So generous he took us all for dinner to a local Chinese restaurant and ended up quite a long day.
During our weeks stay we had a tour of a seafood factory. Very interesting indeed to see how it is all prepared as well we did purchase a variety of local seafood for our freezer. I also enjoyed my morning walks until one morning I tripped and went flying forward onto my arms hands & the lower face. Not a pretty sight for a couple of weeks.
Then it was time to move north up the eastern side of the Peninsula.
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