Eyre Penninsular

Yah we are heading west, well south then west!! First stop after a long drive was Point Lowly. A really busy free camp near Wyalla. We meant to stay one night but had two as we had a few repairs to be done.
Mark was busy sorting caravan brakes and solar panels. We did a walk or two, checked out a nice old light house. Explored for fish but no luck :( .

The evening walk, lucky we had a super hero to protect us

Next stop was Coffin Bay right at the tip of the Peninsular past Port Lincoln. Another long drive. I've been sitting in the back with the kids as we drive to get some school work done. We stopped at Port Lincoln for supplies, a nice small town. With a great and cheap fresh seafood place. The freezer is now full.
We got in to camp a bit late and had to set up in a open crappy spot but oh we'll!! Am sure we will still enjoy ourselves.

The washer lady

We had a bit of time before dark and had been stuck in the car all day, so decided to head off for a walk. It was a nice walk but we kinda went a bit far and just made it back as the sunset. Oops. Kids weren't impressed!

We spent some time in Coffin Bay. It's a fabulous small town with lots if shacks but not massively touristy. There's a great path along the water front where I spent some time exercising. Lots of cute shacks to check out, gotta love a sticky beak. Mark and the kids had fun fishing. Caught some Tommy's that were quite nice when cooked. And of course we sampled a few dozen oysters, and they were delicious!!

Charlotte is obsessed with fishing, she is great at it and loves it.

No Charlotte you don't gut the fish like that....

A tad dark to be scaling fish

Oysters Oysters Oysters

We went for a drive along the 4wd track through the park. Saw a lot of emus mostly, like a whole paddock of about twenty to thirty of them. Got the cruiser in some mud and had a drive on the beach. Then the fun began, we drove onto the sand dunes. It's safe to say I held on tight. Was fairly nervous! But was great, looked like we were in the middle of the desert. And we didn't get bogged!! We were all like big kids on the dunes.  I even rolled down the sand dune, haven't done that in years.  Lots of fun for us today, sand in places we wished we didn't have sand.

They look so happy

Then the kids went and got cover in red spots. They were a little bit sick. Then I got it. But I don't think it was chicken pox, just some sort of virus. But it did mean we missed out on catching up with my cousins. We stopped on the way home and checked out the view from the look outs.

Pose nicely for the camera kids

 

Took the kids to a beach at the National Park.  I was busy taking photos, Mark was wandering about and the kids went crazy.  Was so lovely to see, they spent so long just rolling and wrestling in the sand, think they had some energy to get rid of.  Was most amusing when they turned on Mark and tried to splash him in their game.  I think they forgot their Dad is smarter and faster than them.  They ended up sandy and wet.  A great day  :)



We had a great time at Coffin Bay. A really lovely spot for our first stop on this leg of the journey.  So great after spending the last three months apart with work and school commitments to gel together as a family again.

Coffin Bay

The view from my walk along by the shacks

From the tip to the top of the Peninsular. With a stop for lunch at the bakery at Streaky Bay, it was raining. We planned to camp on the beach for a few days at Perlubie before crossing the Nullabor, like our friends had. Unfortunately we timed it wrong and there were king high tides and couldn't get our big van on the beach. It's OK we just camped in the area off the beach. Such a beautiful area. It has these cool beach huts and swings on the beach. Apparently they hold horse races here on the beach and that's why it's all set up.

Choice spot for a swing

We met up with the Yen family from Victoria who are travelling in their camper trailer. Kids all had a great time playing together. Did some fishing, caught a couple of small fish. Had a couple of nice walks along the beach with Kieren. Pleasant life really! Now it's time to cross the Nullabor. Apparently it's rather long and boring. Am sure the kids are going to be little cherubs :)

Orlando, Jake, Horatio and Charlotte, Solvy had ran off.