York Peninsula

We reluctantly left the girls behind , but also looked forward to the adventure ahead. Made our way onto York Peninsular . Very dry and barren in between grain crops, even the greens on the golf courses are blue metal, no water. The wind was blowing tumble weeds in front of us at Tiddy Widdy Beach,which suited the wind farms at Edithburg. The East coast was fairly quiet and not much progress and very shallow beaches. We missed the crab season by a fortnight. Blue swimmer crabs very popular. We managed to camp every night with showers and wind rocking us to sleep. Done a tour through Innes National Park and made our way to Moonta. All of the peninsular is grain country , very flat and appears to be over cleared. The west coast is where all the action is, new subdivisions in all the towns we came drove through, mostly mansions.

Next was Port Germeine and walked 1.2 klms along Australias longast wooded jetty. Weather coming good as we make our way down the Eyre Peninsular. Patted the great white shark at Port Pirie Visitor Centre and spent 2 hours going through the Wadlata Outback Centre in Port Augusta, very good , not to be missed. Camped on the beach at a beautiful spot called Fitzerald Bay. Locals were catching cuttle fish at Point Lowly and farming Yellow tail King fish in cages.

Done the museum tour at Whyalla, Philip done the Steel works tour, while Diane went off shopping. Nice drive down to Port Lincoln, hardly a bend. We arrived in time to watch them unload several hundred tons of pilchards at the wharf. The marina was spectacular with mansions and a hundred plus gleaming tuna and cray fishing boats lined up. Then onto Coffin Bay and booked a cabin for a couple of nights. A treat for Mothers Day. Philip snagged a couple of King George Whiting off the wharf for tea.