STREAKY BAY S.A. – DAY 16

WEDNESDAY 26th MARCH 2009 – STREAKY BAY S.A. – DAY 16

We wake up this morning to dense fog. We can’t even see the waters edge but hear and see the silhouette of a few people walking on the beach with their dogs. It’s a little eerie but there is a beauty to the atmosphere nevertheless.

I cook porridge, with fruit and yoghurt before taking Lucy for a long walk on the beach. She loves it and is happy to make contact with all the other passing dogs and owners along the way.

We pack up and move to our allocated powered site (Nick backing into the tight spot with no trouble at all). We have a lovely view of the ocean here as well. After setting up and having a bite to eat we head into town. We go to the Tourist Information Centre and again, armed with much information decide to take their advice and go for a drive. Before we do this we are having trouble with our Optus phone with no network coverage. We need to keep in touch with Jan and Alan and also it is our only contact for family etc. We are told Telstra are the preferred provider as it has a wider coverage so we go to the local Electrical shop and purchase a pre-paid Telstra Samsung phone. This will be the one we will use for travelling only and keep our other phones as normal.

From here we head out past the caravan park and take in the sights of Hally’s Beach, Whistling Rocks (blow holes) and onto Cape Bauer with its rugged coast. We enjoy walking to the edge of the cliffs with the scene of the ocean breathtaking. We thought the beaches on the east coast of Australia were the best in the world but now after seeing this we are not convinced. If you ever come here to South Australia the Eyre Peninsular would have to be the pick of the peninsulars. Certainly not to be missed. Olive Island is visible on the horizon and we stop several times to just drink in the scenery.

We enjoy the drive back to Streaky Bay past the oyster farms, mangroves and boat ramp finishing off with a lovely view of our caravan park and the township.
By the time we get back to camp it is 5 o’clock and that is ‘happy hour’ so I open a lovely bottle of South Australian wine and sit down to activate our new phone and catch up on this blog before cooking pasta and Bolognese sauce for dinner.
I am now in telephone range so I phone Jan and Alan who are at Coffin Bay. They have had a lovely time there, despite the rain. They are heading back to Port Lincoln tomorrow to pick up their computer which needed repairing and also having their new awning fitted. From there they will head out to Gawler National Park for a few days before joining us here at Streaky Bay.

We have decided to stay here until next Tuesday as we have booked to swim with the seals and dolphins in Baird Bay just south of here.

There is an ad on TV promoting South Australian Tourism where there are a group of people snorkeling and swimming with seals and dolphins. We thought this was a ‘must do’ while we are here.


Looking across the bay to our caravan park at Streaky Bay