To 9-Oct-06 (Ceduna SA to Port Augusta SA)

THE MAP
On previous trips to WA, we have always rushed straight from Ceduna to Port Augusta so this time, we really enjoyed our first, leisurely trip around the Eyre Peninsula exploring its very beautiful and sometimes rugged scenery.

This is where we’ve been so far (we couldn’t get the map to load last update):


STREAKY BAY SA (Streaky Bay Foreshore Tourist Park)



These are “The Granites” near Streaky Bay. We had a great time in Streaky bay, enjoyed an afternoon walk along the beach & foreshore and a delish dinner in town. We also went on tourist drives along cliff-tops, saw more sheer cliffs, spectacular scenery and even a colony of sea lions at Point Labatt. Rhonda has taken some awesome photos (which, needless-to-say, will feature in our many slideshows, etc.).





ELLISTON SA (Elliston Caravan Park)
We made a quick overnight stop here and still managed to drive around the area and find some awesome scenery.



Here is one of the Sculptures on the Cliffs entitled “Everyone is a Boat Person”. Interesting!











COFFIN BAY SA (Coffin Bay Caravan Park)
We really enjoyed this little town and appreciated the friendly locals and leisurely pace of life. We really enjoyed church with a visiting lay preacher Robin who is the Onga Pump man during the week. The bay views were beautiful and we even saw the AFL grand final on a big-screen TV – we were even starting to dust off our St. John First Aid training when one very exuberant supporter came close to a heart attack when the Eagles won by one point!



We spent a day in the National Park and enjoyed driving to remote places. We even played in sand dunes and Rhonda discovered that she likes driving in sand – and that she is good at controlling the slides and handling the hills.








This is “Gallipoli” beach, a stunning sight and well worth the 30k drive, even though the last few kilometers were very rough! The movie “Gallipoli” starring Mel Gibson was filmed here 27 years ago.








PORT LINCOLN SA (Kirton Point Caravan Park)



We were lucky to score this front-row site - no danger of being built out here.

We were delighted to meet Brigitte again (we’d first met at Pemberton). We had an enjoyable meal together and then shared a day in the National Park and a fascinating tour of a seahorse farm.






WHYALLA SA (Whyalla Foreshore Caravan Park)
What a windy place – there was a very strong wind blowing as we set up the van – fortunately it stayed upright. Whyalla is the largest regional city in SA. It is also a steel town and, like Port Hedland, has a definite red “glow” all around the port area – including in the marina nearby where many valuable boats were all coated with reddish iron ore dust.



We spotted this ship on the roadside as we drove along the highway – it was in the yard of the Visitor Centre and we just had to include a photo.











PORT AUGUSTA SA (Shoreline Caravan Park)
And we thought that Port Lincoln was windy! Port Augusta is at the head of Spencer (great name that!!) Gulf and can get really windy this time of year. Again, the van survived admirably. We enjoyed Church with the local Presbyterian congregation and then came home to the van to check out the Bathurst 1000 (great race, excellent last few laps and well done Ford and Craig).


May you each enjoy life and care for each other well,


With best wishes & God bless,




Spencer & Rhonda

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