Thursday, 16 September
Late yesterday afternoon we met the resident pelicans – not at all worried by people, they are probably well fed at the fish cleaning stations
Heavy overnight rain left the site a bit muddy this morning for packing up. The clear blue sky at 7.45 am had become black clouds by 8.00 am! The drive from Streaky Bay to Port Lincoln was wet and windy – the headwind didn’t do much for our fuel economy, especially after the last few days. The afternoon was windy, cool and cloudy, so some improvement.
Shortly after leaving Streaky Bay, we stopped at an outcrop of rocks known as Murphy’s Haystacks (looked a bit like Stonehenge from the bottom of the hill). Although on private land, we were able to drive almost to them and then wander among the large rocks. However, with very dark clouds and rain closing in quickly, we didn’t stay too long.
We passed many old stone buildings, or parts thereof, with paddocks divided by dry stone fences (reminded us of Ireland). The early settlers certainly didn’t have a shortage of local building materials!
We are staying at the Port Lincoln Tourist Park, which is right on the bay and a couple of kilometres from the centre of town. The receptionist allocated us to a drive through site, with strict instructions we were not to change without permission. The sealed road quickly became a dirt track among the lovely grass sites and when we found our allocated site, discovered a great big gum tree fair in the middle of it! Receptionists should wander around the parks sometime. Fortunately, a groundsman was nearby and rang reception to say he was moving us. Unfortunately, the park is on the side of a hill and we slope both ways – the back of the caravan is nearly on the ground, we can’t get the jockey wheel up high enough, so consequently we are also sloping slightly both ways! There was a rather loud shout/gasp while Les was rolling out the awning and thinking of more back problems, dashed out to find him staring at a rather large huntsman which had dropped out of the awning. Needless to say, the spider was given the opportunity to frighten someone else in the row behind!
Television reception is virtually non-existent, once again. We are so looking forward to Adelaide and not having to look at squiggly lines and snow.
We will have two nights here before moving to Port Augusta and then Adelaide.
Late yesterday afternoon we met the resident pelicans – not at all worried by people, they are probably well fed at the fish cleaning stations
Heavy overnight rain left the site a bit muddy this morning for packing up. The clear blue sky at 7.45 am had become black clouds by 8.00 am! The drive from Streaky Bay to Port Lincoln was wet and windy – the headwind didn’t do much for our fuel economy, especially after the last few days. The afternoon was windy, cool and cloudy, so some improvement.
Shortly after leaving Streaky Bay, we stopped at an outcrop of rocks known as Murphy’s Haystacks (looked a bit like Stonehenge from the bottom of the hill). Although on private land, we were able to drive almost to them and then wander among the large rocks. However, with very dark clouds and rain closing in quickly, we didn’t stay too long.
We passed many old stone buildings, or parts thereof, with paddocks divided by dry stone fences (reminded us of Ireland). The early settlers certainly didn’t have a shortage of local building materials!
We are staying at the Port Lincoln Tourist Park, which is right on the bay and a couple of kilometres from the centre of town. The receptionist allocated us to a drive through site, with strict instructions we were not to change without permission. The sealed road quickly became a dirt track among the lovely grass sites and when we found our allocated site, discovered a great big gum tree fair in the middle of it! Receptionists should wander around the parks sometime. Fortunately, a groundsman was nearby and rang reception to say he was moving us. Unfortunately, the park is on the side of a hill and we slope both ways – the back of the caravan is nearly on the ground, we can’t get the jockey wheel up high enough, so consequently we are also sloping slightly both ways! There was a rather loud shout/gasp while Les was rolling out the awning and thinking of more back problems, dashed out to find him staring at a rather large huntsman which had dropped out of the awning. Needless to say, the spider was given the opportunity to frighten someone else in the row behind!
Television reception is virtually non-existent, once again. We are so looking forward to Adelaide and not having to look at squiggly lines and snow.
We will have two nights here before moving to Port Augusta and then Adelaide.
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