Winter Journey

Tumby Bay

Elliston

Venus Bay

Streaky Bay

Port Augusta

4 Days without phones or internet hasn't been much fun, we finally bought a Telstra Sim so we could contact home. Most caravan parks say they have WiFi but unfortunately the signal is so weak it is truly a waste of time logging on...even here in Port Augusta which is a large rural city we have none, oh well, I'll type this out and try to add it to the blog at some time.

We left Tumby Bay and travelled west across the Eyre Peninsula to Elliston. There's not much there except a couple of fabulous drives around the cliffs. We did that with the caravan on but coped well with the unmade roads, thankfully it was dry. Wonderful views and a not to miss experience of seeing The Great Australian Bight for the first time.

There are lots of interesting murals in this part of the world

Rugged coastline of the Eyre Peninsula

The Great Australian Bight

Looking towards Flinders Island and Tasmania

Not Easter Island

We drove on to Venus Bay and stayed in a small park right on the water. It was a little more sheltered there and a good place to overnight.

Venus Bay

Continuing on up the coast the next day with a stop at the magnificent Murphy's Haystacks. We loved the walk through the hay fields and took as many photos as we could.

Amazing rock formations known as Murphy's Haystacks

Dotted around on private farmalnd

Reminded me of Stonehenge

Natural rock formations called Inselbergs

Streaky Bay was our next stop, we treated ourselves to a fish and chips meal, looked around the town, did our washing and relaxed at the park. The wind started to howl on Friday night so we expected a sleepless night. There was wind, rain and hail but we survived and left early this morning for the long drive to Port Augusta.

War memorial Streaky Bay

Fabulous sunset Streaky Bay

This one is sunrise the next morning

One of the Streaky locals

We passed through Kimba which is famous because it's half way across Australia, has painted silos AND the Big Galah.

Kimba, celebrating wheat

Main Street Kimba

Here he is

The sign says it

I believe it

Iron Knob from the other side

The next two photos give an idea of the vast distances

we travelled

This road goes on forever

When we got to Port Augusta all the caravan parks were full...oh dear!

Trev finally talked his way into The Discovery Park who kindly gave us a never used site right beside the highway. We are grateful, yes we are, even if it is a 5 minute walk to the bathrooms and the van rocks every time a truck passes by. 

Lesson, book in advance from now on as we head into Victoria and homeward.