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  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 28

    And we are home😕

    November 25, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Yesterday left Whyalla early and headed to Port Pirie.
    Stopped in at Port Germein to walk the longest jetty in South Australia at 1530m long.
    A beautiful morning and a lovely walk out and back along the jetty.
    Then continued into Port Pirie and set up for an overnight stay in the beach caravan park.
    Spent the afternoon and evening with Rob's Dad Jimmy and his wife Maggie.
    Was great catching up with them. This morning went for a run up to the museum and across the bridge to nowhere! Then caught up with Jimmy and Maggie for a cuppa before packing up and heading back to drop off the caravan at Laura and Dylan's and home by 4:30pm.
    We had a fantastic trip and can't wait for the next adventure.

    6093 km trip in total.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 26

    Aus v France oi, oi, oi, non, non, non

    November 23, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    The world cup- Australia's first game against France. 5:30am kickoff. How excited were we 15 minutes in, leading 1-0. Then 😕 all down hill from there 1-4 end result.
    Anyway headed to the jetty as the weather was so calm and got out the drone up over the new Jetty, great footage.
    Then we did the Steelworks tour, very informative. Just over 90 minutes on a minnie bus taking us around Whyalla and through the Steelworks plant, giving us a good look at the plant and a bit of the old shipworks site.
    Afterwards we had a look at Mount Laura Homestead museum. A bit disappointed with this as just too much stuff crammed into small spaces or areas not accessible.
    The gardens were nice.
    After lunch headed out to point Bonython and Point Lowly Lighthouse. This is where the cuttlefish come into to mate each winter.
    The beach here was really lovely.
    Back to Whyalla for another walk from the caravan park to the jetty and back again. Lovely weather today.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 25

    HMAS Whyalla

    November 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Headed to the Whyalla foreshore for a walk along the unique jetty with a circular walkway halfway along. Saw several dolphins in the marina but they wouldn't play for our cameras!
    Walked up Hummock Hill lookout for 360 degree views of Whyalla beachfront and steelworks.
    Then headed to the HMAS Whyalla for a tour through the ship. What a great tour. Very informative. Afterwards we went through the Maritime museum and model railway exhibition onsite. The museum runs a 10 minute movie on how the ship was moved from the water to its current position, was not an easy task. Nor did it run smoothly, took 5 days to shift from the sea just a few hundred metres!
    Walked through the Ada Ryan gardens, nice but small.
    Back to the foreshore area where we walked the jetty again as it was such a lovely sunny afternoon.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 24

    Whyalla

    November 21, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Yesterday was another windy day.
    I got in an early run and then we went and had brunch at Funk'd coffee in Streaky Bay (recommended by Nigel- and very nice too) and then bunkered down for the afternoon.
    Got up this morning and the winds had eased off enough to get on the road and head to Whyalla.
    Got caught behind an extremely wide load that was travelling with mining equipment on the back of 2 trucks and going between 35-85 km an hour for about 40km into Kimba.
    Had to stop for fuel and decided as we would be behind the convoy again we'd have a coffee and bite to eat and let them get well down the road.
    But, just our luck we caught up with them about 10km out of Kimba as they'd blown a tyre!Lucky they let us pass!
    Onto Whyalla where we set up on the foreshore of the G'day Discovery Park.
    Then we went to see the Elvis Presley museum in Whyalla.
    Well what an extraordinary place, this is at a half housing trust house and is packed with Elvis stuff.
    Lounge room, 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, laundry, garden and shed. I don't know how he lives there with it all everywhere.
    Great guy (Pete) who was very happy to show us through his personal house and talk about each item and his trip to Graceland.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 22

    What a windy day!

    November 19, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

    A beautiful morning, calm and sunny before the change blew in.
    Decided to get in an early morning run along the coastal walkway.
    By late morning the winds had started and by lunch/ early afternoon they were 35-40km an hour. A few showers but not the large hail as predicted (thank goodness). Winds did get up to 55km mid afternoon. Spent the afternoon editing videos and reading.
    Looks like we are in for a rough night with winds staying around 30-40km an hour and another windy day tomorrow.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 21

    Staying on at Streaky Bay

    November 18, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    What a mixed bag of weather today.
    We awoke to fierce winds and rain again this morning, so decided to stay here at Streaky Bay for another couple of days instead of heading on to Venus Bay.
    By mid morning the weather had cleared and winds dropped off.
    Went into streaky for a coffee at the bakery before heading back to Perlubie Beach for the afternoon.
    And what an afternoon it was, perfect weather, 30 degrees, full sun and no wind. Another walk along the beautiful beach and a play with the drone again.
    Home to discover storms brewing over night and into Saturday so ensured all was safe and waited to see how bad the weather got this time!    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 20

    Swim with the Sea Lions/ Dolphins tour

    November 17, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    What an amazing tour. Swim with the Sea Lions and dolphins at Baird Bay. We had wanted to do this for a very long time and was not disappointed. This tour delivered everything it promised and more.
    Leaving the shore at 9:30 and heading out to Jones island about a 15 minute boat ride, we arrived at the area where we were to swim in the sea pool with the seals. Before we could even get into the water the seals come out from the island (approx 50-70m) to play. At times the 10 of us had about 10+ seals to play with. The more we played the more they played. Several even giving me kisses on my mask!
    They were just like puppies, playing around with us, so much fun.
    Eventually we headed back onto the boat to go across the other side of the bay where the dolphins hang out. As soon as we got there the word was out, dolphins, quick in the water. So in we went where a pod of approx 15 dolphins swam around and under us for about 15 minutes, they loved swimming very close and giving eye contact!
    The weather was warm and waters so clear making it a terrific day for the trip.
    Lunch on the beach again and another big beach walk where there were some beautiful shells made the day just wonderful.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 19

    Baird Bay

    November 16, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    A lovely day today at Baird Bay. Went to see where we needed to go for tomorrow's swim with the "Sea Lions tour ". Lovely little beach area, a few snacks/houses but no more.
    Set up for lunch on the beach at the boat ramp area but the Pelican's thought we were cleaning fish and were going to feed them, they came up really close! Weren't sure if they'd become aggressive as we didn't have anything for them so moved further down the beach where they weren't interested in us.
    Our lunch room sure beats the usual and we had another beautiful bbq on the beach before again walking the length of the beach.
    Drove back passed Cape Le Batt Conservation Park so stopped to see the Sea Lions again.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 18

    Smoky Bay & Perlubie Beach

    November 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Checked out Smoky Bay this morning and walked the jetty. Lovely and well kept little seaside town. Jetty restored by the community a few years ago.

    And then onto the "so much talked about" Perlubie Beach for lunch.
    Can now understand why Perlubie Beach gets so much publicity, it's beautiful.
    About 10 caravans were set up camping on the beach today, apparently over last summer there were up to 160 campers setup on the beach!
    We had another bbq on the beach for lunch while enjoying some lovely sunny weather. Rob's second time bringing his car onto a beach!
    Walked the length of the beach about 5.5 km return.
    Went to the local hotel for lovely fish for dinner. Beautiful evening so we walked down to the caravan park beach hoping to see a lovely sunset but the clouds spoilt it a bit.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    Day 17

    Streaky Bay

    November 14, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Left Nandroo yesterday morning and headed for Streaky Bay. Got stopped at Ceduna at the quarantine checkpoint, all good as hardly had any food left. Went to the Ceduna Foodland for a good shop before heading onto Streaky Bay.
    Weather was so windy so just checked into the Islands Caravan Park, where we got a waterfront site and set up.
    Quiet afternoon due to the wind and rain. Quick town drive and then back for an early night. Not alot of sleep due to the winds.
    Monday the winds dropped off a bit so we did some washing and car maintenance.
    Then headed to Point Le Batt Conservation Park to see the sea lions. One one side the drive in has a beautiful bay so calm and serene, on the other side was the open ocean and it was the opposite, cold and rough!
    The sea lions didn't seem to mind as they were down the bottom of the cliffs and out of the wind. Amazing to see these creatures in their place doing their own thing.
    Drove back to Streaky Bay and walked the Jetty.
    Hoped for a coffee and cake but at 4pm, none of the 4 cafes/bakeries were open!
    Back to the park for a walk along the beach and bbq at the van.
    The wind had stopped by early evening so after dinner we decided to go for another walk along the jetty, where we spotted a little ray going for a swim, lovely evening.    Read more

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