Tumby Bay, Australia Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Trip Around Australia 2022
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- Apr 12, 2022 · ☁️ 20 °C Altitude: 7 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay -34.386196, 136.10427934°23’10” S 136°6’15” E
Day 25
Tumby Bay
April 12, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Tumby Bay is a coastal town situated on the Spencer Gulf, on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, 45 kilometres north of Port Lincoln. Mainly known as a fishing town.

We stayed at the local caravan park which had lovely owners. Unfortunately it rained for most of our time in Tumby Bay but we managed to occupy ourselves with a drive into Port Lincoln. This where we found a good push bike shop and purchased our bikes. We also had an awesome meal at the local pub in Tumby Bay lunch.Read more
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Traveler South Australia
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- Nov 23, 2022, 4:00pm · ⛅ 17 °C Altitude: 10 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay Tumby Bay Park -34.375478, 136.103134°22’32” S 136°6’11” E
Day 14
Final day in PL
November 23, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today another trip out to Fishery bay surf and swim and walk

Then we are off to Coffin Bay for a sunset cruise with sunset charters wonderfull cruise seeing Gods amazing creation
Dolphins in front of the boat

Head to Streaky Bay tomorrowRead more
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Traveler Darren's 50th trek 2020
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- Feb 25, 2020, 1:40pm · ☀️ 24 °C Altitude: 7 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay -34.37, 136.07534°22’12” S 136°4’30” E
Day 24
Tumby Bay
February 25, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Very cute little town with a beautiful beach and jetty lots of art on buildings and silo.. some better than others. A very nice very friendly bakery. Wayyyyy tooooo muchhhhh sauce on my pie... was very delish tho.Read more
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Traveler Eyre Peninsula 2021 Road Trip
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- Jun 16, 2021, 10:28am · ⛅ 12 °C Altitude: 19 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay -34.38833, 136.1033334°23’18” S 136°6’12” E
Day 10
Tumby Bay
June 16, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Relaxing day in Tumby Bay. Went to the Museum first which was really interesting. Lunch at the Seabreeze, a quick jetty walk and a bit of op shopping for Mum. Well, I needed a bowl to cook Oscars butterscotch pudding! Very sweet little town, with an awesome bakery!Read more
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Traveler Off to Coffin Bay with Frankie
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- Nov 25, 2021, 4:00am · ⛅ 15 °C Altitude: 7 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay Tumby Bay Uniting Church -34.37667, 136.1016734°22’36” S 136°6’6” E
Day 9
Rain rain rain!
November 25, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
What a difference a day makes! It was raining pretty heavily as we woke up. The electricity was being turned off at 8am so we managed to get a good coffee in before that happened. We have been using the Aldi coffee machine since we got the van. It has been pretty reliable, and it is nice having capsule coffee first thing in the morning.
We walked into town for more coffee after breakfast. Tumby Bay is covered in murals and some if not all are really impressive! Ian walked round to the museum again, and Pat Carr (the volunteer) had done some more research for him. He came out with more bits of paper under his arm but no school photograph of his mum...the book was missing.
Poor Frankie, he never did manage to get into the water here. We drove out to Port Neil this afternoon. It was beautiful, very remote, with two caravans among the sand dunes, braving the could and wind gusts!
It is quite stormy here too today, but at least the rain stopped! We had a last glass of wine at the pub and then meatballs from the local butcher for tea. (He prepares the meat and sells it though the IGA across the road). I took a couple of selfie photographs at the pub....different and unexpected!!
Caroline from Paradise called round with her training lead for Sparky. I gave her my email address.Read more
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Traveler Off to Coffin Bay with Frankie
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- Nov 26, 2021, 8:00pm · ☀️ 17 °C Altitude: 6 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay -34.375, 136.1033334°22’30” S 136°6’12” E
Day 10
Coffin Bay
November 26, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
It was a wild and windy night, with heavy rain thrown into the mix for good measure. Neither Ian nor I slept much, listening to the wind rock the van. On my early morning toilet stop with Frankie i noticed a cruise ship in the bay. It was such an unexpected and unusual sight, I took a photograph incase I was seeing things!
It wasn't easy to put the awning down either. However by the time we were departing the rain at least had stopped. Waved farewell to Caroline at the exit and headed for Coffin Bay.
On arrival here we ended up parked beside a couple we had already met in Tumby. He just loved Frankie! We drove out to Farm Beach but arrived closely followed by another four cars. You can drive on this beach, and we intended to let Frankie run a little....but too many people cars etc!!
Back in the CP, I took Frankie out for a last pee before bed. The place was full of Kangaroos....everwhere! Frankie was amazed and excited...but at least he didn't bark. It was nearly midnight!Read more
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- Nov 22, 2022, 1:02pm · ⛅ 17 °C Altitude: Sea level
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay Tumby Bay Park -34.37687, 136.10313134°22’37” S 136°6’11” E
Day 13
Day 4 in PL
November 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Had a fish not even a bite
Then a drive to Tumby Bay
Had lunch at the Seabreeze Hotel.and a walk along tbe foreshore
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Traveler Silo art travels
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- May 11, 2020, 8:00pm · ☁️ 14 °C Altitude: 12 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay Tumby Bay Park -34.38213, 136.1012634°22’56” S 136°6’5” E
Day 1
Home
May 11, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Start of travels.
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Traveler Off to Coffin Bay with Frankie
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- Nov 24, 2021, 7:10am · ☁️ 17 °C Altitude: 8 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay Tumby Bay Park -34.375, 136.134°22’30” S 136°6’0” E
Day 8
Family in Tumby
November 24, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We all headed off to the town for coffee at Tumby Bay Bakery. Ian has had a very sore back/ shoulder since we left home. It seems to be getting slightly better, but only with the aid of panadol osteo and neuraphine. After coffee we called into the local museum. Frankie and I waited outside. Frankie lay down outside the door, so he could listen to Ian talking. Very cute! Ian found evidence that his mum had attended the school here, but only for a year. The family seemed to be based more in Port Lincoln. The museum gave Ian some relevant photocopies, and the promise of a school photograph tomorrow
We bought a couple of steaks from the present butcher, who uses foodland to sell his ware. Steak and chips tonight! I spoke to Stephen. Both Tillie and Belle have covid. I also contacted both of them, and judging by the jolly video they sent me, they are both pretty wellRead more
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- Feb 4, 2022, 4:36pm · ⛅ 21 °C Altitude: 8 m
  Australia South Australia Tumby Bay Tumby Bay Uniting Church -34.376713, 136.1017334°22’36” S 136°6’6” E
Day 293
Tumby Bay
February 4, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Tumby Bay - Eyre Peninsula, SA. Population 1,474.

Very cute little town bursting at the seams with street art. These photos are a sample.
The welcoming to the town is via a very clever silo mural by Argentinian Martin Ron who deals with the curved surfaces and gaps between to silos as if by magic.
In both directions along the coast there are top quality free camps. Red Cliffs’ highlight was that the wind finally dropped leaving a beautiful beach and some Hooded Plover (vulnerable species).
A little north of the town is Lipson Cove which is like catnip to the fisher-people. There is a group over the way, and their rods have not left their hands since we arrived. Mine is still in the car. It’s such a beautiful spot and easily accessed by 9k of good dirt road, yet there is still only about 10 vans here.Read more
Traveler street art is so amazing
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Traveler such amazing talent
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