Day 37

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 37

The aim today was to get up for Whyalla Park Run. Job done ✔️

It’s just a short walk along the foreshore to Park Run, so how could we not do it. And there were quite a few more people than our last one 😜

After that we got on our bikes to explore the area. First we headed to the marina and pier, which doesn’t look as impressive from the ground as it does from above.

Next we headed up Hummock Hill, an important aboriginal site and the site of the first European settlement. During WW2 it serviced as a gun battery and observation post.

From the lookout at the top we had amazing views over the town and steel mill below, and the Spencer gulf, pier and marina where we saw dolphins playing 🐬

Our final destination was the Maritime Museum, which was fantastic and provides info on naval, BHP shipbuilding, maritime and natural history of the upper Spencer Gulf. It also contains the HO gauge Model Railway is one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere

We were a little late in the day to see everything so they gave us a free pass to return tomorrow for a tour of HMAS Whyalla, the first modern warship built in 1941 in SA which stands on dry land 2km from the sea.

In total we covered about 10km 🚴🏻‍♀️🚴🏻Meer informatie