Cummins

There is a Community run campsite in Cummins which was very good and we used it as a base to see Port Lincoln and Coffin Bay. 

Cummins itself is a centre for cereal transportation. It was the wrong time of year for us to witness in full operation but I can imagine it getting very busy with lots of lorries coming and going. There is a mill in the town and a bakery. Unfortunately, in SA most places close at the weekends! I know, that seems very odd in this day and age. As we were there for just over a weekend we couldn't sample it as much as we would have liked!

We went for day trips first to Port Lincoln and then Coffin Bay. Port Lincoln was a great day out and we visited an amazing Fish shop and or course we had to try their fish and chips, they were up there! 

Furniture project for Simon!

Mosaic art

A rather unfortunate name for a restaurant!

Many people we met, told us we had to go to Coffin Bay for Oysters. So, naturally we were quite excited about going. However, when we got there, there was little to see or do and there was not really a great place to get your Oysters. We ended up at the local hotel and I, Philippa, apparently had too much to drink. But the fact I had to go straight to bed and took 24 hours to recover, I blame it more on a dodgy Oyster! All that said, they do have a great walk you can go on along the water, there are lots of information boards so you know what birds and plants you are looking at. This is just as well as half the time we have no idea, but we are learning!

Finally, as we were packing up, we found this huge moth. Unknown to us at the time we would encounter quite a few more. You will have to look out for that post.

Mill Steps near Port Gibbon

Simon saw his first wild shark here.  It must has scared all the fish away as we didn't get any for tea. The beach and cliffs were amazing. We collect lots of Sea Urchin shells., not too sure what we will make them into, I have since toughened them with PVA glue whether this will work, only time will tell.

The cliffs are made of sandstone and very fragile, so much so that we can hear bits falling off as you walk along.  When I say bits, very very small bits that most of the time you can only hear not see!

Fitzgerald Bay, Port Bonython

From Bluff Beach we did say the night at Port Pirie. It was a bit odd being back in a larger town compared with where we had been.

However, this was another quiet camp, again very picturesque. We were right by the water. The dogs thought this was great. We just stayed a night in the end as we have to keep moving on!

Bluff Beach - Yorke Pennisula

As you can see from the pictures Bluff Beach was very pretty. We found a free camp here right on the cliff with a short stroll to the beach. We also had some success at catching our first squid.  Salt and pepper squid is one of my favourites.  We also swam and snorkel end here. The water was so clear. On the sea bed, attached, were lot of these whitish sack things which sorted of floated about, very strange, particularly to touch.

Harwicke Bay, Point Turton

Port Turton was a lovely spot with a very good and busy campsite right at the harbour. Simon did a spot of fishing which as you can see we had for tea.

Harwicke Bay

Just around the corner is Hardwicke Bay which as amazing. There were heaps of butterflies on the bushes and they would all fly about like confetti.

Ardrossan - Yorke Peninsula

We popped in to Ardrossan for a look prior to our first camp on the Yorke Peninsula, a nice little town on the east coast. The jetty was massive and has a deep water harbour to ship local grain round the world. A more important fact is that the butchers on the high street smoked the best bacon of the trip so far, move over Darlington Point now second place.