We're having a great time in Streaky Bay, South Australia. It's on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula and on the eastern side of the Great Australian Bight. There's not much except water between the shoreline here and South-west Western Australia, about 1,500km away.
It's a very restful town with plenty of amenities and as much to do as we want to. An added bonus is the tasty seafood which is a highlight of the area. We've had a few meals of delicious local oysters, King George whiting and tommy ruffs (Australian herrings).
There are 3 loop drives with plenty of lookouts which take in the magnificent coastal scenery; a combination of sandy beaches and rugged cliffs.
The Cape Bauer Loop is a 1-2 hour drive which took us along rugged cliffs to the Whistling Rocks and Blowhole. The Whistling Rocks are tubes in the rock which whistle loudly as the waves crash into the cliff face. The blowhole wasn't blowing while we were there although we waited for a while and fought with the many flies! On our way back to town we drove past the mangrove swamps which are so important to the environment.
A couple of days later we drove the Westall Way Loop. We stopped at many of the lookouts and took plenty of photos. We drove down several 4WD tracks to the rocky points at the waters edge where we walked among the rock pools. This was a great drive for scenery.
The third loop drive was to Point Labatt where we saw the seal and sea lion colony. There were plenty of sea lions, many with young pups. We watched from the lookout which is about 50m above the colony.
The drive back took us past Murphys Haystacks. These are pink granite rock formations which, according to legend, were named by a Scottish agricultural expert who mistook them for haystacks on Murphy's property.
Our final stop was at Eyre's Waterhole, the campsite of explorer Edward Eyre.
We drove north 110km to Ceduna, home of The Big Oyster - another feed of delicious oysters. Cherryl's father lived there for a short while in the 1930s. It has a lovely foreshore and an excellent Aboriginal Art and Language Centre. Definitely on our list of places to revisit, probably in 2014. Another place to visit for delicious fish and chips for lunch. The port at Ceduna is very big with grains, salt and seafood being the main activity.
We made a quick trip 300km south to Port Lincoln to get new tyres for our Landcruiser and called in at a local roadside bakery for some wood-fired bread - yummy! We'll be on our way south towards Port Lincoln again tomorrow. It looks like there's plenty to do there too.
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