We spent a few hours at the Axel Stenross Maritime Museum with it's yachts, boats and stories about the local fishing and maritime history. Definitely worth the visit. Axel Stenross was a Finnish boat builder who settled in the area. These days the museum is staffed by enthusiastic volunteers.
One of our drives took us inland and we happened upon the Glendara Rose Garden. Beautiful and fragrant; and we took plenty of photos.
Then it was on to the Tod River Reservoir with its small museum run by SA Water. Very educational and a great picnic spot. Many schools visit this small museum.
From the reservoir we drove to Koppio, our destination on the tour, to visit the Historic Trust Museum. This is really a "folk museum" with many buildings and plenty of exhibits about the Eyre Peninsula and its local industries.
From Koppio we drove via Cummins to Edillilie for dinner with friends before returning to Port Lincoln.
We said goodbye to Port Lincoln and headed north along the coast through pretty Tumby Bay with plans to camp at Gibbon Point on the coast. When we arrived the campsite was crowded and the area was hot and dusty with no trees so we turned inland toward Cleve.
What a good decision. We camped for 2 nights at Yeldulkne Weir at the campsite which is maintained by the local Lions Club. A relaxing couple of days in a very pretty area.
From Cleve we drove north to Kimba which is halfway across Australia on the National 1 Highway. We stopped for coffee at the roadhouse which boasts the Big Galah, then made our way into the Lake Gilles Conservation Park where we parked on the banks of the Lake Gilles salt lake.
The tidal lake area has plenty of gypsum crystals being formed and they were sparkling in the sunlight.
About 100km after we left Lake Gilles we reached the iron ore mining town of Iron Knob. Ore from this area provided the raw material for the steelworks and ship building city of Whyalla - our next destination.
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