It only took us 400 odd klms but we did find somewhere to stay over the remainder of Easter. It turns out we left Port Germein and drove over 400 klms, which equates to the entire east coast of the Eyre Peninsula, to get to camp on an unpowered site, just to sleep for the night. BUT what a place it is.
Port Lincoln is beautiful. Its on the lower east of the Eyre Peninsula and it is quite spectacular. Ofcourse this is where Jayne plans to swim with the great whites. It's booked for this Thursday! We are aware though that the Orcas have scared the great whites off by biting one in half, so it may be a swim with the......sardines! Will keep you posted.
We now have a powered site, however, Whimsy managed the lack of power well with the solar panel on board. Thanks Andrew from Leisure Coast Auto, Bellambi!!
We took a lovely coastal walk from the caravan park today. The walk is called the Parnkella Trail and it is 8 klms in length. We walked part of it that took us to the Port Lincoln township. This was about 7 klms roundtrip. Loving this bushwalking thingo.
What was fantastic for me, given my project management past, is that this walk traverses not only the coast but also infiltrates a number of properties owned by industry linked closely to employment and exports here in the Port. Boy, I would have loved to have been involved in getting all the players working together to get this walk mapped and constructed. Its a credit to whoever managed this to fruition. See gallery for visual explanation.
Port Lincoln is the largest fishing port in Australia and being on the shoreline at the Port Lincoln Tourist Park you can see how busy the waterway is.
Hoping to fish off the parks' jetty tomorrow but its supposed to be blowing a gale so it may be more like huddling in Whimsy reading a good book!
Will let you know how the shark encounter goes!