Sunny morning this morning. Drove another of the tourist loops. First stop was Murphy’s Haystacks. It is supposedly the most visited tourist spot in the Eyre Peninsula. The rocks are actually “Inselbergs” that are 100 000 years old. They were buried by calcareous dune sand about 30 000 years ago and subsequent erosion has gradually revealed the granite rocks that we can see.
We drove down to Port Kenny which is on Venus Bay. The bay is huge as are most of the bays we have seen. Great fishing spots all along this coast. Back then to Pt Labatt Conservation Park where the only permanent colony of Australian Sea Lions in Australia reside. At first we did not think there were any there but we located a couple then we could see them everywhere.
Then it was off to Sceale Bay. To get there we drove around the headwaters of Baird Bay while on our left were huge sand dunes. Had lunch there as we sat looking over the bay. There was a public loo built near the beach. It was built out of rocks and had a window looking out to sea. It was called “Camelot”. Just love the Aussie humour! By the time we arrived back in Streaky Bay, cloud cover had moved in and again it is quite cool. A really strong wind has been blowing all day – What’s new? We have hardly had a day since we left home where the wind was not blowing strongly!!!
While there are some beautiful coastal spots here, I don’t think it can compare with the SW corner of WA.
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