10 November 2013 – Port Lincoln

After packing and farewelling the park this morning we continued our journey south along the Eyre Peninsula – following the Flinders Highway to a private farm to view Murphys Haystacks.  What a stunning place.  This property is surrounded by hectares of golden wheat farms and the blue sky today was peppered with white clouds - it looked divine.  In the middle of one of these large wheat fields are the “haystacks” - which are in fact ancient wind-worn pillars and boulders of pink granite estimated to be over 1500 million years old.  One, in particular, that the kids were climbing on looked like a big wave ready to topple over the top of them at any minute…. nonetheless, I got them to climb under it for a photo.  As we continued the drive south, we passed through the town of Colton.  There was very little here except for a bakery, but this one was of a different kind.  There were no pies or cakes, only bread and there was nobody here to serve us.  It was just a small street side stall with a closed in window area that stored the bread.  Josh opted to grab a bag of white rolls and a big cob of multigrain, dropping his money in the honesty tin beside the window.  The bread was delicious and really fresh, the kids almost finishing all the rolls before we even had a chance to use them for lunch.  We detoured off the main road to Elliston but saw nothing to grab our attention except for the local jetty so turned back to the main road.  We finally hit a point where we had Port Lincoln in our sights and it appeared to be a major town surrounded with stunning blue water.  There was really only one caravan in town and fortunately we had pre-booked.  We’d been given a great drive through concrete site and all the spots around us were the same but tiered so you could see past the van next to you and out to the bay.  Josh had been in touch with friends that we’d met at Loyalty Beach, Cape York – Chook (aka Neil) and Teresa, who lived here in Port Lincoln and arranged to head out to their place for a few drinks and dinner.  We found their property on the outskirts of town and they were very welcoming.  They showed us around their property and introduced us to Finn, Phantom and Crash (their horses) and the kids went back later with some carrots to feed them.  We had a great catch-up and a few drinks and laughs as well as dinner before farewelling them and hoping to see them again before we left town.