Last night lots of kangaroos were eating the grass in our caravan park. Blue had the quickest ever wee before scurrying back into the caravan.
Today we drove away from the perpetual cloud over the southern Eyre Penninsular, and rediscovered sun when stopped at the 1850s Lake Hamilton Eating House. This was once a stop for horse drawn coaches.
The west coast of the Eyre Penninsular has few villages and a low population. At Ellistone we refuelled the Toyota, topped up the diesel for the heater, emptied our toilet cassette, and refuelled ourselves at the bakery. This whale tail sculpture is opposite the bakery.
Gravel roads connect the Flinders Hwy to remote beaches. With the van attached we are not keen taking these roads without knowing the condition of the road.
Our planned overnight destination is the $10 campsite at Murphy’s Haystacks. From a distance these prominent granite rocks were thought to be haystacks by a Mr Murphy, and the name stuck. Technically they are inselbergs – hills that look like a rocky island rising sharply from the sea. Tilly walked all the way around the scattered inselbergs, but hinted she was tired by getting on one of the rocks. The last photo was taken just before the sun dropped below the horizon.
I unhooked the Bushtracker and drove 40kms along excellent gravel roads to Point Labbat to see the only mainland sea lion colony. The viewing platform was so high I could not take good photos of the seals without a telephoto lens, but the scenery was fantastic. There are about 10 seals in this photo.
I stopped on Calca Rd to see these old buildings. There are school bus stops along the road outside farm houses. This area is used for wheat and sheep farming.
While Anita was having a beer with our friends in their motorhome, I took Bluey in for a five minute visit. Leo is generally very energetic, but was tired this evening.
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