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We have made it to the southern tip of the Eyre peninsula now after some interesting weather. We were scorching in 40+ degrees a few days ago and now we've had cool nights and cool winds, so the long pants and jumpers have come out of the cupboard! We're in a lovely caravan park at Port Lincoln, which is the 'seafood capital of Australia' overlooking the Spencer Gulf - very picturesque. Alf only caught one small whiting off the beach a few days ago - not big enough for the dinner plate, however, the seafood here is as expensive or moreso than back home!
You can swim with the great white sharks, large tuna or sea lions out here, but whichever way you look at it, the common denominator would be 'great white sharks'!!! So I think we'll give it a miss We drove through the Lincoln National Park and saw a beautiful group of emus including young ones. The coastline here is very rugged with massive white sand dunes, and even some brave surfers were tackling the wild seas - not for the faint-hearted.
Today, we had a great day out exploring the 'Whaler's Way', which is an historical reserve and to enter, you need to get a key and pay $30. However, it was well worth it! This area is south of Port Lincoln, quite remote (we didn't see anyone else) and has such an amazingly rugged coastline and history, with sand dunes, blow holes, cliffs, osprey nests and our favourite - a colony of fur seals. We also saw more emus and two huge kangaroos! Whales come past in the winter months too and the seas are so wild, that quite a few lives have been lost over the years.
So we've enjoyed our time here and now look forward to heading up the western side of the peninsula.
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