Day 7 - Wednesday 31/7/24 - Tumby Bay - Eyre Peninsular

We set out about 8.30 for Tumby Bay, cutting across the centre of the Eyre Peninsular. The scenery was farmland, pretty harsh land with many stones and rocks. Not many crops, but I think the peninsular is mostly known for sheep grazing. Nice roads to travel on, making it seem like a quite trip, as we arrived in Tumby Bay just after lunch. After setup we relaxed in to watch a little of the Olympics, then a walk along the foreshore for a little exercise. Only travelled 333km today.

Day 8 - Thursday 1/8/24 - Coffin Bay, Port Lincoln - Eyre Peninsular. Wow a whole week has past already! Today we went for a meander down the Eyre Peninsular crossing over to the West again to visit Coffin Bay, home of the oysters. Nice little spot, we picked up a coffee, but I think I prefer Streaky Bay for the town outlook. Driving out we noticed some very friendly emus that obviously frequent the easy pickings of food in town, they did not mind you getting really close to them.

Headed over to Port Lincoln for some lunch and a look around. Its not a bad little town, quite a large collection of shops, supermarkets and businesses, but a long way from anyway. The foreshore precinct has been done nicely with a great walking path right along the edge of the beach. After lunch and a walk, it was back on the road to Tumby again. A nice little round trip of 186km today.

Back in Tumby I managed to get my first silo art photograph.

Today I used the washing machine in the caravan - how posh did I feel😊, it worked a treat.

A brisk afternoon walk along the Tumby foreshore brought the day to a chilly close.

Day 9 - Friday 2/8/24 - Port Neill, Arno Bay, Cowell.

Another small day trip, to the north of Tumby bay to see Port Neill, a small seaside village with the traditional jetty that all these little places seem to support. Next stop was Arno Bay which would be a lovely spot for a summer holiday. The beaches on the Spencer gulf look very protected and great for paddle boarding. A little cold at this time of the year to experience this time. We got to Cowell for lunch. There was a quaint little old timers museum with so much stuff jammed into it we had a lot of fun looking around. The item that amused Rob the most was in the medical cabinet a little bottle of "Pink pills for Pale People" 😊, from the label they were probably iron tablets for anaemia.

On the way out we stopped to look at the Silo Art in Cowell. The artist is Austin Nitsua and took 2.5 weeks to complete in August 2019. The art work represents life on the peninsular, depicting Lionel Deer born in 1933, whose family were early settlers. Lionel was a skilled horseman and sheep musterer. The camel is "Diamantina" one of Lionels loves later in life when he raised camels at William Creek, north SA. There is picture of the old rustic ruin to represent the many historic building you see while driving around the Eyre Peninsular.