Monday 3rd December 2018 - Before we left Ceduna we visited the Aboriginal Art Gallery where we wandered around admiring the local paintings, tables & chairs and a large turtle shell depicting various stories of bush life.

We then set off for Smoky Bay making a brief stop at this small costal town known for its recreational fishing of the jetty.

As we continued on driving through the Eyre Peninsula, in Southern Australia we decided to camp on Perlubie Beach at Streaky Bay. We turned off the highway and made our way down on to the beach and found a spot to set up camp. We sat with the beige sand dunes behind us and watched the low waves slowly roll up the wide flat beach of fine sand and the seabirds scavenging along the shoreline.

We later took a short walk along the low rugged limestone cliffs at the end of the beach and noted the small long running ridge of seagrass that had washed up on to the beach.

The weather is sunny and warm allowing us to eat outside for the first time in ages; no wind, rain, cold or flies!

Tuesday 4th December 2018 - We woke to the sound of trackers towing small fishing boats out to the edge of the wide sand flat in the early morning sun. We decided to use Perlubie Beach as a base, so after breakfast, we packed a picnic lunch we set of and did the following:

A short stop at the small coastal town of Streaky Bay before heading for the Cape Bauer Loop Drive that takes you along another section of the Great Australian Bight (A large open bay). We stopped and walked out across the high limestone cliffs to watch the turquoise and blues waves' crash against this rugged coastline.

Blowholes where we stopped and walked along a boardwalk and down several sets of steps to a sections of the rocks with crevices where you could hear the loud whoosh of the air being pushed up by the huge powerful waves below.

It's getting really hot now, 37 degrees, something we haven't experienced for a while Ha! Ha! so we made our way back along the loop through the beige coloured sand and farmland towards Streaky Bay.

The Westall Way Loop Drive where we drove along the rugged limestone cliffs taking in the views of blue water with large waves breaking out to sea, granite boulders some orange in colour that formed natural reefs. This created pools safe to swim in, while beyond the high powerful waves broke over these reefs that run along this coastline.

We made our way back to camp but we didn't sit outside tonight as the heat of the day has brought out all the flies, so we had dinner inside and later sat and watched another lovely sunset.

Wednesday 5th December 2018 - We woke at 5am this morning as a mosquito buzzed around our heads making hard to sleep. Who would have guessed that they would be on the beach!!

It's another lovely sunny morning and already 35 degrees as we pulled off the beach leaving this pretty sweeping wide beach with its aqua and blue water sitting still in the glistening sun.

We continued our journey through land that looked dry and brown except for some trees and bushes with the temperature at 11:40am had reached 40 degrees and stopped at:

Venus Bay where we made a short stop to look out across to the islands beyond with clear water gently rolling up on the cream sand below the low cliffs we were standing on.

Murphy's Haystacks where we walked amongst an interesting group of weathered pink granite formations that sat in isolation above the ground - 2:14pm its now 41 degrees.

Talia Beach with a dirt track that led us to the end of the rugged coastline where we stopped and looked out over large blue and white capped waves crashing onto a long sweeping cream sandy beach.

A stop at The Tub a large crater in the top of the cliffs of pink granite with a tunnel that leads out to the ocean and a ledge of rock and huge waves crashing over the top with white swirling water at its base.

The Woolshed a large cavern carved into a section of more pink granite cliffs along the Talia beach line. The honeycombed ceiling of the cave was home to a number of swallows fitting in & out as we stood and watched the rolling waves pushing the clear water up into its mouth.

A walk out to the edge of the long smooth pink rocks to look at the changing colours of the water from clear to aqua to green and blue glistening in the sun and rippling in the light breeze. This is certainly a love part of the coast.

We drove back through the cream and beige landscape to get on to the highway and headed for the coastal town of Elliston where on arrival we took refuge in the shade of a huge pine tree. We later took a look around this lovely pretty town before dinner and an evening outside enjoying the warm weather.