Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

From Helen and David.

We have finally arrived in Melbourne for Christmas with Deb and family, though the Blog doesn't show this as its dropped behind a bit. I hope to get it up to date pretty soon, now I have good reception and the time to do it.

4th Dec
We made it as far as Elliston. A nice quiet Camping ground and we found out there was lots to see in the Area.

Another Jetty to walk down, this time into a very cool wind.

We were told about a Cliff top drive, with some sculptures scattered around cliff edges, so we decided it could be worth a look.

 More nice Coastal scenery and Cliffs with wild seas breaking on the rocks far below. Keep away from the edge!!

 Some interesting sculptures, large and small.

I don't think this improves it one jot!!

Gives you an idea of the stability of the area, don't drive near the edge!

From here it was on to Port Lincoln at the bottom of the Peninsular.

We arrived and settled into the camping ground and ended up with a nice view over the Bay.
The view from the lookout behind the Town gives you an idea of  how the place is situated.

 
We drove into town that evening and had a look around.

 Another Jetty! But this one gave us a good view back to the Waterfront which, with the lights coming on and reflecting on the Water was nice.

 On the foreshore was a Statue of Makybe Diva, the three times Melbourne Cup winner. Apparently she was bred and raised around these parts. 500kgs of Plasticine was used to make the mold for the Statue.
While we were in Port Lincoln we travelled over to Coffin Bay to see where all the good Oysters come from. Not a lot to see and the Town was only average so we carried on out to the National Park.

Not a lot of improvement here. We checked out a couple of camping spots but they were tucked in the Scrub and infested with flies, so not for us thanks.

We carried on through to the Coast but though nice, was just more of the same. I think we must be getting sceneryed out! Nice Cliff formations though.

 We packed up and hit the road again heading for Adelaide. The road up the East coast of the Peninsula was pretty boring again,. notable only for the Wheat Silo's and the long straight roads with Wheat on either side.

We finally made it to Port Pirri and it was stinking hot (37) as the wind was from the North and straight off the Desert. As we passed through Port Augusta we completed the loop of Australia, as on the previous trip (8 years ago) we turned off there and went up the middle to Alice Springs.

We went into Town and had a Feed of Fush and Chups!! Very nice too. Some nice old buildings around town and the old Railway station was the nicest. It's now a Museum, don't know what happened to the railway.

Next stop Adelaide.

Cheers Helen and David.