We were quick to be on the move
and we moved from picturesque town to lovable seaside village. About every
20kms is a port town that were a hive of activity when the wheat and other crops
were all carted on horse drawn carts in 3 bushel sacks onto ships bound for a
foreign port. Today the road out of the peninsula is instead filled with B
Double trucks speeding for Port Adelaide bound for a foreign port. I am not
100% sure if we have gotten smarter and more efficient or lazier and less
effective!
The port towns were all very
likable and I could easily imagine spending a summer holiday there but with a
30 – 40 knot ‘breeze’ blowing anything bar looking through the closed window
was less than enjoyable. I did manage to
convince the boys to try the tidal pool at Stansbury and after Sam turned
purple, in his wetsuit, after a couple of minutes we headed for the showers.
Even though they were cold relativity is a beautiful thing and no complaints
were heard!
After lunch we decided no matter how beautiful these towns were if
we couldn’t get out and appreciate them we might as well by pass them so we
headed straight for our now final destination, Pondalowie Bay in Innes National
Park which is right at the tip of the Yorke Peninsula.
As we drove the scenery changed
from rolling paddocks to salt pans to sandy scrub all within a half an hour!
Late in the afternoon the boys found some new friends that were the same age
and were travelling for two years! They played for a while and then we went to
explore a bit and were amazed at the incredible beauty of the bay and the
surrounding beaches. The bay had about 10 lobster boats in it so I was excited
that I would be able to get my drop net out to catch a lobster! We walked
around the cliff lined beaches and picked one for tomorrow as the wind was
supposed to be dropping off early tomorrow.
As soon as the boys went to bed we
followed them, amazed that we were again under the doona when a couple of days
ago we couldn’t sleep as it was to hot!
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