The rain had set in well and truly
as we hooked up the van and headed for Lincoln National Park. I was pretty
excited as we were staying at one of the camping areas, Taylors landing, that
had a boat ramp and as it is pretty much in the middle of nowhere we could get
Rufus in the water and leave her on the beach overnight. I had also managed to
garner a bunch of GPS markers for good fishing areas and was really looking
forward to some real positive fishing.
We set up camp and I checked out
the beach and boat ramp and I was happy we had chosen this area but the rain
and wind was going to keep us off the water for today, hopefully tomorrow will
be better!
After a nana nap the rain had
cleared a bit so we decided to see some of the sights of Lincoln National Park
which is the southern peninsula that forms Boston Harbour. The road snaked
along the coastline that is filled with spectacular rocky coves, pristine white
beaches, points that stretch out into the crystal clear water ending with a
lighthouse at the end of Cape Donington. With about 1000 photos taken so far I
am trying to find a way to make to the pictures slightly more interesting or
maybe memorable! Fortunately my family are willing to humour me just enough to
get a couple of different shots.
On the way back we climbed
Stamford Hill that Flinders climbed back in 1802 in the hope of finding some
fresh water. It was a pretty tough climb as the clouds had cleared away and the
sun was starting to crank the humidity up. As it was also the first decent rain
since last June every bug had gone into breeding overdrive as we were swarmed
by flying, crawling and web making creepy-crawly. We made it to the summit and
were rewarded with a spectacular view over the harbour across to Port Lincoln
and across to the whole peninsula.
Our neighbours had told us about a
Mulberry tree at one of the beaches that they had just visited, and had visited
some 50 years ago as a young couple. The boys had no idea what a mulberry was
so we tracked it down and munched down on a few as well as collecting a couple
of dozen for a special valentines desert!
I also had a bit of fun capturing pics of a couple of birds that I thought might be worth sharing.
It was pretty late in the
afternoon before we got back to camp and after dinner I whipped up a Chantilly
cream and Mulberry desert, not bad for a bush dinner! After we put the boys to
bed De and I watched ‘The Help’ from our DVD library. I switched on the radio
and enjoyed hearing Mitchy J tear through the South African top order and was
lulled of to sleep to the dulcet tones of Jim Maxwell and co.
Mate - did you see the Makybe Diva statue in Port Lincoln?
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