Eyre Peninsula – Feb 2021 – Port Lincoln

Port Augusta was forecast to hit 43 Celsius on the second day of our trip, so we tried to get an early-ish start and beat the heat. Port Lincoln, by contrast, was forecast to be much cooler. But as we left Port Augusta and headed down the Eastern coast of the Eyre Peninsula, not only were the temperatures cooler, but the skies grew cloudy and looked like rain.

After driving past Whyalla, our first stop was the painted silo at Cowell.

Cowell

From there we headed off the highway into the town of Cowell for lunch and a stretch. This is when we found the latch had broken on the pull out pantry in the caravan. Whoops! It’s just a small plastic part that obviously couldn’t handle the weight of the items we had in there. Shifting the items to another cupboard, and some duct tape had us sorted. When we get home I’ll fashion a permanent fix. Some aluminium angle in place of the plastic catch should do the trick. I have seen others do this on the Crusader Owners Facebook page.

The wind started to get quite gusty at this point. We could feel it blow the van about a bit, and it required concentration to drive safely. It never felt dangerous, and we obviously had the van weight setup correctly, because it never felt like it was getting into a sway condition. This didn’t make for a relaxed drive however. It definitely showed our loading skills have improved.

Tumby Bay

Next stop was Tumby Bay where I stopped by the bakery for a pie and iced coffee. Then we visited their street art.

Footy Oval Shed

Footy Oval Toilets

Pelicans

Seahorses

Shark

Squid

Woman

Animals

Fish

Fishmonger

Our favourite though was a mural that used the old red/blue 3D glasses to place 2 images on the one wall.

From there we headed back out of town towards the highway, where we encountered the local painted silo:

Port Lincoln

Finally, it was then just a relatively quick trip to our base for the next few days at Port Lincoln Tourist Park.

We’ll be here until at least Monday, then we’re off to see more of the Eyre Peninsula.

Like Port Augusta yesterday, all of these areas down the East coast of the Eyre Peninsula are the traditional home of the Barngala people.