Port Lincoln National Park and Adam's B'day

After a refreshing swim we returned to our cliff top camp site to extreme windy conditions which had broken one of our tent poles and filled everything with dry brown dirt.  We could not stay here so we packed up all our gear including our swag and tent and it seemed to take forever.  We prepared lunch in the car while driving to Port Lincoln where we had decided to book into a caravan park and pay for the first time on this trip.  We really needed to enjoy a proper shower and get some clothes washing done. 

On the Saturday we headed into the beautiful town of Port Lincoln and had a brunch on the foreshore.  We swam, kayaked and the kids jumped off the jetty into a shark safety net which according to the locals had quite a few big holes in it and wasn't very shark proof at all !!!!

We went for a refreshing ale at the pub and met a few locals which we had a great chat to and are going to keep in contact with.  The locals at Port Lincoln are great people and always happy for a chat.

Brett and Vanessa went to the information centre and were able to book us into Memory Cove in the Lincoln National Park for the next four nights.

Wow, this place is amazing !!!  Only 15 cars per day are allowed in this part of Port Lincoln National Park and only 5 of those cars are allowed to stay and camp.  For the first three nights we had our own bit of paradise all to ourselves.  Having our own private beach meant we could leave out our chairs, kayaks and fishing rods overnight without worry and Craig could indulge in a bit of skinny dipping in the cool clear waters. 

 

 

The boys went diving for abalone and caught many squid on the squid jag.  Craig caught a King George Whiting and Brett battled with a Salmon while out in the kayak.   Kai caught his first fish for this trip so he was very excited.  As you can imagine we had some great dinners of fresh Calamari, Abalone and Fish. 

 

 

Adam also spent his birthday here and as November to April is a total fire ban in SA National Parks we were unable to give him a camp oven cake but he got his Chocolate Mud Cake from Woollies (as he requested).  He also received a gift of a lilo from the Rippons so we spent a fair bit of time just floating on the lilo in the calm water.   We were lucky to get 4 nights camping here as normally 3 nights is the maximum but even after 4 nights it was very hard to leave this paradise.