26 February 2013 - 3 March 2013
After a one night stop at Port Lincoln we headed into Coffin Bay. We stopped at the jetty where the kids watched a guy with a metal detector searching for his fortune. After lunch we headed into Coffin Bay National Park towards our next camp spot Black Springs.
On our way in we were told by other campers that there was a soft area of sand where a few others had got bogged. We decided to give it a go anyway and thought if we kept our momentum up we would get through. It was not to be and although Brett eventually got through we got well and truly stuck. Our wonderful kids helped us dig the sand out from under the wheels and push the camper trailer from behind to help get us out. After about 4 attempts and maybe getting 100 meters each time we eventually got there. A nice cold beer and iceblocks for the kids were well deserved after that.
The kids getting their daily exercise
Yet again we had this place to ourselves with another
great beach in our back yard. The kids
found some overhanging trees and made it into their own little cubby
house.
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| The kids cubby house which they eventually furnished to make it their own get away |
Along the rocks there were many
star fish and many oysters to be found.
We had paid $15 in Coffin bay for 2 dozen oysters but little did we know
that where we were going we could find many for free. Brett and Craig went for a walk one morning
and came back with 45 huge oysters. So
that afternoon we had a feast of nibblies and oysters complimented with some
nice wine.
We drove along the beach and the kids spotted some
fantastic sand dunes to run up. We
stopped and the kids raced up them even though the wind was howling at the
top. They were getting battered with
sand but they did not care as it is now one of their favourite things to do.
We were advised by many locals to go to Almonta beach to get some pippies. There were thousands of little pippies but not too many big ones, which was a bit dissapointing. The beach was very rough and you could not swim there but the kids played on the sand and I went for a walk. We saw an amazing flock of Cape Barren Geese which were just haning around the sand. There was also Golden Island which you could walk out to at low tide but as it is Great White territory it is not reccomended.
Golden Island
We also celebrated Vanessa’s birthday here and Brett
cooked up a fantastic brunch including pikelets with smoked salmon, cream
cheese and capers accompanied by some sparkling red. One afternoon Lachlan and I made Vanessa a
necklace with a stone we found on the beach.
It had a perfect hole in it at one
end where we could put the chain through.
Using the supplies we had at the time we painted it with pink, purple
and red nail polish and we also borrowed a bit of blue and green polish from
Jayla. Lachlan did a fantastic job and
Vanessa loved it.
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| Lachlan with Vanessa and the necklace he made her |
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