Coffin Bay to Ceduna

Coffin Bay township

We spent three nights at Coffin Bay national park and were joined by our new friends, the Shearers.  All the boys tried a bit of sand surfing, which included a mighty face plant from Flynn, which he recovered well from.  We went on a bit of a hike to a lookout and we were very impressed that Flynn walked for about 40 mins without having to be carried.  Nick had his first taste of four wheel driving, we drove onto the beach and some of us had a dip (it was chilly!).  Nick made his first camp oven meal, unfortunately it was a little more slow cooked than we thought and the boys had to make do with baked beans, but Nick and I enjoyed a delicious roast by the camp fire, under the stars, with all kiddies tucked up in bed.  We were lucky enough to be given some fish for dinner one night, straight out of the ocean.  They were delicious cooked on the coals of the fire.  We took the photos below and Nick was going to tell a little white lie to Chris (his brother in law) about catching them, but doesn't need to anymore as he actually did catch a fish! (more about that later).  So Coffin Bay has spectacular scenery, rugged cliffs and ocean and some beautiful quiet little bays, lots of wildlife, and friendly fellow travellers!

Coffin Bay National Park

Coffin Bay National Park

Next stop was Venus Bay, which is all about serious fishing!  We had a walk along the pier and Flynn saw bucket fulls of fish, which he was quite unsure about.  There are lots of pelicans here and we watched them being fed fish scraps.  Nick became friendly with a couple of guys who invited him fishing at the pier that evening.  They lent him their lucky rod, and within 2 minutes he had pulled in a fish!





We stayed at Streaky Bay for two nights.  We had one very wet weather day which is not much fun being in a caravan, but we all put our jackets on and the rain cover on the pram, and hit the town!  The next day we had a walk on the pier and watched a dolphin swim right under us and have a play around.  We also went to some blowholes that were about 15kms out of the bay.  The coast was beautiful, and although it wasnt the largest blowhole I have seen, the sound of it was amazing, it was like some giant monster breathing.  The power of the ocean and the sound of the blowhole was pretty frightening to a two year old!

MMmmmm...

Murphy's Haystack, near Streaky Bay

Nudie run at Coffin Bay

We have arrived in Ceduna today and are preparing for the trip across the Nullabor.  We have a rough idea of driving distances and where we are staying and are hoping that it will take us about 5 nights to get to Norseman.  We go through the WA boarder in two days, where we cant take any fruit, veg, honey or eggs, so it is all canned food from there on.  See you on the other side!!