We packed up and headed off from Penong at 9am for the short trip down the road (182kms) to Streaky Bay. We had stayed there previously but for only 1 night and we had promised ourselves to return as the park was literally right on the beach!
Only 70km's down the road we arrive at the South Australian Quarantine Station.....I declare my bag of frozen limes and was happy to hear that I could keep them.....this was good news as I had carefully hoarded them for some months awaiting summer and therefor the need for my lovely lime based salad dressing! I also didn't lose my precious stash of Albany Taylorina Honey (not knowing how long before I would be back in Albany I had purchased a 4kg supply and wasn't in a hurry to lose it!!!) Well pleased with what I saw as a double win we pulled in for a layover at Ceduna to let Sam the Chihuahua have a walk on the beach....she loved it so much we had to pick her up and carry her back to the car as she clearly had no intention of returning on her own.
SAM AT CEDUNA BEACH
Rolling down the road with Ceduna behind us we noticed a sign saying 'Smoky Bay' and our curiosity was lit. Turning down the road we bumped along with the assumption that we were heading back to the coast......and we were correct! It was a lovely little coastal town with another beautiful beach. The temperature was climbing so we agreed to park at the big jetty that was visible in the distance and have another snack break. The jetty got our curiosity so leaving Sam in the cool of the van, Les and I headed off for a walk. The jetty proved to have been recently renovated and there was some locals fishing at the end (after a short conversation I found that they were only catching small Herring and that the fishing hasn't been good for some months-too windy)
ME ON THE JETTY AT SMOKY BAY WITH THE TOWNSHIP IN THE BACKGROUND
We considered buying some lunch here but upon investigation there was only one shop in town and it was responsibly for supplies of food, fuel, bait, alcohol, ice and basically everything.....everything except sandwiches/rolls it seems, and by this time it was way too hot to be eating pies so they lost a sale :(
Heading off again we arrived at our destination of Streaky Bay Caravan Park at 2.30pm!!, we got set up in our spot and drove back into town for fresh food as we hadn't been able to purchase any since Albany (9 days previous)
It is a beautiful town, the shops are a comfortable walk from the Caravan Park and we were only 20 metres from the water. The next day was did indeed walk into town for some more food supplies and also went for a swim. I had earlier checked on risks such as sharks and jelly fish as we couldn't work out why more people weren't swimming. There was no sinister reason, it may have been because the water is so shallow! We walked out at least 50 metres and still weren't even knee deep, knowing that walking out further would gain us no more depth we promptly splashed about where we were and had a great time, the water was very warm.
We will stay here for another 2 nights as tomorrow is predicted to be another hot one.
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