Chilling on the Eyre Penninsula

Now is the time to stop and smell the roses before we make the last bit dash back home before school.  We travelled from Ceduna to Venus Bay today.  A nice short drive so we treated ourselves to a sleep in this morning - much needed for poor Jadey after her being sick last night.  Stopped in at the shops in town for some supplies (as they would be cheaper at Ceduna than where we were headed - if they were available their at all).  We had had to eat ourselves out of fresh fruit and vegies again as there is another fruit fly inspection stop coming into Ceduna.  Turns out it was a non event, the guy didn't even check us compared to going over, where we had to pop the van, and push out the front bed so he could get in and walk around checking cupboards in comfort!

We took our time this morning pulling into various stops along the way.  Stopped in at Smoky Bay.  It had been recommended to us as a lovely place so we thought we'd check it out.  It was beautiful.  Nothing there but could defiantly be a nice place to stop for a couple of days.  Seems the coast is littered with these sleepy little fishing towns - beautiful clear water, a lovely shade of blue and nothing to do but fish and relax.

Had to stop for a really big train today, at first Dave thought it was the Indian Pacific we were a little excited but no just a training carrying carriage after carriage of what looked like sand.  At least we got to test again that the traffic lights work - as did the drivers horn, he sure got his kicks out of beeping it!!

Dave drove today and wins the award for taking on the biggest road trains of the trip.  This one came with several police escorts and required everyone to get off the road completely so he could drive down the centre of the road.

We arrived around lunch time and checked in at the office, the lady basically told us we could pick where ever we wanted to be and just let her know.  The wind was already starting to pickup - comes in every afternoon so we chose a nice sheltered spot behind the hill.  We are staying at the Venus Bay Waterfront Caravan Park - the only place there is in town.  The water here is bore water with rain water tanks that you can fill a 2l container at a time for use in cooking, drinking etc but you have to boil it first.

The ground is all sand and shell grit - means that your feet don't stay feeling clean for very long.  It will be so nice to see some grass at home again.  Couldn't tell you the last place we saw proper grass.

Went for a drive out to Mt Camel Beach this afternoon.  Pretty spot but very very windy, we might go back tomorrow morning before the wind picks up.

Took a drive around town - there isn't much here - a general store and a cafe.  Dave wanted some honey (we forgot to buy some at Ceduna, a small container of honey was $5.50 and 1 litre of Pineapple Juice was $3.00 -needless to say it all stayed there!)  Found some lovely cliffs and headlands to look at - check out the over hang on the rock in the photo below, its not going to last long!!!

Spent the afternoon just hanging around the van.  So far since leaving home I have finished 4 and half books and amnow working my way through my 5th.  I had a nice long skype call to Mum and Dad and Dave has had a good chat with his Mum too.  Kids have enjoyed just doing nothing and being out of the car.

Yummy BBQ dinner sitting outside and now kicking back - won't be long before bed tonight that's for sure!!

Kms travelled today - 199

Kms travelled total - 12505