Tuesday, 10/9 Fisherman's Cove, Lincoln NP to Whaler's Way

    Happy birthday, Ryan! We can't wait to see you, and hope your travel plans are all working out.

Horseflies, sea bath, more lucky cows

     While we had coffee and oatmeal, as our camping neighbors were out fishing in the cove in their 'tinny', the Aussie word for a small open metal boat, a small pod of dolphins swam near them. Must have been a good fishing spot.

     We drove to another part of Lincoln NP for a seaside walk. The coastline is lower here, and inhabited by small biting horse flies. We walked for about an hour, and at the end of it, the score was Kevin 11, horseflies 1. 

Horsefly Alley

      At our turnaround spot we found a nice sheltered cove and took salt-water baths, followed by a quick drinking water rinse. Learned that from Doug.  Sorry, no photos.

The Wo-Man bath tub

     We drove a short way to Sleaford beach, just another completely empty Australian beach with superb views. Also have to update an earlier posting about the luckiest cattle in the world. I can now state without chance of contradiction that these would be the most fortunate, at least for the view.

Sleaford Beach

More lucky Aussie cattle... like they really care

A whale of a storm

     Whaler's Way is an 18 km drive along the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula on private property. We paid for the key the day before in town and got there as a menacing storm was boiling up from the Southern Ocean. We made it to a couple of the overlooks and hiked out to see the views before finding a good spot to enjoy the approaching storm with a glass of red wine.

Looks like we'll be sleeping inside the LC tonight

Watching the storm from inside the car

     After the storm passed we went to Cape Carnot and hiked around the rocky headlands, limestone deposited over 2.6 billion year old granite.

150 million year old limestone on top, 2,600 million granite below, and a very
youthful Diana in-between

      We made it to an interesting bush campground away from the headlands in the park. Rough little corrugated toilet houses, but there were flush toilets and running water. We were the only ones there except for a few emus. We cooked up leftover lamb for dinner, then slept quite well in the car, as the rain came and went all evening.