15 March 2013
Great sleep last night, very peaceful here. We are getting a bit naughty with sleeping in after 6 weeks on the road, getting up at 7-8am instead of our normal work wake up at 5-6am! This will not serve us well when we start working again!!
Bacon and eggs for breakfast and we were off to have a look around town. First to the jetty and boat ramp here, we were surprised to see that to launch your boat at this ramp you have to pay a yearly fee of $50 or $4 each time you launch. Is anything safe from a $ amount these days??
Next to Shelley beach lookout where we can imagine this to be a really nice spot however the weather of late has made the beaches quite dirty with debris and rough waters. The caretaker told us we could dive for some rock lobster here so Joel was on the lookout for any just walking over the rocks that he might be able to grab, surprisingly we did not see any!
Cape Northumberland is further the road and to the left of the parking area is where fairy penguins can be seen and to the right is where the old lighthouse used to stand and where a famous ship was wrecked. First to the penguin side, and while I had high hopes a penguin (who never normally comes out in the day) might pop it's head out to say hello for the sake of the blog. Haha no luck here either. This area is also the most southerly point in SA.
Over to the old lighthouse site where you can see remnants of it and read stories of when it was in operation. There is also a map showing all the shipwrecks that have happened in this coast. Some ridiculous amount had be wrecked right at this spot compared to other places on the coast. I did wonder whether this is why they got rid of the lighthouse here, obviously it was not helping the boats!?
There are lots of little lookouts you can view from along this scenic road. We came across on that had this sign.....
Joel read it and immediately wanted to check the sign was correct! Result...
Bogged in powder consistency sand! We just sunk and even better the tide was coming up and we didn't have much beach to work with. First let down the tyre pressure, second put her in 4L and third....reverse the hell out of there!
Sign is correct - check!
After exploring we headed back to camp for a relaxing afternoon.
Carly & Joel
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okay have entered the facebook shit. Jarrad says he will handle that side of things and I can continue to read the blog to him on weekends So anyway we are in the loop. You are right about those Apostles, your photos have done them more justice than any I've seen. You guys need to access more free camping sites to save your money. Or do they only have them in Qld. Heaps of them here in the south burnett, where people just pull up and stay for a day or two. Generally near public toilets and I know no showers etc, but could save you money in the long run. Apart from that crap you guys look like you are having a ball, thinking of you, miss you. Mer and Jer
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ReplyDeleteYes I agree we need to stay at more free ones! Will tell Joel! Qld is apparently the best state for free camps but they are everywhere. Probably main reason we haven't stayed in that many is cuz a lot of them are super dodgy! And a lot are way out from where we want to go so we would spend more money driving to them than just staying somewhere else! But we are always on the lookout and we actually stayed in one last night that's pretty good. It is amazing how quickly money gets drained from your account when not working and just spending!! It's a working progress, we will be in WA soon and Joel can make back all the money he has spent! Haha Carly & Joel.