Saltwatercowboy: York & Eyre Peninsula

On the way back up the York Peninsula it was decided to call in on some more Bushtracker owners Rob & Glenda .They live on a farm just out of Minlaton and we were made feel so welcome with a barbecue and a few drinks in Robs huge shed. As Mick had been there before he showed me around the old car dump which is always an interest to us men.

Mick playing farmers for the day although after two hours he came back to the job he dose best

After filling up with robs beautiful rain water we said our goodbyes and it was on the road again up though Snowtown with all its murder history. The next camp was at Koolunga a very small town but with the most lovely free camp spot and also as the girls found out a real good junk shop but Mick got the sale of the trip with a bike rack almost made to his design just $30. The next day took us into a small town call Yacka where we stopped for coffee and found the most beautiful camp ground and park with the picnic tables done in mosaic patterns of the district.

the bank with bodies in the barrels at Snowtown

the tables at Yacka.
The next camp was at the Mt Remarkable NP it was a good spot but if you don't have a SA parks pass can be very expensive at $27. for the first night and then $17 after that. We stay for two nights and did a drive down to Port Germein and Port Pirie. I had heard a lot about Port Pirie when i worked on the boats in Port Headland as some of the ships use to carry ore from Headland to Pirre.

A visitor to our camp at the NP

Another visitor this bloke came very close to us at happy hour

The old Port Germien Jetty at the end of the new one

The new jetty 2ks long a waste of good wood I think!!
It was time to catch up with Mick and Vick again at Fitzgerald Bay to start on our way around the Eyre Peninsula. After a night there it was in to Whyalla to the bike shop for some repairs to the bike and also some shopping. The next camp was at Port Gibbon where we meet Gail and Ann who we had previously meet at the Grampions It was great to catch up with them and have happy hour with entertaiment from Mick!! From there it was into Arno Bay where we had an Arno burger for lunch and a look around.That night we camped at Cape Hardy where we met some locals from Whyalla who owned the Nadrad shop we had a lot of good laughs and got the local news. From there we had two nights at Lipson Cove another really nice spot. Mick managed to catch some Whiting and with the fish I was given it made the most delicious meal. The young guy who gave me the fish was spearfishing and was chased in by a shark who managed to grab his flipper, he reckons it was a white pointer at about two metres but by the end of the story it had grown to four metres. While we were there we went into Tumby Bay as Vickie B reckons it is one of her favourite towns and she was right its a really nice place and very friendly people.