From Coober Pedy to Port Lincoln

Hi everyone

I'm now at Port Lincoln and will be until Tuesday. After leaving Port Augusta, the second time, I travelled to Arno Bay via Whyalla. I only went to Whyalla to use the ATM as Bendigo Bank don't have one in every town. I also did some food shopping.
I then headed further south down the east coast of Eyre Penninsula, to Arno Bay. The caravan park was full for the Thursday nite so I was allowed to camp on their "overflow"section but had to pay $15, because I could use their facilities. Friday nite I managed to get a site with power. On Thursday nites they (the owners of the caravan park) have a sausage sizzle. You pay $2.50 and you can eat as many sausages as you wish. The money goes to a charity. This night they also cooked a huge snapper on the barby and we were allowed to eat that as well. All worth the $2.50!! and I didn't have to cook dinner which is always a bonus.
It was very windy so not so pleasant on the beach, but the dogs loved it. I think Arno Bay must be  good for fishing as most of the campers had rods with them but I think it was a bit too windy to use them.
Next stop is Port Lincoln. I picked out a caravan park that was on a farm, as I'd been staying at a lot that were situated near water and thought a change would be good. What I didn't realise was the 12km dirt road drive to get there. Anyway I wouldn't say it was paradise once I got there but there are only 2 other caravans here so it certainly is peaceful. One couple have 2 dogs, a standard daschaund ( Dudley ) and a miniture ( Molly ) who is only 5 months old and is" game as ned kelly ". The other is a family of 4, who also have a dog (Coco) who I think is a red kelpie dog. Anyway they all get on well together and we let them roam around without a lead. I'm staying here till Tuesday then off to Coffin Bay and oysters yum yum.
I rode my scooter into Port Lincoln to-day( yes on the dirt road ) and had a look around. One of the campers looked after the dogs which was great. On Sundays most shops are closed in Port Lincoln so there wasn't much to do. I did the touristy things, went to the Lincoln Cove Marina ( which accommodates the largest commercial fishing fleet in Australia), also the lookout and drove around the coast road. I was hoping to buy some fresh fish but the shop doesn't open on Sundays! I'll go there on Tuesday on my way to Coffin Bay.
So that's brought you up to date. Tomorrow I'll do nothing, because I'm now used to that, or I might have to do some house work yuk!

This part of the road has been widened because it is used for emegency landings by the Flying Doctor Service.

A view of Lake Hart which I think is a salt lake. It's north of Woomera

Sunrise at Arno Bay

View of Port Lincoln from lookout

Sorry it's up the wrong way. They are unloading king fish into the boxes which are filled with ice. There are 120 fish per box, and there were 18 boxes on this truck.
Well that's it until next time.
Love
Jo, Kaiser, Chardy and Shiraz