To William Creek, Lake Eyre and beyond ............

 

On the way to William Creek ... we drove through a gap in the longest man-made structure in the world - yup The DOG Fence its still standing and its a mere 5,400 kms long!! The original lenght was about 8,600kms ... unreal eh? Now wouldn't you like to be the fencing contractor!!??

This the hardiest and smartest plant in a semi-desert regent - its the mulga - pls note that all its leaves and limbs all point up hence it can capture any moisture that is in the air! Its wood is very dense and hard and makes the best firewood ... trivia heard by Gary on his Mailrun tour .. which is another story in itself ...

This the girls in the oh-so famous William Creek Hotel/Pub ...the whole interior is covered with hundreds of business cards and personal 'trash'! It is quite a sight ....This 'funny' sign was up on the wall for a laugh?? The food was pretty yummy though ... I consumed a huge hamburger with the lot .... hopefully it was real beef and not .....the fauna of the national emblem!

   

This sign greets you as you approach the shore line of Lake Eyre at Halligan Bay. A warning not to be ignored!

Here they are the posers in Lake Eyre!! While they were strolling in the waters of Lake Eyre - I was 1,500kms above - getting the aerial view which was amazing ...but I wished I could have walked in the Lake too....

 Poppy making sure that its 'real' ... or was she trying to catch a little fish??!

 

 The 3 Lawlors .... Gary has mastered this 'self-portrait' trick when he was cycling by his lonesome up the alps in France!!

 Yes! They are definitely in the Lake! How awesome is that?!

This is the beyond that G woud love to zooooooom to...................

  

Onroute to Coober Pedy & a few shots of Coober

 This is the amazing shoreline of Lake Hart ... an enormous salt lake .. yup all that whiteness is SALT!! Its a stunning sight!

 We parked the car and started walking towards it .. had to walk through a tunnel as the Ghan railway line ran by its side!

 Close up of salt crystals .... hardened at the surface ... due to the heavy rainfall over the last few months ...you could see that the lake was getting 'soggy' - and that the moisture was rising to the surface slowly. I collected a small palmful of really dry salt crytals ... my very own authentic salt!!

 Gary is kneeling in the old frame of an old launching pad for some huge lah-lah missile when Australia & America & UKwere in cahoots with making rockets & missiles after WWII. I can't remember all the details but will upload some more details and photos when I blog about Woomera.

 This sight greets you as you take the turn into Coober Pedy! I believe thats a vacum/dust extractor thingamabob for getting opal crusted rock separated from pure rock .... I think!!

 That's the typical scenery of Coober Pedy ....  mini hillocks of opal-less dirt! There is obviously proper & correct terminology but .... don't ask me eventhough I was only there last week or was it two weeks ago ... this is what happens when you are on one long holiday ......... who knows what day or time it is!! Except MEAL time!!

 This is the famous Catacomb Church ... very lovely and serence ...the only thing that spoilt the effect was it had really daggy plastic chairs for the pews!! It would have been more effective if they had granite hewned pews!! One can hope & visualize!!

NEWS FLASH - Please note that the dates do not relate to the blog published

Hi everyone! Just to let you know that I have had real issues uploading photos onto the blog hence the time line is completely out! I will be leaving lots of days and a few places out unless its interesting ...don't want my 'followers' to fall asleep!!
We are now in Burra - 156kms north of Adelaide but I have to tell you about Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre & the Flinders Ranges!! I will try and fill you in sooooooooooooon!! I am tired now! Time for me beauty sleep!
Good nite and have a great day!!

Jen

Port Lincoln National Park - Free Camp!!

 We had a fantastic two days - it was quiet and the kangaroos and emus came every morning and evening to say hello to us!! Only sound you heard was birds squaking and a few kookaburras laughing ...

 The girls trying to show enthusiasm when we said we were going for a hike!!

 The lovely long-drops toilets!! Its amazing how they actually don't smell!! compared to the public toilets in town!! The trick is "DON'T LOOK" down the dark dark hole!!

 That's "home sweet home" ...its amazing how one can get use to a tiny space on wheels!! And actually be quite comfortable .... what will we do when we get back home to a 4 bedroom house??? We might not see each other for weeks!!!




 

How long more??? Followed "I hope we are not lost, Daddy??" Can we rest ....any more lollies ....and it goes on and on ... so folks .. a tip for you ...Keep your hikes nice and short if you wish to have a peaceful one!!                                                                  

Meet our Aboriginal art purchases - Kara's pet rock - Starfish, my little jewellery box and Poppy's ittle turtle pet rock!! Cute,eh? Unfortunately these were the only things we could afford from the Tuju Aboriginal Art Center at Port Lincoln.                                   

A bit more fun at the museum & local 'Deckchair' art - Port Lincoln

 



For anyone who comes from the Murray River region that's your flag! It's the Murray River flag! Gary was very pleased to see that!




Luckily the girls were behaving!! If not into the Blubber pot for melt down!!


















On my 2 hour off stroll - I stumbled into the local Art Gallery and saw this beautiful Deckchair art work! If one was feeling rich - one could have put in a secret bid ... in the thousands! Not me.... though I would have loved to have presented one as a gift ... just because I am ME!!

Axel Stenross Maritime Museum - Port Lincoln

Sorry for not updating for weeks .... the blogger has been playing up and not allowing me to upload photos .... a real pain!!

Anyway here we are at a maritime museum ... very interesting with lots of handmade boats & yatchs by this marvelous boat-maker!

  The girls had a bit of fun posing around ....

Feed & Swim with the TUNA!!!

Here we are on the Tuna Express for a 15 minute trip to the pontoon to feed and swim with the lovely critters!!

 The girls all lined up taking turns to feed the tame happy fish in the non-ferocious feeding/swimming 'pool'. This is where we will later snorkel in first before we get fed .. oops before we feed and swim with the mighty TUNA!!
 
  



A shot of one of the happy harmless blue fellas - can't remember its true fishy name!







Poppy finally getting brave and feeding a harmless bluey! Beleive it or not she got brave enough to feed the tuna later on ...






  Yup folks that's a fin!!! But its a tune fin - looks like a minature FIN doesn't it! Luckily they weren't playing the theme from Jaws on the loud speakers!

Port Lincoln - 23rd-28th March - Ist day

Port Lincoln world famous for an assortment of fabulous seafood ... you name it they have it!! But we rather have a photo with the GREAT Makybe Diva!! She is located right on the foreshore in the centre of town ... a very beautiful sclupture ... and yes it was still raining ..... when will the barrier lift so that you guys can get the wet weather that the west sooooo needs and the east can have the sun it misses!! The only residents that enjoyed the weather were these Pacific Seagulls!!

We then visited the local aborignal art and craft centre .... it was great, we met one of the local famous artist Willey - his work was really beautiful ... I would have loved to have bought a piece of his work ... maybe next time ...we  could only afford a "pet" rock for each of the girls and a little jewellery box for my rings!! Better than nothing! Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any photos of the beautiful art work on display.

At least someone had fun at Coffin Bay

    Well at least the girls managed to amuse themselves when they were allowed play time!! And in between the showers ... We were lucky enough to be there on a Sunday that they had a little market on in the Town Hall ...so we eagerly set off to the hall in the rain .... but alas there wasn't too much to fix one's urge for a bit of retail therapy!! Luckily we leave for Port Lincoln tomorrow ... I should be able to get a fix there!! I hope ....

Coffin Bay - a very quiet little fishing village

Coffin Bay(CB) - not much to do here if you are not a fisher person and you folks know that the only kind of fishing we do is at Aristos!! Yes ...sad indeed! Well CB is world renown for its lovely oysters .... the shots below are one of the few oyster farms just on the foreshore of the bay. We ate at least 15 each and wolfed them down in nano minutes ...would have been nano seconds but we had to schuck them ourselves! There are not too many people living here but I heard that during the summer months the population quadrples! The main occupation here is either a oyster farmer or a abalone diver .... both hard work but very lucrative ..... I opp for oyster farming as the other one tend to end being shark fodder .... If you enjoy eating oysters you must try some from Coffin Bay! Yummy! We were here from 19th - 22nd March ..... and it rained every single day ... and nite!! We wish were back in Bunbury ...mmmmm for a day of sunshine.