Day 37 7/10 (Thurs) – Coffin Bay to Streaky Bay

Dropped into various beaches and towns on the way up the other side of the Eyre Peninsula. Farm Beach where tractors are needed to get the boats across the beach and into the water. The movie Gallipoli was filmed in a bay just around the headland from there. Lunch in Elliston. Nearly another lost property disaster, but this time Chris left his laptop bag (containing laptop) outside the bakery cafe and only realised when we had done a bit of a backward circuit along the local cliff top drive and were heading away from Elliston for the second time. Fortunately it was still there (unlike my watch) when we went back. Picked up some wood fired bread from a little self service shack by the side of the road in Colton. Very friendly dog (Doby Gillis) greets prospective customers and great bread too! Checked out Venus Bay caravan park then decided to go back down the road to a place called Coodlie Park that offered non-powered camping, a green experience and options for stargazing and night wildlife tours. Should have stopped there on the way through in the first place – “closed for private function”. Bollocks! Choofed on further up the road to Streaky Bay Tourist Park. Looked really busy but sites were available and staff very helpful. Great meal out at Mocean Restaurant in town. Seafood their speciality so we had a tasting plate to start then a Balinese style snapper curry and a mollusc hot pot and laksa to fill up on…. groan.