Port Lincoln & Beyond

We had packed up at Arno Bay and drove down the Peninsula to Port Lincoln passing through Port Neil & Tumby Bay. We made it to Port Lincoln by lunch time and did the normal re-stocking of food, beer & Diesel. It is quite a large place and the foreshore area is beautiful. We drove out to Lincoln National park passing a not quite dead roo which had just been hit.
We are staying at Surfleet cove campsite which is right on the beach. Had a bit of a fish but no luck once again I’m no orphan. Tina is making satay meatballs for tea, and we have a good tide in the morning. We are going to stay here for a couple of days so lets hope we can catch some fish here.
After breakfast we headed of to explore the park by 4WD. The tracks here are not sandy at all but very rocky. There are some beautiful beaches here and we stopped at McIntyre Point for lunch and a spot of fishing. We headed out onto the rocks where some other people were fishing. They had caught the odd gar and Tommy. Well I know they always say that when the Dolphins are around there a no fish and a family of at least 10 arrived and swam close by. Next thing a big seal swam past us in the water not more than 2 metres away as well as a big sting ray. Anyway we didn’t give up hope and with the other people burlying up the water we were hopeful. Just some small Tommies and leather jackets to begin with, but the kind people gave us some cockles and then I landed 3 nice garfish. I also lost my rig to some big fish that I faught for a good 5 minutes until he finally managed to get me under a rock I hope it wasn’t the sting ray but if it was no wonder I couldn’t pull him in.

We headed back to camp and had our fish for entrée, while we were at the beach the local kangaroo who had eaten our burly the night before was in a pot of water we had left there right next to the open van door and he was not going to move no mater how much we tried. Obviously being a little cautious not to upset him to much.
Each night Jason, Kirsten and Tina have been reading us a short story which has been great. The bumpy tracks did a great load of washing for us on the roof rack.