Congratulations Mom and Dad celebrating their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary today.
Reluctantly we left Elliston today to drive to Port Lincoln. There is only one caravan park in Port Lincoln that allows dogs and feedback from other travellers is that it isn’t very nice at all so we googled and found a farmstay about 20kms north of town that allows dogs. The farm is privately owned has 2700 acres and they run cattle and sheep. The owners live at one end of the farm and at the other end (4km away) is a homestead, cabin and sites for two caravans, a bathroom and camp kitchen. We are the only van here and there is a young European trainee staying in the cabin. There is a dam about a five minute walk away that has yabbies in it and there are nets that we can use should the urge take us. Coco is enjoyed going in there to cool off. It is so hot here and no coastal breezes to cool us off. It reached 40 today with the next three days being about the same. Thank goodness we have air conditioning in the van. The nearest beach is 12kms away. It is very peaceful here and sitting by the dam is lovely. The farm relies on rainwater only. The Black Tuesday fires of 2005 went through the farm and you can still see remnants of the fire today. Sadly the father of the family died during the fires. With the hot spell the risk of fire did cross our minds when deciding to stay here as it isolated and the only way out is via bush roads but it seems safe enough (fingers crossed). Everywhere on the Eyre Peninsula is dry and brown they are in desperate need of rain, easy to see why fires start. Went into town to do a shop at Woollies and will venture back in over the next couple of days to do some sightseeing.
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