Left the farmstay at Port Lincoln early this morning as we were worried about the high risk of fire. It is so sweltering hot! We are heading to Arno Bay which is about 120kms north east of Port Lincoln. The winds already are quite strong and they are predicting them to get even stronger as the day progresses with thunderstorms. So we want to get settled asap. At first glance Arno Bay is a sleepy little town with a population of 250 on the coast. The caravan park is right on the beach with grassed sites (again unusual for the Eyre Peninsula). It is a busy park and obviously very popular. The jetty is about 50m away and good for catching squid apparently. It is still really stinking hot so we quickly get setup and hibernate under the air conditioning until the temperature drops. Later in the evening it is cool enough to go for a walk so Coco and I walk along the beach which actually has waves and is not too shallow and has white sand (amazing for this part of the world it seems). There is a cafe next to the park, a kind of old world pub that serves cheap meals and 500m away is a mangrove boardwalk which we will explore when it is cooler. There are a lot of holiday homes here some new and old shacks. Town is probably 1km away.
Today is much cooler, down to 23, windy and raining. This weather is so erratic, but at least we can get out and do things. Walked into town, not much there except a supermarket and post office. Did the mangrove walk. Very impressive when you consider it was built entirely by volunteers, even more amazing given the population is so small. There are two parts to it, one is a loop through the mangroves and the other heads off to the estuary both walks about 700m. It is very well done and was only finished recently. If the weather was nicer it would be nice to kayak in the creek. Maybe tomorrow.
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