I noticed reading over the last one that our blog is a bit messy because Barry and I both write it and with our different writing styles this comes out bitty.
If you double click on the pictures you get to see them in full screen. This is particularly good for the fur seals.
Monday 11th May
This was a day of rest apart from taking Foxy to the vet. Her foot is no better but the vet just looked at and said come back in 10 days if it hasn’t improved. Fortunately she didn’t charge us for that visit. You need a mortgage to visit a vet these days. We also did a bit of shopping and bought a transmitter for my Ipod which included a car charger which will be useful. I have become quite a fan of Audible Books since I have been forced to listen to those that I bought. Unfortunately it is a bit unsociable. Barry finds himself talking to himself a lot of the time. He claims this is not much different to my reading a book.
Tuesday 12th May
Drove to Whalers Way. This area is at the southern most tip of the Eyre Peninsula and is a
squarish piece of land. The eastern side is facing Seaford Bay the southern side is facing the Southern Ocean and the western side is facing the Great Australian Byte.
This was a day of rest apart from taking Foxy to the vet. Her foot is no better but the vet just looked at and said come back in 10 days if it hasn’t improved. Fortunately she didn’t charge us for that visit. You need a mortgage to visit a vet these days. We also did a bit of shopping and bought a transmitter for my Ipod which included a car charger which will be useful. I have become quite a fan of Audible Books since I have been forced to listen to those that I bought. Unfortunately it is a bit unsociable. Barry finds himself talking to himself a lot of the time. He claims this is not much different to my reading a book.
Tuesday 12th May
Drove to Whalers Way. This area is at the southern most tip of the Eyre Peninsula and is a
squarish piece of land. The eastern side is facing Seaford Bay the southern side is facing the Southern Ocean and the western side is facing the Great Australian Byte.Cape Wiles home of Fur Seals
There were a few wild flowers around which were quite pretty but nothing different to those we see in WA. The road which is gravel is about 12 kms round but it took us the whole day to do with stops at every sign post. I think we walked about 4 kms, at least that is what my feet said at the end of the day. Most of the bays were viewed from the top of 100 metre high cliffs. The tallest cliffs were 128 metres high. A few had access but very steep and none that we were inclined to climb down to.
Theakstone Crevasse
We took quite a few photos and videos of waves breaking over rocks but when viewed this became quite tedious. There are only so many waves that you can look at. When standing there watching them it is one thing but watching them again on video is not the same. We paid $25.00 for the key to get into Whalers Way and I am not sure that we actually got our moneys worth. We 
couldn’t see where the money was being spent. The road has to be graded and the one toilet block cleaned but there was nothing else there. 
The bbq area had some bins and some tables and seats. The bbq was about 100 years old, very rusty and very rickety.
couldn’t see where the money was being spent. The road has to be graded and the one toilet block cleaned but there was nothing else there. 
We had talked about taking the caravan into the camping ground there for a couple of days but we were glad we didn’t as the road into the camping area was very rough and as our van is not the off 
road type it wouldn’t have handled it very well. As it turned out there was only one beach or bay that we didn’t get to because we were too tired. Barry was disappointed with the day but I wasn’t. Whether we will bother with the national park now is debatable, mainly because it means leaving Foxy but also the cost involved with going.
road type it wouldn’t have handled it very well. As it turned out there was only one beach or bay that we didn’t get to because we were too tired. Barry was disappointed with the day but I wasn’t. Whether we will bother with the national park now is debatable, mainly because it means leaving Foxy but also the cost involved with going. Wednesday 13th May
Washing day for Barry (he starts early before I am awake) and he took the car to a gas agent in town. He had to book it in for Friday so it looks like we will have to extend here for at least another week. The water will have drained out of Lake Eyre before we get there. (For those of you who don’t know, Lake Eyre has filled up with water from floods in Queensland for the first time in years and apparently looks superb. It is near the Oodnadatta track which is where we are going when we leave the Eyre Peninsula.
I spent the day downloading and sorting photos. We had a bit of rain, jut enough to make drying the washing difficult but not enough to be of much use to the dams around the place.
Washing day for Barry (he starts early before I am awake) and he took the car to a gas agent in town. He had to book it in for Friday so it looks like we will have to extend here for at least another week. The water will have drained out of Lake Eyre before we get there. (For those of you who don’t know, Lake Eyre has filled up with water from floods in Queensland for the first time in years and apparently looks superb. It is near the Oodnadatta track which is where we are going when we leave the Eyre Peninsula.
I spent the day downloading and sorting photos. We had a bit of rain, jut enough to make drying the washing difficult but not enough to be of much use to the dams around the place.
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