From there we checked into the Discovery Foreshore Caravan Park without our caravan. Is another Top Tourist and a very nice location right on the foreshore. Quite a large park and well maintained at a reasonable price. Got our sites assigned then headed downtown Whyalla. We dropped our car off at Natrad Whyalla for a oil change and went out for lunch with the Ransleys. Did a bit of touring and shopping in Whyalla. Stopped at a couple of lookouts including Flinders and Hummock Hill. Whyalla is actually a very attractive port given that it is an industrial mining town. Water is a beautiful colour and quite clear.
Visited the Visitor Centre and did some shopping in the afternoon before picking up the car and the caravan. Caravan was good except Retreat sent the wrong colour wheel spat (Black instead of Charcoal/Slate). We will just leave it as is; and deal with it once we return home. We headed back to the caravan park and setup on the site we had booked into earlier. I did a temporary install on the new smart charger to confirm everything was functional.
Friday morning saw the new CTEK Smart Charger working fine so I finalised the installation. Hopefully our power problems are behind us now. We then took the Ransleys sightseeing as they had their car in for a service this morning. Our first stop was the Laura Homestead Museum. A very good small museum spread over a number of buildings around the Laura Homestead. Had a great selection of old memorabilia. Had a Telecommunication Museum which I found interesting given my employment history. Sandra had the hell scared out of her by a black kitten which jumped out of an old steam engine at her. The other 3 almost collapsed laughing!
We then drove North and East to Port Bonython and the Point Lowly Lighthouse. It was a beautiful hot day with no wind, although a bit hazy on the horizon. The coast line was very nice and the water in the bay was like glass. Lots of boats enjoying the fishing off of the point. A couple of nice free camps along the point.
We then proceeded along the Coastal Drive to Fitzgerald Bay. There were a number of other camping areas along Fitzgerald Bay. We may have to return this way some day to enjoy a few nights by Fitzgerald Bay. We also saw a number of cages in the water where they farm Kingfish. The waters are a beautiful colour with the Flinders Ranges on the horizon.
Spent the afternoon doing some grocery shopping. Enjoyed a relaxed happy hour with the Ransleys before a wonderful BBQ Steak dinner. A very hot day and night until a Southerly blew in about 2:45AM. The temperature change was refreshing but unfortunately the associated wind caused havoc with our awning. We eventually got out of bed and rolled up the awning at 4AM. The wind promptly dropped and we slept fine the rest of the night.
Sunday we enjoyed a bit of a sleep in. Sandra did some laundry in the morning while John did some computer work. Went shopping again around lunch time to get the last of our supplies. More laundry, cleaning, computer work and odd jobs in the afternoon. Sandra gave me a haircut as well. Had a planning session with the Ransleys to sort out our schedule for heading up to Karumba, QLD by the end of April. We were all quite impressed by Whyalla. It was one of those places that we weren't expecting too much from as we all thought it was primarily an industrial port. While it definitely is that it seems that nature coexists with it quite nicely! We would be happy to return here someday. We are off tomorrow 2-3 days of free camping at Mount Remarkable. Talk to you all again soon.
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