Streaky Bay, South Australia

Saturday August 6th saw us finishe our trip across the Nullabor at Ceduna about lunch time. We then journeyed the short distance South to Streaky Bay. It was amazing how quickly the landscape changed once we headed South. Beautiful green fields replaced the somewhat barreness of the Nullabor Plains. We had stayed here on our previous stay but at a free camp South of town. This time we headed for the Streaky Bay Caravan Park as had lots of laundry and cleaning to do from our trip across the Nullabor.

The caravan park is a good size and located right on the water. It is difficult to get into during the warmer months as people return here year after year. I don't think we could get in the last time we were here. The park is again run by the local council and is very modern and clean. Both our sites were a good size and covered with crushed gravel. The amenity block was spotless and modern. 4 Stars for these ones. We didn't arrive until late afternoon so enjoyed afternoon drinks and the sunset down by the waterfront.

Sunday morning saw the girls hitting the laundry machines and some cleaning. I did some plumbing repairs and think I have fixed (at least temporarily) the inlet valve flow issue. Soaked it in CLR for 15 minutes after disassembling. Put a little oil in it before reassembling and installing back on the van. Surprisingly it worked! Let's hope it keeps working at least until we can get home. Hardly any swear words and I only got a little bit wet. Sandra was busy all day with her cleaning while I did quite a bit of Blog work during the afternoon/evening.

Monday morning Sandra finished off a bit more laundry before we went for a drive with the Ransleys. As mentioned previously we had enjoyed some 3 days here on our last trip so saw most of the area then. That being said there were a few highlights that we wanted to revisit. We first drove through a new residential suburb which is quite beautifully set on the hills overlooking the town and ocean. Very reasonalbe too with a 1000sqm block selling for well under $100K.

From there we drove to a surfing beach called Back Beach. Was fairly low tide and the weather conditions were not ideal so we were happy to just have a look. Beautiful clear colourful water along the coast though.

We then continued our journey South to Point Labatt where there is a conservation park for Australian Sea Lions. Great viewing location at the top of a cliff looking down on the rocks the colony of sea lions calls home. There didn't seem to be as many as last time but we still got a good show. The Sea Lions are pretty inactive and seem to enjoy lying around on the rocks soaking up the sun. We're not sure if they are more active at different times of the day but have been pretty docile both times we were there. We did see a few males moving around and there were a number of baby seals feeding from their Mothers. We enjoyed a relaxing time watching their activity from above.

 
We journeyed into Sceale Bay on the way home which is a bit of a fishing village. We finished off with a return trip to the High Cliffs and the Granites. We had stayed on a free camp here previously but sadly it is now private land and closed to free camping.

Once back in Streaky Bay we stopped for some groceries at the Foodlands/IGA before returning to the caravan park. Quiet afternoon around the park although we did go down for a beer at the Streaky Bay Hotel before dinner. Beautiful old hotel from 1866 that has been restored very nicely.

Very enjoyable time here again and can understand why people would return year after year. Highly recommended caravan park and town. The only downside from this trip was the cooler, windy weather.