The Nullarbor

There are some nice dunes at the start and end of the Nullarbor

and some good fishing can be had

On the aboriginal land

In between is 1000 kms of treeless plain

Not a lot of water

And a long straight road

On the Nullarbor you may find

a few tourists

traffic hazards

and some unfriendly creatures like this King Brown

No one lives here

The plain drops over sheer cliffs

Into the southern ocean

Which makes for great 5 iron shot.

“FOUR”

Eyre Peninsula

At the Eyre Peninsula the outback

Meets the sea

In sometimes rugged coastline

With massive dunes

4WD required

There are also some kid friendly beaches

Where we swam

And snorkelled

And hung out with the locals

And some friends

Once you get to the end of these jetties

The fishing is good!

We also collected razor fish (clams)

Which were plentiful at low tide- and yummy!

Port Lincoln is a tuna town and here is a local celeb (probably Dean Lukin) chucking tuna. Apparently this is a favourite past-time down here and you can win 12K in the annual tuna chucking contest!

Of course we had to visit the local tuna farm and as luck would have it ‘Getaway’ were filming on that day, so no charge to us – plus 15 minutes of fame! Look out for the Port Lincoln show soon.

So which guy is the host of Getaway- this good-looking guy with no shirt?

Or this guy with the good looking shirt?

These fish are massive

And tricky to hand feed

Josh was first in

But we all got in eventually

Chloe was brave

The touch tank

There are also some weird rocks on the Eyre

Weird lizards (including these shinglebacks which are a biting version of the blue tongue).

And weird giant seagulls (don’t worry about your chips – these things will take your finger off if you give them half a chance)

The Barossa

After 6 weeks on the coast and under canvas it was time for a tree change

And some solid walls (Ian’s stone cottage).

The Barossa is a nice mix of old world

farmland

and vineyards.

And when in Rome Do as the Romans

While we were there it happened to be harvest time so after a few tips from the Yalumba school of winemaking

And some of their grapes

The kids were ready

Some Crushing

Fermentation and ageing

And the 2008 Château Blount Shiraz was born- Cheers