Just before the little coastal town of Elliston we noticed a
road sign pointing out a touristic coastal drive. We decided to take the detour
and quickly found out there are some very creative people living in this area as
we came across some interesting sculptures along the way.
Elliston itself didn't appeal too much to us so we continued
towards Coffin Bay. We contemplated on visiting Coffin Bay National Park but as
we were flicking through some brochures we decided to skip it as it was all
about white beaches, spectacular cliffs and beautiful ocean views. I guess we
are getting to spoiled as we didn't feel the need to go check it out. After all
we have seen so many of those lately!
As the ‘Tunarama Festival’ was going on in Port Lincoln this
weekend we took the opportunity to check it out since we were in the area
anyway. Port Lincoln itself didn't look like a very pretty town to us. All was
very widespread.
Port Lincoln is well known for Tuna farming and the famous ‘Tunarama
Festival’ is celebrated yearly during the Australia Day long weekend. There
were local food stalls (off course we had to try the tuna steak), a little
market, a fair and the famous World Championship ‘Tuna Toss’. In this
competition man and woman try to throw a 10 kilogram frozen tuna fish as far as
possible. And we've seen from up close that is not any easy task!
In the afternoon we found a campsite near Tumby Bay called
Second Creek Beach. We found a sheltered spot overlooking the tidal bay and
enjoyed observing the bird-life. Beautiful and so peaceful.
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