Beautiful Streaky Bay........

We arrived at Streaky Bay during the afternoon and had soon booked into the Foreshore Tourist Park.  Yes, it was time to do the washing again.  This is a council owned park, privately managed, literally right on the beach.  We set up just one row back from the beach and were able to watch the tides come in and out from our chairs under the awning.  Bliss!

I got straight onto the washing and soon had it on the line and blowing in the stiff breeze that had blown up as we arrived.  We were to discover this was a daily occurrence and by dark it had fallen away and all was calm again.  

Once we were set up we drove into town to do the shopping.  Back at home we had a wander along the beach and a paddle in the shallows before settling down and just watching the waves.  An on site kiosk sorted dinner for that night and we had a yummy feed of fish and chips.  

The next morning I took care of some more household chores and then we walked into town to have a look around.  We started off following a Historic Walk trail taking in 28 points of interest around the town.  Some were buildings, others plaques and Monuments.  Two were museums though both were closed only opening on Tuesdays and Fridays.  It was an interesting way to see the town.

Our next stop was the Jetty which seemed to have lots of people out at the end.  We wandered down to have a look and found it was a Family Fish Day and a competition was under way.  Lots of kids fishing with Mums, Dads, Nanas and Pops and even a couple of fisheries officers there to keep them on the straight and narrow.  It looked like fun but it was time for us to head home for lunch.

We finished the afternoon back at the beach with the Pelicans, ducks and seagulls before coming back to chill out under the awning again.  

The next day we were going a little further afield and set out on The Point Labatt Scenic drive.  Our first stop was at Murphy's Haystack, a 1500 million year old geological wonder, so the sign says.  These are a number of large wind worn rocks, known as Inselbergs, which were once mistaken for haystacks by an Irish tourist, hence the name.

We continued on to Point Labatt to see the Australian Sea Lions in the only permanent colony on the mainland.  The platform built 50 m above the rocks here allows you to watch the sea lions as they hang about, swim and fish on the shoreline.  There is also a group of New Zealand Fur Seals that live here.  

We left the seals and continued on to Sceale Bay where we ate our lunch on the beach looking over Heart Bay and Cape Blanche.  Loved the quirky public loo here - it even had a window so you could see the view while you did whatever it was you were there for.  Sorry no pics!

Our next stop was a quick look at Surfers Beach a long straight beach and rolling surf.  Makes sense that a surf school was there.  Breathtakingly beautiful as most of what we had seen was.

We drove on up to Cape Bauer where we stopped for a quick look at Hallys Beach before stopping at The Whistling Rocks and The Blowholes.  It was very a dramatic coastline here and lots of work had been done erecting stairs and a boardwalk and though we went down to both neither were performing that day as the tide was not quite right.  Still a spectacular sight all the same.  

We finished our drive with one last stop at Cape Bauer itself before returning back to our calm shallow beach where we paddled around for the last time..

We really enjoyed our time here loving both the beach and Streaky Bay itself but it was time to be back on the road again tomorrow and see what else we could find.

so until next time.........