Eastern Side of Eyre Peninsula Nov 2010

 Our plans had been to go from Point Lowly to Point Gibbons but after all the rain we had had we were very reluctant to take the road to  Point Gibbons as it had water lying on it. Instead we wandered down the coast to Redbanks which is just north of Arno Bay.

Redbanks

 This area was named after the red cliffs that are  there.  The cliffs are also a haven for sea birds.  The camping area is only fairly small but we camped up the top where it is fairly flat and hadn't long set up when another van arrived . It was a nice sunny day but it was fairly windy with quite a bite to it . In a sheltered spot beside the van when we had "sun downers" with our new neighbours it was quite pleasant .

Pied Cormorants at Redbanks

 The next morning we went into Arno Bay and had a look around and then went out to the boat ramp where there was a lookout so that you could see out over the bay to the aquaculture sited further out in the bay.

 For our next stop we headed to Lipsom Cove. There were only a few camping spots here and again it was quite windy, blowing from the south. It was so windy that it was blowing in very cold air around the microwave so we stuffed wadding around it to keep the van warm. When I went for a walk along the beach I received a big surprise to find a colleague from Darwin walking her dogs  with her husband along the beach. We stopped for quite a chat to catch up on our travels.  They are very keen fishermen and had rented a shack at Port Neill for 4 weeks.  They were due to head back to Darwin in the next few days.

 The scenery around this part of the coast was quite dramatic, as we found  when we went for a walk around the cliffs. We thought we would get a view towards Cowell but it was further away than we thought.
 We decided that  the animals think it must be spring as the shingle back lizards were  being very amorous.



Rugged coastline at Lipsom Cove




 Crested terns

  This area had an island just offshore which you can walk to at very low tide. The whole area was obviously a bird haven with Crested Terns on the mainland beach and lots of cormorants on the island.

 Looking towards the offshore island