Lower Eyre Pen Part 2

After stocking on some oysters at  Coffin Bay we headed towards Port Lincoln on our way to the Highway that runs north to Cummins.

 This delightful little town is in the middle of a major wheat growing area and the harvest was under way so that there was lots of hustle and bustle around the silos.Our first stop was at the grocers where we stocked up and then we spent some time exploring and found a lovely patchwork / quilting shop  before finding  a great bakery where  we grabbed some lunch before heading off towards the western side of the Eyre Peninsula.



Point Drummond

  We came out on the coast at Point Drummond where there was more of the freat limestone cliffs and sand dunes behind the beach. Amongst the cliffs/ rocks there were steps leading down to a small cove and safe swimming area . We wouldn;'t have known about the steps except for the story board, we didn't investigate
 however as  the steps appeared to be in a bad state of repair.

 Beach at Point Drummond : note sand dunes in background



 Swimming cove



 A visit to Hall Bay was was very disappointing as there was no beach and a walk up the sand dunes ended at the cliff edge with a small rocky cove at the bottom. The area was quite sheltered and there were  cray pots set in the cove. Turning the van around at the end of the road was quite a challenge as there wasn't much room and there was lots of soft sand. From there we continued north to Sheringa store where we picked up a permit to camp at Sheringa Beach.   We finally started to get some better weather but it was still quite windy and  while we were at Sheringa we actually experienced our warmest day of 38 with a very warm wind blowing from the north instead of the south which was the direction that the wind was usually blowing. We had a good time at Sheringa with great company. Debbie was travelling on her own but welcomed having a sun downer with some company and a few days after we arrived we came across a Darwin couple who we knew quite some time ago . While we were at Sheringa we took a drive around the cliff top to check out the coast further along. We were very surprised to find a large group of surfers catching a few waves just around the headland from the beach. As we drove along there were tracks leading down to the beaches so we drove down and then went for a walk along a magnificent long beach which only had a few fishermen on it but they weren't catching anything.