Eyre Peninsula - Ceduna, Streaky Bay & Port Augusta, South Australia

Arriving in the small town of Ceduna, SA was a welcome back to civilisation after the long stretch of the Nullarbor. After cleaning the van, restocking and washing all the dusty clothes, we moved on to spend 4 days in Streaky Bay. The kids got a chance to stretch their legs, and run wild as little children need to do, and Damien and I got some to time to relax and do...not a lot really. 
Family life with young children is always busy, but being on holiday with them is a much different but better kind of busy we are loving getting to know.
It has been amazing spending time uninterrupted with our kids, don't get me wrong it can be frustrating and tiring as hell. But we are both loving the endless time we have to observe exactly what they get up to every minute of the day.
The Eyre peninsula is a beautiful place, lots of sandy beaches and protected bays for the kids, lots of cheap and plentiful oysters for the husband (from $7.50 a dozen), and lots of interesting sightseeing for the wife/photographer of the family. The weather had been wet/windy for the majority, but we managed to turn it to our advantage and enjoy the time well. 

Setting up the crab nets for some entertainment with the kids - Streaky Bay Foreshore, SA

Much to everyone's surprise we actually caught some crabs off the jetty - Streaky Bay Foreshore, SA

Surveying the catch - 5 blue swimmer crabs - Streaky Bay Foreshore, SA

The only way to eat spaghetti - all in! 

Valentines Day 2014 - let it rain in SA!!!! 109mm falls in the 24 hours of Valentines day creating among other things a nice puddle for Greg's caravan to swim in (aka Lake Brewer)

Valentines Day - Damien collecting rainwater for our kettle!

A break in the rain and we take the kids out to see what is happening  - Streaky Bay Foreshore Caravan Park

Damage to the beach from the run off out of the caravan park from the early morning downpour. Not long after, the bulldozers were out to repair the beach.

The simple joy of jumping in puddles

A visit to a replica of the world's largest great white shark ever captured at Streaky Bay (that explains the fenced swimming enclosure on the jetty...) weighing in at 1500kgs, yikes!

This thing is huge, much rather meet it here than in the ocean!

A visit to a nearby sea lion colony - Point Labatt, SA

Point Labatt

 We though we would sneak out to Baird Bay from Point Labatt for lunch and to see if we could get closer to the seals but only found some friendly birds - Baird Bay, SA

A baby 'something-or-other' Bird - Baird Bay, SA 

Murphy's Haystacks - inselberg rock formations (where the sand degrades and blows/washes away from granite pillar formations over time) - so named because some chap back in the 1800's, who advised on successful farming practices, thought that Farmer Murphy had been very successful and tilling hay and building haystacks when he was traveling the area and saw the rock formations from a distance (no wikipedia back then of course)

One of the 'Haystacks' with some pretty amazing markings

Happy hour with the Streaky Bay crew - thanks for letting us crash your party!

And this was before all the party really started - beer, wine, CS cowboys, Galliano, these peeps know how to party!! Have a fun rest of your stay guys!

Port Augusta
Rather than travel down the whole Eyre Penninsula, we decided to head across to Port Augusta for an overnight stop after our relaxing break at Streaky Bay. Port Augusta is the most northerly port in South Australia and seventh largest populated town in SA. It so described as the crossroad of Australia and is the gateway for travellers to WA, VIC, NSW and NT. The Indian Pacific and Ghan (trains) also travel through this Port.

Port Augusta, SA