After setting up at our beautiful little spot at Narrum Ferry, we were ready to step into the on suite for a nice hot shower. Oh no! Disaster! No hot water!! Our precious little hot water heater was not working!!! How can we go on? And so we spent the next few days on some “housekeeping”, including trying to sort out our hot water. We spent 2 nights at Narrum, did some washing and investigated the hot water situation.

Wash day at Narrung Ferry Park

We moved on to Adelaide on Thursday and all was resolved. New beefy springs fitted to the truck and all that was needed to fix the hot water was a little jiggle of the connections -Ginnie’s technical description 🙂 We spent a great night with Markus’ Great Aunty Diedre and then set off towards Port Augusta.

Indian Pacific Railway near Port Pirie

We rounded the tip of Spencer’s Gulf and travelled down the western side to view some amazing rugged coastline.

Near Pt Lowly

Found a fabulous spot – we travelled to Fitzgerld Bay which was very exposed and windy, then travelled south down Freycinet Trail. We managed to tuck in right next to the pebble beach but  protected from the wind by a sandy hill. The tide came right up to 3m from our camp overnight. We slept with the sound of the water lapping. Marvellous!

Campsite at Fitzgerald Bay

Chasing crabs at Fitzgerald Bay

Too small to eat 😦

Cooking Barramundi for dinner

Set off Friday morning to see more amazing coastline then through Whyalla & Cowell and found a protected spot behind the beach dunes north of Tumby Bay. Most importantly – an internet signal so this post could be updated and Markus could mark some assignments (he is an online tutor for a couple of subjects at Harvest BC as we travel).

Stunning colours in an open cut mine near Whyalla

Coloured sand creek on the Lincoln Highway