After a great stay (3 nights) at Coffin Bay we headed out under grey skies that produced only occasional rain. The rain as we left the park was the heaviest so far!

Stumpy Tailed Lizard sculpture at entrance of Coffin Bay National Park

   Having encountered a few nocturnal issues with little mice determined to find their way into our pantry (successfully I am afraid) we stopped at the general store in Coffin Bay to purchase mouse baits and traps and also took the opportunity to have fish and chips for lunch as we had caught 20 or so whiting and flathead but all under legal size 😦

The fishing boats are pretty serious here in Coffin Bay!

Oversize fishing boats – Coffin Bay

We left town with full tummies and full water tanks for new destinations, calling in at several stunning coastal lookouts as we travelled north west on the Flinders Highway.

Rugged Coast at Cummins Memorial near Lake Hamilton

We decided to make a rare (for us) stop overnight in a caravan park (mainly to use the laundry) at the charming little town of Elliston and wandered down to the pub for a seafood dinner. Fortunately it was Thursday night as the big news was there was wedding in town on the weekend so everything was booked solid from the caravan park to the pub to the bakery! Apparently one of the 357 inhabitants of the little seaside hamlet was getting hitched!

One of the amazing headland sculptures on Waterloo Bay at Elliston.

After exploring the sculpture cliff drive we rejoined the Flinders Highway allowing our curiosity to lure us back to the coast at the Talia Caves – “A spectacular geological formation” the sign said. Amazing caves and a good spot for lunch! Markus had ‘a feeling in his waters’ that there was some fish to be had and had a go off the rocks for the first time in his life!

Stairs down to Talia Caves and the rock platform that gave us our first decent fish!

The Woolshed Cave at Talia caves

Taila Beach

YES! Three decent sized fish later (Blue Throated Wrass – thanks Owen for the ID) we drove through to the beautiful Venus Bay and then on to Streaky Bay where we restocked the pantry and found (yet again) an amazing waterfront campsite (HINT: don’t trust the maps or the tourist info centre about where you can find a great camp site; sniff around a little). Fresh fish and chilled white wine under the stars!

Camp site on the shores of Streaky Bay