Hove to in Streaky Bay

It’s Wednesday and I feel a blog coming on.

We made it across the border and after donating all our fruit and vegetables to a nice man at the quarantine station we made camp at Ceduna. The Nullarbor is a vast nothingness all right but at least it separates the good side from the other side. The big issue in Ceduna that week was how to stop cars and trucks from interacting with indigenous people who stop to have rests in the middle of the highway (true story). I’m not sure what the solution is but I’m pretty sure it’s not; remove all cars and trucks from the highway.

We moved on to Streaky Bay and we decided we’re sick of travelling for a while so we will sit a spell and for the last two days I have been attending to a contract that I have to complete. An office by the sea is not too foul a concept, but it is still work. We’re off to play tomorrow with some sea lions if all goes well. We took a break today and found Tom Evans’ Oyster Shed. “How much, Tom?” we asked. “$7.50 a dozen” says Tom. “We’ll take three of those thanks Tom” and we did. A quick lesson in opening oysters (we already had an oyster knife in the camper for days like these) and off we went home, via Cape Bauer, which boasts blowholes of some stature (even perhaps a little more spectacular than the ones at Marmion near our place).

                              Oysters being shuckedwith gay abandon (is that really his name?)

                                                First of three dozen off the production line

                                                            After a good job well done

                                              This is our setup for those interested (taken at Walpole WA)

So, we got back to the camper and feasted on three dozen freshly opened oysters (we now qualify as one fine set of mother shuckers), followed by a steak on the barbie and washed down with a red(you can join us anytime you like). Time for bed.

                                                    Tough day at the office