Port Lincoln to Home:

Port Lincoln -  Tumby Bay  -  Jamestown

 

 On our way to Port Lincoln we stopped at Venus Bay, this is a lovely little village with scenic views from the cliff tops. Next stop was Coffin Bay which is another fishing village and holiday area, also a  National Park. 

A View of Coffin Bay from the cliff top.

The plan was to drive to Port Lincoln and stop there for the night, but driving around the town we decided to keep going to somewhere quieter, Tumby Bay. 

Port Lincoln is a major fishing town and exporter of grain.

We stayed overnight at Tumby Bay, which is a small seaside town with some history. We read about the arrival of the first policeman in 1909 who had to sleep in a tent until a police station was built. His prisoners were tied to the local pier overnight and untied again in the morning!! Hopefully before the tide came in!! 

Renmark 

We have retraced our steps from Jamestown to Burra and from there we travelled around 1,500 Klm.

I think it is just as well we only have one more night ‘somewhere’ before we will be home, it is now becoming a case of where were we yesterday! Seriously we have travelled through some beautiful countryside growing a lot of Canola & Wheat etc and it is definitely Sheep country, we arrived at the caravan park which is on the Murray River. 

A National Trust Lift Bridge on the Murray River.

It is about 1½ hours drive from here to Mildura where  Brenda’s brother, sister in law and niece live, they visited us here today to catch up with Brenda & David, it was lovely to meet up with them again. Maurie Brenda’s brother, makes a ‘mean’ muesli slice Yum. To drive from Mildura to Melbourne is 5 hours plus, so they don’t see each other too often.

This is a way of life for a local idendity who lives on and travels the Murray River.

Beauford  

It has been a long drive from Renmark today 570 klms, stopping along the way for our usual cuppa and again for lunch. This is our last stop before we arrive in Melbourne!  The car & caravan stay hooked up for the night and then we will hit the road for the last time!

What a lovely picture to wake up to here at Beaufort Lake Caravan Park.

Where's the Wellies / Gum Boots?

Melbourne

As we set off from Beauford it is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of our Trip/Holiday, It has been a fantastic experience to travel the roads we have and to see the most amazing places, which is too many to list, hopefully our Blog has been able to let you see some of these places we travelled through and have been able to pass on some of our experience to you.

On the road into Melbourne we stopped off for our last morning coffee at the McDonald’s Trucking Stop. It has huge parking bays for the Truckies and McDonalds have supplied them with a lounge, shower facilities, washing machine etc…  Brenda & I thought it looked as good as what we were offered at our last Caravan Park!! On second thoughts we did have a better view at the Caravan Park.

The Last Morning Cuppa.

This is where we say goodbye to each other as we head into the heavy traffic of Melbourne City.

Jim & I would like to take this opportunity to say a big Thank-You to David & Brenda for their company and all the fantastic memories we now share.  Also teaching us how to play the game of Rummikub.

 

What a beutiful Sight to end our Trip.

 Until the next Trip: