Fri, 11th to Sat, 12th March - Dutton Bay

We headed off this morning and were only about 40kms out of Port Lincoln heading toward Streaky Bay before we saw a sign to Dutton Bay and Farm Beach.  I suggested maybe it wasn't worth looking at especially as it was a dirt road.  How wrong can you be!!?  

At the end of the road was a very small community and a great little free camp that would only hold about 10 vehicles.  It appeared by the tyre tracks that one spot had recently been vacated and it would fit our van perfectly.  We would also have a great view of the jetty and the bay and some shelter from the wind.  There was a block of flushing toilets with running (but not drinkable) water close by ... what more could a traveller want!!

Later in the day a motorhome owned by a fellow named Graham came in and parked not far from us.  It turns out that Graham had vacated our site earlier in the day to go back into Port Lincoln to buy some fishing gear ... sorry mate ... first in, best dressed!


We went out onto the jetty but didn't manage to catch anything.  Apparently, there are only juvenile King George Whiting in the Bay anyway.  We became quite friendly with Graham who gave us some cooked garfish that he'd caught earlier.



The following day the weather was pleasant again and after not having any luck on the jetty, we took Graham for a drive around the point to a spot where we heard we would get some Whiting.  No luck with the Whiting, however there were heaps of Tommy Ruffs which gave us a bit of fun.  We then drove on about another 5 kms to Farm Beach.  There was a caravan park there that was packed out with vans and tents.  A short distance away was a beach covered with vehicles and trailers, and we all decided that we had a much better camp spot.  Graham joined us for lamb roast dinner in the evening.

The view from our van

Looking back towards our van from the jetty