Wed, 30th March - Fowlers Bay

We've been away from home for 40 days now and enjoyed every one of them!  It's time though, to leave Streaky Bay and we finally came to the decision to keep heading west.  We were in two minds to head back to Pt Augusta and then north from there, but the West won.

We left Streaky on a beautiful day weather-wise, and enjoyed the drive until we got to the Fowlers Bay turn-off.  The road was very rough and rutted so we pottered along very slowly as our van is not an 'off-roader'.  By the time we got to the Park it was blowing a gale and not pleasant at all.  Fortunately, once inside the Park we were sheltered and it wasn't so bad.  We were advised that the Park's water comes from within the sand dunes nearby, and that there is a limited supply, so we decided to use our tank water.  The dunes around the area are spectacular and we could see some people tabogganing down the slopes in the distance.  We were asked to only use one electrical appliance at a time too, as the power is all supplied via generator.

Once settled, we went for a walk and spoke to one of the other campers.  He advised that you could get heaps of King George Whiting from the jetty and the odd squid.  We decided to grab our rods and head out to see what we could get.  The wind was howling and quite cold so it wasn't long before we packed it in.  We weren't going to have fish for dinner after all! 

Other 'fishers' on the jetty reckoned they hadn't been catching anything, so which one should we believe?

Sand dunes behind the buildings

Sand dunes around Fowlers Bay