My World ~ Melrose to Tumby Bay, a Road Trip

Most of you will know we were away for a while for a little trip

to the Eyre Peninsula. Our first two nights were spent in Melrose

where my SkyWatch shots came from. Onward through this pass

where you can just glimpse the sea in the distance and on to

The Arid Lands Botanical Gardens at Port Augusta where we

were welcomed by this beautiful goanna, all of 3' long and not

at all shy.

Sturt Desert Peas were still flowering and we had a wonderful

lunch at the restaurant as well as acquiring a great book on desert

plants so that I can bore you with botanical names galore in the

future.

On again through arid landscape where the locals obviously

have a sense of humour and ask their girlfriends to marry them

on the side of five huge water tanks in the middle of nowhere.

A luxurious night in a seaside motel in Whyalla, a stroll on

the beach, a romantic dinner and next morning on wheels again

through 100 miles of not very much

to lunch at this charming old hotel in Cowell where the largest

jade deposit in the world is found and

we met this charming couple, not very chatty but so comfortable

on their bench on the verandah. We spent the night in a cabin at

the beach side caravan park and I had a chance in the evening to

dangle my line from the jetty.

Onward another 100 miles or so, just a nice drive, to our

destination in Tumby Bay where we had a welcoming committe

serenade us on the sea front.

and I had some luck from the jetty. We had a five night stay

booked, but it was so pleasant there that we stayed eight nights

instead.

And then, there were the pelicans . . . but that is another story.

All photos enlarge and if you wish to see the marriage proposal,

enlarge at least the water tanks.

Thanks to the eager beavers among the MY WORLD Team, I too can share

this epic with the world.