After a slow start, with a cooked breakfast, we headed off to Port Lincoln in David’s car. At first impressions, Port Lincoln is well laid out , clean and impressive with its industry, commerce and facilities.
A visit to the Information Office to check out on what are the must do things in town and the area. We decide on an Aquaculture and Sightseeing tour boat cruise for the afternoon. Following a walk and drive around the extensive foreshore, and David & Barbara touching base with a contact who runs a local tackle shop, we head off to the Fresh Fish Place to purchase lunch.
The three Fisherman’s Baskets were excellent and thoroughly enjoyed by David, Michael & Dot. Barbara had whiting. This place had a wonderful choice of fish and seafood to buy and take-away.
Our tour starts at 12.30pm in ideal calm seas, sunny conditions. The 7.2metre boat takes 8 passengers on the tour. Captain Pete is very informative and entertaining. We are taken around a couple of bays, with the various millionaires’ properties pointed out, visit a seal and sea lion nursery, view mussel farms, along with the kingfish pens. We are treated to Bluefin Tuna Sashimi in a beautiful sheltered cove of electric blue water and white sand. Various birdlife is observed, including the special ones of a white sea eagle flying above, a nesting pair of ospreys, cape barren geese and many other sea birds.
The tour concludes around 3.50pm and we arrive home circa 5.00pm all tired from the fresh sea air and very satisfied with our day.
Tonight we are off to the local hotel, for our last meal together with David & Barbara, as Dot & Michael head for home tomorrow.
David & Barbara are likely to spend a day or so more in the area and then possibly head to the Flinders Ranges for a visit before heading home.
This will be the last entry for this blog.
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