Murphy's Haystacks, Eyre Peninsula S.A

Another view of the Haystacks ...The colors are very pretty...

Murphy's Haystacks.. Eyre Peninsula S.A

These are absolutely amazing. I have never seen anything like it in my life..About 39k south of the quiet seaside town of Streaky Bay stands a rock formation called Murphys Haystacks. The origin of the name is interesting in itself but the rocks or "inselbergs" that are the haystacks are even more fascinating. Made up of pink [some call it red] Hiltaba granite, so named after a sheep station situated some way north-east, the haystacks have stood on top of the earth in their present form for nearly 34,000 years.The story behind the naming of Murphys Haystacks is quite true. Charlie Mudge the mail coach driver did exist [see The Mail Run]. So to the Scottish agricultural advisor whose name, despite a reasonable amount of research, escapes us. The agricultural advisor was certainly in the region, promoting tillage of the country to produce better crop yields. It is said that the Scotsman knew what the "haystacks" really were and was being flippant. Whatever his reasoning, the land surrounding the haystacks was owned at the time by Denis Drinan Murphy, so "Murphys Haystacks" it became. The name stuck

Streaky Bay Beach..Eyre Peninsula S.A

The Streaky Bay Caravan Park overlooks the bay. Only a small coastal town but quite pretty.

Venus Bay

Guess your all wondering how come there has been no more photos been posted lately. Well due to the extreme heat here in Aus. we decided it best to stay here at the Venus Bay Caravan Park. We were here for nearly 3 weeks. Never felt the heat at all cause nearly every day we got lovely sea breezes and where we were we had these huge big shade trees right in front of the motorhome, we certainly made good use of them thats for sure. We left Venus Bay on 9/2/2009 and arrived here at Streaky Bay on the same day and we intend to move on the following Monday the 16/2/2009. Will keep you posted...