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...

The guys cleaning more fish

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Another shot of the guys with some of the catch of the day...

Brian and Skippy cleaning some of the evening catch,Venus Bay S.A

Photo is a bit dark cause it was taken at 8pm.This is just a few of the fish they caught in the afternoon fishing session, oh by the way thats not all of them ,theres heaps more in the esky yet to be cleaned.. They really had a good day out there, so good infact that its now 8 am in the morn and they have gone out already on the boat for another days fishing...Too hot for little ol me I much prefer to stay in motorhome with the aircon going .....

Pelicans at Venus Bay Caravan Park S.A

These georgous creatures were all lined up like little soldiers at the fish cleaning area in the caravan park.. All waiting for the fisherman to clean and fillet his prized catch of the day and hoping he will toss them the scraps, which of course he does...They are so used to seeing people clean their fish in this area that as soon as they see anybody there with their catch up they come a running, looks so funny....

Abalone Beds near Talia S.A

Abalone Farms at Talia Beach in S.A...

Oyster Farming at Coffin Bay S.A

We spent the nite here and had no idea there was an Oyster Farm right under our noses so to speak until the next morning when all these tractors with these funny looking boats started to arrive....We soon got out our cameras and started clicking..Im glad Brian didnt park at the spot I had chosen at this place cause we would have been right on top of the spot where they drive these things into the water...Now wouldn't that have been lovely...lol....

Ben Hall's Grave at Forbes N.S.W

Ben Hall the bushranger is buried here in Forbes Cemetry and also is Ned Kelly's sister Kate.....

Parked at Talia S.A

This tractor is what they use to put the boats into the water to check the Abalone Beds here at Talia . We parked next to them and walked down to the beach to take a few photos...

Rocks in Paddocks S.A

This is what the paddocks look like around Elliston towards the coast..Now you know why the farmers had to build all these rock fences because how else were they going to get rid of these rocks when they clear their land...Now you understand why when I said there are lots and lots of rock fences in this area of S.A...

Marina at Port Lincholn, S.A

A part of the Marina here in Port Lincholn S.A We had a lovely lunch here at the restuarant.. All the boat tours leave from here..

Our Motorhome parked at Port Lincholn Harbour S.A

We parked at the harbour while we went off and had lunch at the Marina..

Brian at Woolshed Caves,Talia. S.A

Brian walking down the steps to the Woolshed Caves, not me I stayed up the top where I was nearly blown away from the winds that were coming off the Great Australian Bight.

Rock Fences S.A.

This is are very facinating to see paddocks done with all this type of rock fencing. The paddocks are so full of rocks that from a distance you would think it was snow. The story I was told was that in the olden days for the farmer to be able to make use of his land he had to clear it of all these rocks.They had to get rid of these rocks somehow so they decided to put them to good use and started building fences with them...Many of this sort of fencing is still standing to this day..This photo was taken between Elliston and Venus Bay, Eyre Peninsula S.A...

Woolshed Caves at Talia S.A

The steps leading down to the Woolshed cave near Talia, and the veiw from the top. It was so windy and dusty the day we were here..The wind was blowing the dust in sheets. This is on the Great Australian Bight ...

Salt Flats at Eyre Peninsula S.A

Would you believe that white you see in the background of this photo is all salt. Its an amazing sight to see. We were driving along and I could see all this white in the distance and asked Brian if it was sand or salt..As we got closer to it I took this pic while we were driving so if its not quite clear thats the reason why ok....

Louth Bay S.A.

Louth Bay has so much beautiful scenery..The houses in the background all overlook the sea.

Campsite at Louth Bay Eyre Peninsula S.A

Here we are again at the Louth Bay campsite...It only cost $5 per nite per van/mothorhome.. We are going to stay 2 nites here then head further south down to Port Lincholn.