Memories....

We did it! We got out of the 5km forcefield that was holding us in Ceduna for so long. It was quite an achievement. Drove right down the Eyre Peninsula, passing all these places we'd thought we might go to before we spent all that time in Ceduna.

Got to the bottom of the Peninsula to Coffin Bay and really wished we'd been able to spend a couple of nights there. A small town full of holiday shacks of every vintage and style, a National Park a bit further along and a big big sheltered bay which looked just perfect for the tinnie. That is one book that hasn't been written as far as we can make out - the Guide to Australia for Travellers with Tinnies. Needless to say our various plans for coffee table books are not really progressing very far. We are having too much fun. It was also a slightly tongue-in-cheek post but you never know!

Anyway we couldn't stop in Coffin Bay because we'd made a booking for Memory Cove in the Lincoln National Park – it is apparently a Wilderness Area and they restrict the number of cars going in, hence the booking. It is a rugged coastline down here, and as far as we could see Memory Cove is the only sandy beach on that part of the peninsula. And it is beautiful. A wee little cove of white sand and turquoise water.

We got the tinnie in the water on an exceptionally calm day, with the waters also protected by islands further out. It was fantastic, exploring along the wild rocky coastline, with dolphins in our bow waves, and seals frolicking around us, all in this calm clear deep blue ocean. I'm swooning just thinking about it again!

I (Nic) have sometimes questioned the extravagance of taking the tinnie, and definitely every time we have to pack everything up and put it back on the roofrack, with the surfboards underneath, I question having the tinnie - BUT it was so worth it just for this.

We also did some effective squid hunting from the tinnie in the protection of the cove, when the wind was blowing the following day. Fresh squid for dinner that night was a winner.