Point Gibbon free camp has made it to our favourites list for its location and for the spectacular scenery which included pristine white sand dunes to explore, an easily accessible beach to fish from and visits by large pods of dolphins, swimming by each day. This is another council maintained camping area with a decent… Read More The Point of Free Camping ~ Point Gibbon
Another free camp of note we stayed at during our Eyre Peninsula trip was Lipson Cove, named after Australia’s first Harbour Master. Apart from the well laid out and defined camping area, you have a couple of long drop toilets and rubbish bins provided, and one long and lovely white sandy beach for your $10… Read More Lazing at Lipson Cove
Port Lincoln is probably the best known destination on Eyre Peninsula, being the home of Australia’s largest commercial fishing fleet and aquaculture industry. The Harbour and marina are full of huge fishing boats which are worth a drive and walk around to look at to gain an insight into the scale of the industry… Read More Port Lincoln ~ Eyre Peninsula
On our slow sojourn around Eyre Peninsula we have been deliberately stopping in at every beach and free camp we can find to see and try some for ourselves. Some have been really easy to access on wide dirt roads that have been well maintained and others, well they take a little more effort to… Read More Point Drummond Eyre Peninsula
Not far from Elliston we discover and stay at another ‘free camp’, a council maintained camping area with defined bays for caravans and campers and a single flushing toilet and cold shower. This is Sheringa Beach, known for great surf fishing, surfing and crisp, clean and white sand dunes. It cost $20 per night to… Read More Surf Beaches to Die For on Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula odyssey continues and we settle in Elliston for a couple of nights to see some cliff top sculptures that I’d been dying to see and continue our quest for salmon fishing. Feeling good about the prospects of catching more, Harry decided to enter the competition, at worst it would be a $10… Read More Elliston – Sculptures, Art and a Salmon Fishing Competition
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