{"id":30983,"date":"2023-03-06T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=30983"},"modified":"2023-03-06T21:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T10:21:18","slug":"port-lincoln-south-australia-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=30983","title":{"rendered":"Port Lincoln, South Australia 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 5th March 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 280 kms from Whyalla to Port Lincoln in South Australia   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Cowell and Port Lincoln <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Port Lincoln CP, $45, S34.72762, E135.88318  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: days @ $ per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If it wasn\u2019t for the unusual smells emanating from the steel works and the low background noise in the early hours of the morning from the port loader up the road, Whyalla would be a tourist hotspot. I\u2019m being a bit harsh, Whyalla is an industrial city employing thousands of people and we are just some nomads passing through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do a quick Google for a supermarket on our way when we discover why the main street of Whyalla is so desolate. 10 minutes west of the old shopping strip there are a huge set of supermarkets and shopping depots. The carparks are full so everyone seems to be shopping there which explains the death of the old shopping strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the cupboards loaded and the Jayco full of diesel we continue south on the Lincoln Hwy\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first 70-80 kms is dry scrubby country, but then suddenly farms appear and we can see the land has been improved. Mostly it\u2019s the stubble remains from harvested grain crops that extend as far as the eye can see, this continues for another 200 kms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose this explains the towering silos we pass several times on our way to Port Lincoln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We turn off into Cowell for a coffee and a leg stretch finding this magnificent set of silos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We park at the marina at the end of the main street. Chatting with a local he tells us there\u2019ve been working on redeveloping the waterfront for nearly two years and it\u2019s the official opening next weekend (a long weekend in SA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post coffee we go for a walk around town which has some lovely old buildings and the odd quirky sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back on the road the silos and stubble continue to Port Lincoln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arriving in Port Lincoln<\/a> we drive straight through to the CP. It\u2019s another sprawling campsite, but it has a lovely view across the bay. It\u2019s been a long day and other than a wander about the campsite we decide to do some more exploring in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an easy Indian takeaway for dinner tonight (thanks to the Indian pop-up in Cowell).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite a couple of showers around 5 or 6 am it was a quiet night. After coffee we head off to do 6 kms or so of the Parnkalla Trail. We pick up the trail on the waterfront below the campsite and walk the small bays and marina along the shoreline. I would add there are some fabulous homes reflecting Port Lincoln\u2019s wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Following breakfast we drive down into the town centre for a wander and a quick shop. Whilst everything is neat and tidy, it\u2019s all relatively ordinary and hardly worth a photo. As Port Lincoln is considered Australia\u2019s seafood capital, supposedly producing the world best tuna and a variety of other seafoods we head of in search of a fish monger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should have Googled it I suppose but despite walking the main shopping strip and the waterfront we couldn\u2019t find a fish shop ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We did manage to find a life size bronze of Makybe Diva and a picture of the biggest set of silos (with no artwork) we\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So that\u2019s it, Port Lincoln done. We set the GPS for Coffin Bay with hope of finding some delicacies there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 5th March 2023 Travelled: 280 kms from Whyalla to Port Lincoln in South Australia    Visited:  Cowell and Port Lincoln  Stayed: Port Lincoln CP, $45, S34.72762, E135.88318   Budget: days @ $ per day If it wasn\u2019t for the unusual smells emanating from the steel works and the low background noise in the early hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,154],"tags":[156],"class_list":{"0":"post-30983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"category-south-australia-","9":"tag-south-australia","10":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30983"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31019,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30983\/revisions\/31019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}