Perlubie Beach 13 – 14 February 2007

We travelled along the coast but were unable to see much of it. The surrounding land seemed to have had very marginal grain crops, recently harvested. We stopped for a break at Smokey Bay which was a tiny holiday community with an oyster industry. Around the back we were surprised to find lots of new houses being built in a mini boom. Came to a lovely campspot that we loved so much that we have stayed two nights. It’s about 20 kms before Streaky Bay township but overlooks the same water. This spot affords us sea views out the windows (we think we have the best spot in the camp) and lovely warm water to swim in. It’s an unusual spot as it has quite a few large shade cabanas and children’s swings in the sand. Turns out this is where they have an annual horse race on the beach on New Years Day and they are actually the viewing areas. Of course we then recognised the wooden stalls at the back made from undressed logs! The outdoor shower is fed from a tank up on the hill and by the time it gets to the bottom we have hot water that never runs out! Everyone loves it! And to top it off the fee is $2/person! Imagine if this was the norm – this has to be one of our favourite camping spots! We took a long walk along the beach and found the pearly shells of the large razor fish which are very prevalent here and sought after by the fisherman. The prize is a scallop sized piece of meat and the rest makes good burley! It’s a very large fish buried in the sand that takes two very strong arms to pull out.
A German couple came into the camp with a huge 4 wheel drive truck that they are travelling around the world in. It was fascinating to listen to their adventures and they made our trip sound very tame! They told us fuel was 1.5 cents a litre in Tehran! They loved Iran the best and Vietnam was the hardest to get around as they don’t like uncontrolled tourists doing their own thing. They were off to NZ and on to South America, then to Alaska and across Siberia. We certainly meet lots of different types of travellers.