Family and friends

Port Lincoln

Mikkira Station, Port Lincoln

Mikira was incredible, firstly because we were the only ones there and secondly you could camp under the trees and enjoy the koalas above, we also saw emus and there were hot showers! bliss


Probably one of my favourite stops so far, arriving one morning with a dew covered tent we stopped at a friendly looking cafe and draped the flysheet over the back of the ute to dry out.  We walked in to a warm welcome from the woman we now know as Megan (pronounced Meegan in Aussie!) She recognised Lloyds accent immediately and started chatting about  S Africa as she'd been three times, we all got on like a house on fire and by the time we had left Megan had invited us to stay at a caravan in her garden! Such kindness from a total stranger warmed our hearts. We turned up with a cheery smile and a bottle of wine later that evening to be told we were being upgraded to a bedroom.  We met Megans husband Rhidian and their two sons and had such a good time, we stayed three nights while we went to visit some tour operators

The most notable operator here was a guy called Matt who was running a shark cage diving operation with a difference, Matt had two USPs, one he was not using any form of chum or burley (operators usually use fish heads and parts to entice the shark) and two he had a submersible dry glass tank that anyone could sit in and watch proceedings whislt having a cuppa! This really opens out the experience to anyone regardless of ability, fantastic! Matt is a larger than life character who readily offered us a couple of trips out and we also swam with sea lions which i really enjoyed.


Adelaide was next on the itinerary and also the realisation that we needed to be in Hervey Bay in early October so we decided to ramp it up a bit.  We arrive late in the afternoon to a warm welcome from my cousin John, his wife Sarah and their daughter Rebecca.  Wonderful to see how well they are all doing and to meet them properly for the first time really (apart from when John and i were children many moons ago!)
We drank wine and had a lovely meal and were sadly on the way again the next morning.