The destination for the day was Coffin Bay down the south end of the Eyre Peninsula. We were on the road early planning to have morning tea at Tumby Bay to take in the famous “artwork” in the town.

The Iron Duke Mine at Moonabie was easily visible on our right as we drove south.

We spotted a painted silo in Cowell so stopped to take a pic – The star of the silos is local identity Lionel Deer and his camel Diamantina. Mr Deer is most known in the Cowell community for bringing his camels to the Cowell Christmas Pageant for over 30 years. The mural also features a Port Lincoln Parrot and a nearby farmhouse ruin.

Gordie and Kerry took the opportunity and went in search of a loo – they disappeared for a while and Trev went looking for them….

Tumby Bay is home to a JETTY and a lot of street and silo art…. we did a walk around the town and took in the beautiful artwork…and had a coffee in the local takeaway.

On the way out we stopped at the silo art at the entrance to the town. Argentinian mural artist Martin Ron was commissioned to paint the mural. During his time in the town, he watched the locals jumping off the JETTY – which is captured in his mural representing the towns past, present and future…The mural was finished on 12^th April 2018 and has been cleverly painted to be viewed from a certain angle creating a complete view rather than a view disjointed by the gaps in the silos – very clever!

Our lunch stop was Port Lincoln – with its huge grain loading dock and JETTIES…. And beautiful sculptures including one of Makybe Diva on the foreshore.

It was quite difficult to find caravan parking for all 4 vans together, so we split up, grabbed some lunch, and supplies and then headed out to meet at Coffin Bay Caravan Park. Trev and I had a great fish and chips lunch from “The Pantry” – very fresh with great chips and salad….

We arrived and set up in Coffin Bay Caravan Park….taking a leaf from Rosie’s book and adding ambiance to the van with some local foliage…

….. then went for a bike ride along the Oyster Walk…Gordie getting side-tracked by an old mate who also owned a Titan camping in the Caravan Park…. Meaning he was still talking to him when we arrived back from our ride!!!