Port Lincoln - Coffin Bay National Park - Fabulous weather, blue skies, hot and sunny 33C

We drove from Port Lincoln (minus van) to the Coffin Bay National Park - named after Sir Isaac Coffin who although born in the USA joined the British navy and was in charge of overseeing the contruction of the ship that Matthew Flinders used to chart Australia.  He eventually became a member of parliament and he died in Cheltenham. 

The scenery in Coffin Bay National Park is spectacular with pristine white beaches and fantastic blue water contrasting with the white surf.  The white cliffs add to the whole awsome panorama.  Camping is only allowed in the areas shown in the first pictures.  The wonder is that there is no-one on these fantastic beaches!  But there again, there are so many in Australia.  We only saw a very small part of this National Park as the tracks to the rest were deep sand tracks similar to Fraser Island and we did not want to risk the car at this stage of our journey with the Nullarbor coming up.

 

 

 

 

This is my favourite picture - you can almost see the surf moving in the original size pic.
(If anyone would like it emailed in a bigger size direct - just ask).

Linnie testing the water - not too cold at all

In the village of Coffin Bay there is a cafe/store, petrol and not much else but the area is famous for its' oysters.

Coffin Bay Oyster Farm

Back in Port Lincoln we explored the small town a bit more.  It is a very pleasant town and the largest in the area with most things that you need.  We didn't realise it but here was the last of the big supermarkets (Coles & Wollies) that we would see for a while!  Should have stocked up!!



Makybe Diva

Port Lincoln is the home of Makybe Diva the famous race horse

Port Lincoln from the jetty

Due to sharks off the coast most places have
swimming enclosures that steel mesh around them

Lincoln Cove with the fishing boats

Sunset taken from our van