Photos Port Lincoln & Memory Cove

A clean shaven Ron cooking a BBQ in Memory Cove.

Tuna Boats in Port Lincoln

Prawning Fleet in Port Lincoln.

PORT LINCOLN

5^th May 09 – 16^th June 09

 

Six weeks spent in Port Lincoln, initially waiting for the insurance company to attend to our claim and then for trades people to come and complete their part of the required work.

 

We required a dinghy and outboard motor to be replaced, a new back stainless steel ladder and woodwork around the ladder, plus work on the duckboard to secure it.  We had to replace the foil up the mast and repair the bimini cover plus have a new dinghy and outboard cover made.

 

Whilst Peta was away in Perth for 2 weeks when Jason had his operation, Ron was kept busy with repairman and plus socializing with various people we had met in Port Lincoln.  We have tried the seafood here, being Coffin Bay oysters, Southern Blue Fin Tuna and mussels all farmed locally here and just loved it all.

 

17^th June 09 – 19^th June 09

 

We have resigned ourselves now to do local cruising in the Gulfs around South Australia and Kangaroo Island, as we have left our run to late to go to Tasmania.

 

We have just completed a 3 day sail down the coast to Memory Cove and Thistle Island.  On the way to Memory Cove (a historic place where Matthew Flinders lost a number of his men in a boating accident) we saw 2 whales.  Memory Cove is a wilderness area within the large Port Lincoln National Park.

 

We were able to use a mooring in Memory Cove, the next day we sailed for Whalers Bay on the SE side of Thistle Island. We decided against staying in Whalers Bay as the winds were northerly and the seas were building up, and returned to Memory Cove before sailing back the next morning to Port Lincoln.

 

Our plan is now to start sailing up the Spencer's Gulf towards Port Augusta, again this will depend on weather conditions