Day 14 - North Shields to Lipson Cove
We have a few criteria that determine the best camping spots - water views, ambience, ability to have a campfire among others - and this spot ticks most of them! There's also a few other factors that can influence how we feel in said camp site - weather, flies/mozzies etc. This spot has zillions of flies (as many of our camp sites have on this trip) and the weather comes and goes, although it was mostly sunny and not too windy today.
We took it easy at North Shields this morning and had elevenses at the caravan park before leaving for the huge 60km trip up the road to here. Detouring in to Tumby Bay just to see what was there, we were pleasantly surprised with the silo art, which changes as you walk alongside.
Tumby Bay was a pretty little seaside town but we didn't need to spend long there so headed back up the road for 22 kilometres, the last 8 on gravel which had some corrugations but certainly wasn't the worst we have seen on this trip.
We have been lucky that Neill and Jude brought their Starlink internet device for this trip because when the antenna is placed between our vans, we all get wifi. In places like this where there is no mobile phone reception, it's even handier! I had read that sites 7 and 8 were the best, and when we left this morning, they were still available. We decided not to book until we got here so we can check out the unoccupied sites and were indeed impressed with 7 and 8 so had to switch on Starlink to make the bookings. We think we may have pipped someone else at the post but hey, if they didn't have Starlink that's not our problem! So we got set up and as I was making lunch, I opened the window to this view.
The flies however, make sitting outside pretty painful. Yesterday as we were walking at Whaler's Way, we met a young American couple. The girl asked if we were from South Australia and even though we said no, she asked whether this number of flies was normal for this place! She couldn't get over the sheer numbers, and their propensity to try and get in your mouth. So with much entertainment to me watching, Neill and Jude erected their fly dome. However, once up and us sitting inside (all four of us even fit inside!), the fact there are no flies in there was just lovely. We had drinks and nibbles, and then dinner in there!
I did light a fire towards the end of dinner so we could move there as the flies went to bed, but unfortunately the wind picked up again. We had our cups of tea fireside but retreated by 9:30pm, hoping that the wind isn't too bad overnight as the awning is out although it is well tied down and de-flappers in place.
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