Firstly we had to put our clocks forward THREE hours, which in one way was good because it isn’t broad daylight at 4.30 in the morning LOL but it does take a little adjusting too, having dinner at what feels like 3 in the afternoon.
There are lots of pretty seaside villages along this road offering sand and sea.
EYRE’S WATERHOLE
Just outside of Streaky Bay there can be seen the waterhole that the explorer Edward John Eyre watered his stock at in 1840. It was quite an experience to stand in the exact spot and find the waterhole still producing water as it had for Edward Eyre 170 years ago.
He reported in his journal 3rd November 1840 “This curious little waterhole contained water from five to seven inches in depth, the level of which was maintained as rapidly as a person could bale it out; this was the sole supply for ourselves and our horses, but it was a never failing one”
The town of Streaky Bay used it for its water supply until 1936 and it is still there with just those few inches of water ever present and constant.
Further out again we viewed the Murphy’s Haystacks .
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