Whyalla

Finally got to Whyalla. Staying in a pub with a LOT of character. Pub band is just amazing, some old dudes who absolutely know every note of their songs, and nailed it. Karen, in her short tight denim skirt and massive leg tattoos, pole danced. Her younger friend, who looks like a Penthouse pet Karen said, with even shorter shorts, and bigger leg tattoos, joined her on the dance floor. The old dudes drinking in singlets on the outer tables did not dance. Pub food was good! The room is quite ok, with en suite, and cheaper than so many caravan parks where we had to supply and pitch our own tent, then share a can/shower. I really love staying in pubs. I think the kids are used to the noise and weird characters. We only had 2 beers each, so this place is a bit wasted on us.

Went on the Steelworks tour. Lou was not listening much. He got steeled out. Everyone got steeled out. We had to stay on the bus for the whole trip. We drove around town for an hour. He spent a full ten minutes talking about the new fishing jetty that is yet to be built. Then we spent an hour driving around and around the steelworks. Interesting that it's been bought by Sanjeev Gupta, who plans to redo the rolling mill to allow for more products. He plans to built a solar plant to avoid black outs. He sponsors Port Power and a few other things in town. They will have a preseason match in Whyalla, and they will upgrade the AFL oval in town for it.

Went to the Elvis museum, which is really someone's house.

Every single room is chock a block lined with Elvis memorabilia. Such as the 4 Elvis clocks that chime different songs on the hour. One is a cuckoo clock of Elvis. He let a few people through. The mayor told him that he had a great little tourist attraction, so he opened up. All three bedrooms, the sitting room, even the kitchen has Elvis items.

In the back yard, he has a gold painted Cadillac. He let us jump in to take a shot. (somewhere on Marie's phone)

We donated a Elvis Purrsley card from "The Cat Game" to the museum. We have the photo of the card now. Also the guy (Pete) who lives in this place has a lolly jar and a CAT! It was Purrfect =^.^= :)

Whyalla is a cool town, the hill overlooks the steelworks and the sea in the other direction.

Many houses are heritage in great condition.