The rest of the drive yesterday was pretty borin. Got to Coffin Bay. Went to the National Park today.
Went for a good walk on Almonta Beach.
Did some time on the sand dunes. Got back late afternoon. A nice day. Currently trying to work out our next stops, as we've discovered we have run right out of time, and really only have 16 days until Christmas.
Rolled out of Coffin Bay, headed to Port Lincoln to the book shop. This is a second hand op shop for charity. Google said it was shut, but lucky we checked, as the A frame outside said "Open" pointing down the alleyway. The boys saw this, the book shop marked in chalk on the path, and they ran the whole way there, desperate for something to read. Louis got 2 Dr Karl science books, Marie got a biography of a Sydney foreign correspondent based in Beirut, Ollie got 2 Alistair Maclean novels which fingers crossed might get his interest.
Everything in town was open, including a large set of market stalls, as there was a huge cruise ship parked in town. We got some hand made palm oil free soap (I'd been looking for palm oil free soap like everywhere). We also popped into the bulk foods ethical trade shop to get a No Big Oil in the Bight sticker, and some dried organic mango, plus some Wasabe peas for Ollie. The Norwegian state oil company Equinor has taken on the extraction rights for Shell (or BP?) as they couldn't comply with requirements. Currently they've been asked for "more information". Needless to say extracting in deep water is very risky. A major oil spill would take ages to cap, and be a major disaster for the pristine coastline of the area, not to mention the breeding whales, the 80% unique species and entire eco system.
Along the way, we stopped at Cowell, just to use the can. It was pretty hot just now. This town is in great heritage condition.
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