Nuttbush Retreat to Smoky Bay

We had a nice stop over at Nuttbush Retreat, with only the road trains passing by late in the evening. We did not hear them for the rest of the night. After the evening being shrouded in clouds i was able to set the camera up for the first time this trip to try and take some star shots. I had some fun trying to get everything in to focus in the dark and ended up calling it quits as it got quite cold.



We awoke to a damp camp site in the morning and many of our neighbours took off early. We took our time and had bacon and eggs for breakfast. As it was my birthday, 37 this year, i received some cards and many messages on the phone.


Once we broke camp and headed off towards Iron Knob it got very foggy and stayed this way up until 11:30. We stopped at Kimba, near the Big Galah, before moving on again towards Streaky Bay. We stopped for lunch at a nice roadside stop, with a few other caravaners.

We had big plans of going out for tea in Smoky bay, due to it being my birthday , but as i suspected, it was not to be. The only restaurant in town, the local RSL, does not serve meals everyday and the two days we are here happen to be those days. Therefore it was off to the local “General Store” for fish and chips. It turned out to be a good meal in the end.
Upon arrival at the Smoky Bay caravan park, Caitlyn started getting a bit naughty due to being couped up in the car for so long, so once the camp was set up it was out with the fishing rods and off to the jetty. I managed to catch one nice Squid with Sara and Caitlyn getting plenty of nibbles but no fish. Sara did catch a nice big “something” but lost it when the fish bounced of the shark proof enclosure they have for swimming.

We went back out in the morning, Caitlyn and I, where i managed a second big Squid before we came back for breakfast. We will be heading out again at about 2pm. Dad has been happy to look for Crabs off the beach and purchase fresh oysters from the general store. He even managed to get Caitlyn and I to try them

Anyways, Sara hopes to get some nice sunset photos tonight before we break camp again tomorrow and head off to the Head of the Bight to see some wales (hopefully).