Eyre Peninsula - Eastern Shore

We stayed near Whyalla on the beautiful Fitzgerald Bay.  It had been a long day – and the wind was fairly blowing, which is almost sure to spell disaster in our family.  We tried a few potential sites, before finally settling back a bit from the beach in some sheltered trees.  It was a great thing to be out of the wind.

Monopoly Game - great for a rest day

We checked out some of the southern most mangroves in Australia, and also improved our maths skills with a game of Monopoly.  The game proved an interesting battle of strategies – with quick cheap development triumphing over the more costly longer term development of Mayfair and Park Lane.

The first ship built at Whyalla - the ex HMAS WHYALLA

We decided to join the Whyalla tour of the One Steel steelworks.  This was industry at its finest – but we figured it was important to see steel being made in Australia, particularly before seeing the export of iron ore in the North West.  We enjoyed the tour – but we weren’t allowed off the bus, and it was a little bit of “in this building they do…”