Port Lincoln

Mid March has a long weekend here so we drove south 3 hours to a beautiful spot called Port Lincoln. It looks like it may be the furthest point on the south coast of Australia. Apparently, because it is so remote, the Survivor Outback show was filmed nearby. Port Lincoln is known for the Tuna fishing. They have tourist attractions like swim with the tuna or sharks, we didn't take part in either! Some scenes from Jaws were also filmed in this area.
About a month ago a diver was attacked and killed by a shark about an hour away near Coffin Bay (nice name for a place isn't it?) Needless to say I wasn't too disappointed that it was a bit cool for swimming in the ocean while we were there but it was beautiful and we are glad that we went.

Whaler's Way is set along private property that runs along the coastline. It has gorgeous views, just like this one. The road is basically sand and runs 14 kms with lots of places to stop and get out and take a look. To keep the kids happy we called each stop an adventure and they both loved exploring and looking for treasure!

This was our first adventure. There was a beach just out of the picture in the background that was beautiful. People were surfing and paddle boarding. Miles got a kick out of climbing down crevasses.

As many of you know my mom is visiting us for a few months and she joined us for this adventure!

This was such a nice beach. It was very windy and kind of cool but the kids and the adults all enjoyed it. We had a picnic lunch and then let the kids run around for a bit before heading back to our cabin.

Later that night we went out for dinner and had some delicious seafood and pasta dishes followed by gelato, which is very popular around here.

On Monday morning we went out to Glen-Forest, an animal park. There were kangaroos to play with, a koala sleeping in a tree, some gigantic pigs, an ostrich, emu andsome dingoes and camels.

Of course feeding the kangaroos took top spot in the kids agenda! Clint and I enjoy it just as much though!

Miles was even into feeding the kangaroos from the first minute and Izzy still can't get enough!

The same food you use to feed the kangaroos is used to feed the birds, but no one was expecting the birds to land on them. Clint was the first and he started freaking out which scared Miles who wanted to leave the enclosure immediately. Clint tried to follow but the birds wouldn't get off him!

I was the next to be a standing post. There were five birds on me at once!

Izzy was just minding her own buisness when a bird decided to land on her head. What a trooper, she didn't react at all, just stood still and let us take pictures!

We had a great time and the kids slept over half the drive home so overall the weekend was a complete success! Here are a few more animals that we saw!