Relax Bay

Well there are some interesting names to a few of the bays down the Eyre Peninsula - Avoid Bay, Anxious Bay, Coffin Bay; evoking a fear of hungry Greggy Normans floating around. 

But we would describe Streaky as Relax Bay.  The water is nice and shallow like Port Phillip Bay and we were camped right on it, we could have campfires on the beach, there was a full moon which was bright orange like a sunset 1 night, and the weather was generally warm and sunny after that big storm on arrival.

 

We had a fish on the pier on a beautiful night and caught some little snapper and tommy ruffs, the boys enjoyed the skate park and we had some adventures checking out the back beaches and the raw part of the coastline. 

We had some fun at the Yanarbie sandhills but didn't get to ride any waves on the back beaches because the conditions weren't favorable, I seem to be lost in the sandhills trying to find a wave (we expect to do that further down the coast).  We heard about the great waves at Cactus but it was 150km away and we have not been keen on driving much at Relax Bay.  We did get down to Hally's beach though feeling much at home.

We used this opportunity to fix things and clean up a bit and I bought a useless thing that Macca would be proud of- a nut and bolt retriever that is extendable with a magnet and light on the end. 

Arch has been busy carving and making things as well with a new set of blades for his hacksaw.  The boys have continually worked on a huge sand hole each day with our little shovel, which the Child would be proud of, have also got in some paddling practice and have made friends with 3 girls that are our nextdoor neighbours at the moment.

Our first night here we stayed in one of the cabins because it was too wet to set up and the next day we could get a beachfront posi and ofcourse we had got into the whole glamping thing.  More space, more air, more energy, more... 
I just realized I should have done a completely separate blog on lizards as the boys have clocked up quite a collection and here is 3 more: the first 2 coming from Yulara, being a big rainbow skink and a barking gecko and the last 1 being a shingleback here in Relax.

Here is a photo we had of the crew holding up the rock the night before we left.

That doesn't look that relaxing!