So after we spent a loooong time in Port Lincoln and the beautiful Lincoln Nationalpark, we drove around 1 hour to Coffin Bay.

Coffin Bay is a tiny town, which we did not know, and it has a nationalpark close as well. We decided to spent our night at Yangie Bay Campground which has a view of the water. But it was an incredibly windy night, so we didn’t fall asleep until around 4 am and when we woke up, we realized we had to pack down pretty soon and fast, because we could hear thunder. Shortly after it started railing and hailing. That was the moment we decided to leave the nationalpark and not come back.

So yeah, we actually didn’t see much else than the scenery along the road to the campground, which was beautiful as well. But I am aware that the northern part of the park is supposed to be quite beautiful and has some nice beaches. It is only accessible by 4wd though and we decided we didn’t want to put our car through these tracks during and after rainy weather.

Instead, we drove to Coffin Bay Caravan park in the town and had a really nice warm bath (they have a tub in the baby room!!). The next day we actually just wanted a smell treat from their pizza place/bakery, but unfortunately they were closed, so we walked next door to 1802 Oyster Bar. WAUW!! We went a little to crazy and had amazing three-way oysters, mojitos and suuuper delicious desserts. We walked out very full and happy. This place is definitely worth a visit!

From Coffin Bay we wanted to go to Fowlers Bay. Along the way we stopped at Murphys Haystacks, which is a lot more impressing standing there, than seeing it on photos. There are these incredibly big and old stone formations. Its definitely worth a short visit, if you drive along the highway anyways.

Another stop you can do is Talia Caves. The Woolshed Cave is a little longer drive from the highway down a sideroad, than the haystacks, but it was also a beautiful place to visit. So since we did a few stops along the way to Fowlers Bay, we ran out of time and decided to stay one night in Ceduna. We stayed at Shelly Beach Caravan Park. It felt a little like a rip off paying $24 to sleep just behind the beach. However, we didn’t wanna drive on to the beach either to sleep there.

The reason why we wanted to visit Fowlers Bay was that we’d seen online that they do guided whale watching kayak tours in the winter months. Unfortunately, the guy from EP cruises told me on the phone, that they had to cancel tours at the moment, because the winds were not suitable for it. We went anyways and decided to go on a 2,5 hour whale watching cruise instead. We got to see quite a few Southern right whales, unfortunately we didn’t get as close to them as we thought we would. When we saw the photos they advertised with the whales were within a few metres from the boat. So naively we thought that would happen. Ofcourse you can’t control where the whales swim to, but it was a bit of a bummer. We did see whales closer than either of us have before. So it was a nice cruise.

Fowlers Bay is a really small town. There is no reception, so we had plenty of time to talk and sit around the bonfire with the other campers on the campground. There are sanddunes just by the town, so we had a nice walk up there for sunset and tried sandboarding (which was actually not fun, since the board didn’t slide). You can also go for a drive on the dunes, which don’t seem as scary as the ones we drove on in Lincoln Nationalpark, where we had to take a real tricky rocky road to and from, and which stretches over many kilometres. The dunes in Fowlers Bay are accessible straight from the sealed road and they don’t look like they stretch over that long of a distance.

Fowlers Bay is a beautiful little town surrounded by stunning scenery. The town is definitely worth your time.