Right at the bottom of the Eyre Peninsula is the town of Port Lincoln. It has the highest ratio of millionaires in Australia but you would never know it. It is a very popular place to camp with the Adelaide crowd so best avoided after Christmas for the school holidays. There we stocked up on supplies before heading off for Lincoln NP. and also to get the permits that we needed from the Visitors Centre. You need a permit and key to access the track that runs down to Memory Cove as well as a camping permit if you want to camp there. They only let 15 vehicles per day use the track and only allow 5 camp groups as well so you will never be crowded. The track is on hard rock most of the way but is fairly easy as they keep it in good repair. It was a beautiful spot and there was only one other spot being used while we were there but have heard it is very hard to get into most of the year. We were there on the 23rd of December and could not even stay an extra night as Christmas eve it was already booked out even with the maximum 3 day stay allowed.

Memory Cove at Lincoln NP. and the rocky track out.

Memory Cove was a very scenic camp nestled in the trees just behind the beach. We also walked right along the cliffs on the right side which led to many private fishing spots off the rocks. We even watched an Australian sea lion fishing for his dinner while there. The track in and all of the southern part of the park is 4wd only and we took all the side tracks to lookouts etc along the way. The kangaroos were everywhere as well as the emus and I had to brake quite often to stop running into to them even though you are lucky to get over 40 kmh anywhere.

Qantas symbol! And a male emu with his two chicks.

For sure the best track in this park if not our holiday was Sleaford-Wanna Dune track. You don't need a permit or key for this track and it runs right along the coast through and over huge dunes all the way. The beaches with the surf along the way were just fantastic to look at and we had it all to ourselves. 

Leaving the rocks for the sand dunes.

It is really a little Sahara out here as at times you cannot see anything else but dunes in all directions. You follow posts to keep to the track but they are hard to spot at times and there was little sign of tracks from others when we were there but that would be different in the Summer holidays and weekends. 

The fantastic Sleaford-Wanna Dune Track all to ourselves.

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