The next thing we did was to go down to Whalers Way which is a private property but they allow access for a fee. You pick up a key from the visitors centre in Port Lincoln where we had picked up the key for Memory Cove at the same time. It also allows you to camp a night for free and for the $20 it costs it was just as well! There were quite a few people around ( well for us anyway which meant about 5 cars! ) as it is accessible to cars. There are some great views and you can overlook a seal colony as well. There was some nice surf with perfect barrels at Cowrie Beach. The climb down to this beach was really steep and we met one couple that gave up when they found the old staircase had fallen down. I jumped down that section and built up a bit of a ramp to help us on the way back up which worked just!

Cape Wiles, Whalers Bay and some wave action at Whalers Grotto

The camp area is just a flat spot with no facilities which his fine by us as everyone else had not bothered to stay on as the day drew to an end. This gave us some nice peace and quite while we explored around the area and found the cave they used in the Australian version of Survivor ( not shown in the USA like Survivor Outback ). After dropping off the keys back in Port Lincoln the next day we headed across to Coffin Bay. I had read about this area maybe 15 years ago and always wanted to check it out. I was very worried that all the tracks I had heard about had been closed off as it is a National Park now. But is was not and this is a great place.

D'anville Bay used for Aussie Survivor and a German army Hanomag AL28 truck on 43" tyres at Coffin Bay NP!

Not much of the area is accessible to 2wd drives which is even better. The tracks are deep sand over small dunes at the start and along the beach as well. We found Black Springs camp area the most populated with few sites and crowded with camper trailers. The sites are not very level but it does have good shelter and I think they stop here as the sand is quite soft from here on even along Seven Mile beach which you have to drive on. We met a German couple Sonia and Torsin in a huge Hanomag truck that ran 43" tyres on 20" rims which are used a lot on Unimogs. They converted it into a camper after spending a month here earlier and then went back to Germany to save up to come back with the Truck that they imported over. They were taking over a year to cruise slowly around Australia and we spent a couple of hours trackside giving them the low down on where to go. This happens to us quite a bit as they see the map on our camper and all the stickers so want our insight on where the best places are to see.

Great surf at point Isaac and Mullalong Beach with a Long board surfer at bottom of the curl!

We stayed at Morgan's Landing which is small and at the end of Seven Mile beach and liked it even getting a visit from 19 wild brumby horses but most stay at Point Sir Isaac as there is a far bigger choice of camp sites. There is a lot of rocky tracks around the park so you do have to be mindful of keeping your sidewalls off sharp rocks with them lowered for the sand. We even came across some very keen surfers at Mullalong Beach as it gets some really good waves here. The guy pictured above that is just at the bottom of the barrel was the current long board champion and had flown down from Surfers Paradise which is 3 states away halfway up the east coast in Queensland the night before just to go surfing. He had worked out from the charts it should be up! He also goes around the world picking the spots for the surfing championships which doesn't sound like a bad job to me.

Up turned tractor or truck and just had to play on it but paid the price!

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