Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 87

It is 346km northwards along the western side of Spencer Gulf from Port Lincoln to Port Augusta.

Silo art at Tumby Bay show two boys jumping off the Tumby Bay Jetty

Tumby Bay was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 after a parish in Lincolnshire, England, just north of where he lived in his youth.

Tumby Bay Hotel known locally as The Red Roof.

There are many murals throughout town – this a Leafy Sea Dragon on the toilet block at the town beach.

Mangrove Boardwalk at Tumby Bay

Chestnut teal

Grey mangrove fruits

Ribbed fruited mallee can be white…

…or pink.

White cheeked honeyeater

Our new car ornament – should help next time we drive through gullies.

Wheat crop outside Tumby Bay. I used my long zoom lens to get the image – made me feel like a a stalker.

Port Neill Jetty under repair

Arno Bay Jetty. Nearly every South Australian coastal town has a long jetty as there are no rivers on most of the coastline to use as ports.

Arno Bay – Mangrove walk at the southern end of the town foreshore

Hoary-headed grebe

Crabs on the mudbanks of the tidal creeks

Cowell heritage buildings

Cowell Silo Art features local identity Lionel Deer and his camel Diamantina who are both part of Cowell’s community. The mural also features a Port Lincoln Parrot and a nearby farmhouse ruin. Diamantina the camel helps with the Christmas pageants and plays in town – it’s a dramadary.

Cowell mangrove boardwalk

Middleback Range iron ore mine – one of six mines in the area sending the ore to Whyalla for processing and export.

Whyalla Wetlands – home of the Hoary grebe. They have been here reliably on my last two visits. Is this the best place to see them? I can’t disagrebe.