Woke up around 07:00, pottered about a bit and then went to the next hotel – still in Port Lincoln but on the marina. It was too early to check in, so drove back to where we’d just left and stopped off for a coffee.
Went for a walk along the beach, and it was very windy, the sea choppy and the promised storm was on the way.
Drove to a seafood outlet, number 2 on Tripadvisor but they didn’t have much so back in the car and drove back to Coffin Bay for lunch. The weather on the way was good, sunny, although there was a tree down on the other side of the road.
Parked by the water and went for another walk, the only wildlife we saw was a hairy caterpillar. The wind was picking up by the time we got to the restaurant.
We ordered the seafood platter and a bowl of wedges but the waitress said we wouldn’t need them so took her advice.
The platter was huge – it had the same tuna steak I’d had the day before, plus prawns, calamari, scallops, mussels, King George Whiting, kingfish , abalone, and oysters.
We asked why there was no lobster or crayfish on the menus and it’s not the season.
It was also about 100% better than the one we’d had the first night, much better quality.
We just about finished it off. I was going to have dessert but couldn’t manage it.
Drove back to Port Lincoln and walked along the beach again, the wind had died down but it was raining, and we got a bit wet despite an umbrella.
Got back to the hotel but couldn’t get in the door – turns out the power had just gone out, not just where we were but the entire state of South Australia had a power cut.
So we had no Tv, internet or heating in the room.
Decided to rush out to Bunnings to get some candles, found a kmart and bought an led lantern for $10.
The phones were still working, plus I’d brought along a portable charger. The tablet was fully charged so it was a minor inconvenience really.
Fired up the lantern (it was really bright) and settled in to watch something on the tablet. 5 minutes later the power came back on. Didn’t get much use out of the lantern.
Turned the TV on and according to the news we were lucky, only a few places had power back.
Watched tv then sleep, getting up early in the morning to drive about 10 hours.