It was on January 26th, 1788 that the first fleet from England landed at Botany Bay (pretty much where Sydney airport sits today) to take up permanent residence - some by choice and quite a few others that had less say in the matter that arrived as convicts in chains.
As the public holiday is celebrated on January 26th, and that was a Tuesday this year, I booked a vacation day off for the Monday and made an extended long weekend out of the situation and we went camping.
Setting out on Saturday, our destination was Innes National Park on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula about 300km from Adelaide.
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| Our beachside camp set-up at Innes National Park |
This park has a lot of rugged coastal scenery to admire, plenty of hiking trails to take and some nice fishing places where you can throw in a line and try your luck. We did a little bit of all of that over the three days we were there.
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| Wide, empty beach and rugged cliffs at West Cape. We saw a pod of ~ 20 dolphins playing in the waves here. |
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| Heading to the Stenhouse Bay jetty to try our luck fishing |
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| All we got was some sunburn despite the hats and long sleeves |
As you can't do any metal detecting inside the national park we drove to a beach just outside the park where Heather was able to do a small amount of hunting. We didn't catch any fish or find our fortune but the outing was fun nonetheless.
On Tuesday we broke camp in a wind that made things challenging to say the least but we got the job done and loaded everything into the car. The drive back to Adelaide was uneventful. We washed off the grit and grime that comes with camping at a beach location and suited up in our Australia Day gear before heading around to my mothers house for an Australia Day BBQ.
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| In the backyard in our Australian flag hat, t-shirt, shorts, and dress |
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| Heather, Grant and Sue (Grant's mum) waving the flag on Australia Day |
After a lovely BBQ lunch at mums house we went home and listened to the fireworks going off in the nearby city parklands before retiring for the night. All in all it was a fun weekend with plenty of fresh air and outdoor activities to keep ourselves busy. The next scheduled long weekend is in early March but we will have to see if we can manufacture another one before then...
Until the next issue of WTF? - Where are The Farrows?, stay happy and safe.
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