The charter boat took two and a half hours to reach the Neptune Is on a clear, calm day. We were welcomed by the resident seal colony. Five minutes after dropping anchor we sighted our first of five sharks for the day. The skipper relayed a story of their last trip here. One of the seals decided to come out to the boat and taunt three sharks tha...

Due to a recent critic's appraisal of my blog, I'll try to spice things up a bit. Just remember that there's not much to see out here and I'm not Michael Palin, so I'm not out seeking quirky locals. My time is limited as I'm using tourist and library internet facilities. The nine hour drive from Broken Hill to Port Lincoln was daunting to say th...

Friday, November 30, 2007 Driving to Port Lincoln A leisurely start this morning as we woke up about 8am (long gone are the 6am wake ups), had showers, breakfast and proceed to pack down the van. We said 'see you soon' to Andy and Elaine and will hopefully we will see them on the way up the east coast of the peninsula. Sue and Glen are headed i...

Day Eighteen: - Port Augusta - Whyalla - Cowell - Port Lincoln If it wasn't for the miserable weather Port Lincoln would be a cracker chillout point. It's clearly a tourist hot spot, we just happen to be here at the wrong time. It seems the weather in these parts isn't too great in the winter, though the prices for budget accommodation clearly a...

Had a couple of days off and went out on this charter we were given tickets for. We had heard heaps of good reports about it from park patrons and it certainly is worth the money and it is unique. They take you out to an actual bluefin tuna fish holding farm in the bay where you can feed them and actually swim with them if you want to!! You can ...

Still very busy in the park but we moved house the other day to somewhere a little bit quieter. Port Lincoln has the largest fishing fleet in Australia and it seemed like every boat in the place was going past our window from 4.30 am onwards. Where we moved to is right up the far end of the marina so its heaps better and is a better apartment as...

We have assistant managers starting in a few days, so we are moving out of the house behind the office to a townhouse a couple of minutes away. I gather they must be happy with the job we are doing to give us this!! At last we will be able to get away for a few days, start working normal hours, we have been doing at least 12 hour days, on call 2...

Things are still going well at Port Lincoln. I have often thought that having one of those fancy american a frames would make life easier than it is lifting my solid self made one that I have used for the past four years. Besides not being strictly legal, it takes two people to hitch and unhitch and then it has to be stored when not in use. We h...

Still here, and earning our money, but not complaining, its pretty reasonable money, but we are looking to employ another couple to train now we have a computer system with a booking system up and running, that means we will be able to work a bit more normal hours and actually get out of the park together to go and see and do stuff!! Its been a ...

The best made plans of mice and men!!! We were supposed to be in Adelaide for Christmas but all that changed!! It has been a real hectic past month, We were in Adelaide relaxing after working the motel when we had a phone call from the new owner of the Port Lincoln Tourist Park, he happens to be Sam Sarin one of Australias 200 richest and the ri...