We were on the road again and Warooka was in our rear vision mirrors, we headed for the ocean view at Edithburgh Caravan Park. We stayed for two nights and thanks to John we got a discount with his seniors card! We set up camp and took off to see the massive wind farm just out of town. We had heard they were noisy so we stopped and listened, not too noisy at all, we ventured further and stopped again this time lots of noise we figured either it was off centre and not balanced, but upon a more thorough inspection we noticed a lot of black oil at the top and wondered if it had blown a seal.
Next day we travelled up the coast a little more to find almost the whole coast is dotted with tiny towns or fishing villages that come to life when the fishing is good.
Coobowie comes from the Aboriginal word meaning "Wild Fowl Water" It was proclaimed a town in 1875 and the pub built not long after is still standing and still trading as the Coobowie Hotel.
Port Giles is not a town but a purpose built port facility with a 600 metre jetty equipped for bulk grain transport by larger ships. Many of the ports do not have water deep enough and could only be serviced by small ketches and coastal steamers. There are 84 silos at the port and they can load up tp 1000 tonnes of grain per hour.
Our next port of call (sorry couldn't let that one go by) was a town that was originally called Pickering when it was first established in 1872. In 1882 a jetty was built to transport small carts of wool bales out to the ships. The locals came to know the jetty as Wool Bay Jetty and by 1940 the name was changed to Wool Bay. Also at Wool Bay is the last one of the original six Lime Kilns built on the cliffs overlooking the bay. Lime was burnt in the kilns to create Quicklime an ingredient in mortar and brick making. Built between 1900 and 1910 the kilns were the largest and most modern facilities of there time. Unfortunately due to a miscalculation in there design the kilns were not drawing enough air to turn out enough product and were closed in 1960.
Next day we travelled up the coast a little more to find almost the whole coast is dotted with tiny towns or fishing villages that come to life when the fishing is good.
Coobowie comes from the Aboriginal word meaning "Wild Fowl Water" It was proclaimed a town in 1875 and the pub built not long after is still standing and still trading as the Coobowie Hotel.
Port Giles is not a town but a purpose built port facility with a 600 metre jetty equipped for bulk grain transport by larger ships. Many of the ports do not have water deep enough and could only be serviced by small ketches and coastal steamers. There are 84 silos at the port and they can load up tp 1000 tonnes of grain per hour.
Our next port of call (sorry couldn't let that one go by) was a town that was originally called Pickering when it was first established in 1872. In 1882 a jetty was built to transport small carts of wool bales out to the ships. The locals came to know the jetty as Wool Bay Jetty and by 1940 the name was changed to Wool Bay. Also at Wool Bay is the last one of the original six Lime Kilns built on the cliffs overlooking the bay. Lime was burnt in the kilns to create Quicklime an ingredient in mortar and brick making. Built between 1900 and 1910 the kilns were the largest and most modern facilities of there time. Unfortunately due to a miscalculation in there design the kilns were not drawing enough air to turn out enough product and were closed in 1960.
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