Saturday, 19th February 2022

Day 9

Streaky Bay and environs

Streaky Bay map


A nice night at Rosie’s retreat Streaky Bay, a bit of breakkie then we set out on a day of exploration of the area.

First, down to see Murphy’s haystacks. These are amazing rock formations surrounded by twisted tortured trees, golden grass and yellow flowers. 

Murphy's Haystacks

Viewed from above



Beautiful to walk through the rocks and trees.

A bit of information on their formation


Then we went on to investigate whether the local silos were painted as they were marked on the map- they weren’t !

We turned into Venus Bay and enjoyed a couple of hot chocolates and some carrot cake at the café overlooking the jetty.


A family turned up with a kelpie and the cutest 2 puppies ever. We walked down to the jetty and saw loads of pelicans and pacific gulls. Chatted with some travelers who were squidding off the jetty.

Pelicans well fed by local fishermen

Travelers squidding on the jetty

A lovely place to visit and look around.

Back to the car we drove up Bay Road hoping to find a lookout and WOW!! Amazing coastline and a ‘bridge’ of rock. Took about a thousand pics- again. So much for the travelers on the jetty telling us that there was nothing to see around here!

Spectacular view at the end of the Bay Road!

Enjoying the spectacular view.




Headed off to see Talia caves, as much backtracking as we plan to do today. We’ll have lunch there.

A nice scenic spot near The Tub for lunch

The Tub and Woolshed were fantastic. We had lunch by the Tub and then moved on to the Woolshed which had steps leading down. It was very popular, people emerged from everywhere and the car park filled!

The Tub



The Woolshed

We rescued a shingle back lizard each way on the road. The hot road is very attractive to cold blooded lizards and snakes, but not a very safe place for them.

Shingle back lizard, or 'stumpy'

We headed back towards Streaky Bay on the scenic road.

Abandoned house at Calca. 


We completed the loop back to Streaky Bay.

A picturesque quick pit stop

Then moved on to the Cape Bauer loop road. Blowholes wow! Amazing sound effects from the water rushing in, and an easy way to get saturated with salty water even at that distance and height from the ocean.


Follow the stairway down to the left for the blow holes

Spectacular coastline

We then followed the loop round, made a couple more photo stops, then headed home for a drink and nibbles. Big day!! We removed at least 4 shingle backs from the roads, hopefully to live another day.

We had take away curry and rice and ate by the sea front before returning to Rosie’s for our last night there. With a little hi to the resident wallaroo and cats.


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