{"id":10696,"date":"2018-03-19T17:24:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primarythinking.net\/wordpress\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:13:48","slug":"day-43-port-lincoln-to-port-augusta-350km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/?p=10696","title":{"rendered":"Day 43 &#8211; Port Lincoln to Port Augusta &#8211; 350km"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2ee6fcb771dec4a594f830083c06515a\"> Port Lincoln to Port Augusta. Via a long and winding road. Walked along foreshore in Port Lincoln this morning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-001-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-001-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Port Lincoln<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9dd06c6353c7085278035f2ecfecc943\">Rain starting to grey the skies and dull the mood. Drove up to the local lookout (Winter Hill Lookout). The views range from Port Lincoln to the Eyre Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-006.jpg 800w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-006-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Port-Lincoln-006-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Port Lincoln<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-79e0d2d429a367286efddb784238299f\">After a quick brekkie, we met the famous Australian Melbourne Cup winner, Makybe Diva. The town wanted to celebrate the horse so they had a statue erected on the foreshore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e0d271ae160593546199b94c9b65a173\">\nOur next stop was Whyalla. We looked for the town lookout (Hummock Hill). This looked over the port and local waterways.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fbfbfc62e0fe6b4e6d5a75476ef4aef0\"> We stopped for lunch at Cowell. A quaint little town dating back to the 1880s.This town lives off the fishing, farming and jade mining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-001-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-001-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-001-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-001.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Cowell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-002-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-002-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-002.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Cowell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-003-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-003-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Cowell-003.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Cowell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6afedda0d8ce2970ee921ee4c15cce2f\">\u00a0Apparently Queen Elizabeth\u00a0 herself was at this lookout at Hummock Hill in 1986 where she unveilled a plaque, cheers Queenie. Pics were great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3a716194b5d5a6bb5e54c43004febf0b\">B100 to Augusta, motel room, car unpacked. Quick trip across bridge to Flinders Hotel for dinner.<br>TV, beer, comfy bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"10914\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-004-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-004-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-004.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Whyalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"10928\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-017-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-017-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-017.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Whyalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"10925\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-015-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-015-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-015-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-015.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Whyalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"10915\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-005-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-005-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-005.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Whyalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"10930\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-019-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-019-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-019.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Whyalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"10923\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-013-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-013-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-013-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-013-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-43-Whyalla-013.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 43 &#8211; Whyalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port Lincoln to Port Augusta. Via a long and winding road. Walked along foreshore in Port Lincoln this morning.<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/?p=10696\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440,508,458],"tags":[463,464,465,466],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-10696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorised","category-road-trip","category-south-australia","tag-cowell","tag-makybe-diva","tag-whyalla","tag-winter-hill-lookout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11819,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions\/11819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}