Coffin Bay and the World's Best Oysters

After another hour and a half travelling further south, we made it to the Southern Eyre Peninsula and beautiful Coffin Bay. The first thing we noticed were all the emu’s grazing around the park (another Monkey Mia!). The weather was gorgeous, so after setup and lunch, we headed across the road to stroll along the Oyster Walk. This was a lovely trail, established by the local community, that went right along the foreshore of Coffin Bay. Later in the afternoon, with coupon from the caravan park in hand, we headed across to Oyster HQ for our first taste of Coffin Bay oysters. YUM! They were truly delicious. So wonderfully fresh and creamy. They went down a treat with a cold beer and a glass of wine whilst sitting looking across the water in the late afternoon sun. We now understood why everybody had been raving about the oysters!

The next day we headed into the Coffin Bay National Park, with our first stop at Yangie Bay. We walked the 3km loop up to the lookout and were rewarded with beautiful bay views. It was a stunning day, but quite warm, and so we were very conscious of keeping our eye out for snakes. (on the drive in we saw a rather large brown snake cross the road). We arrived back at the car, having only spotted lizards, but decided that would be the only bushwalk for the day, as it was still heating up. Next stop in the park was Almonta Beach – another pristine, remote beach that went for miles. We then visited Point Avoid and finished our touring looking out to Golden Island. All majestic coastline.

Back at the caravan park for lunch and a relax, until we were warmly greeted by Dave and Mish. It was then back across the road to introduce them to the HQ Oyster bar, which rolled into dinner at the Coffin Bay Hotel. We had a lovely time catching up and sharing travel stories. We bade them farewell after dinner (they were now on a bee line for Sydney to see their son) and we made the quick walk back to the BT in time for Sippy to watch the NRL semi-final.

Day 3 in Coffin Bay, we checked out early, parking the BT at the Yacht Club for our Oyster Experience Tour. What a fantastic day! The weather was amazing with no wind and stunning blue skies. We boarded the boat and cruised along for 16km to the oyster leases. It was then into waders with boots and out the back of the boat for the opportunity to learn all about oyster farming. It was fabulous!

Safely back on board, with everyone still relatively dry, we had a great presentation from the captain and then sat back and relaxed with drinks and a dozen freshly shucked oysters. You cant get much fresher than that! Delicious!!

We then got to tour via some islands in the bay and were delighted to get up close and personal with more Australian sealions. To top off an awesome day, we had two gorgeous dolphins swim and leap in front of the bow for several minutes as we headed back to shore. What a wonderful day of adventure!