Starting to warm up a bit!

Sleaford Bay near Port Lincoln SA

Port Lincoln NP managed to keep us holed up in a lovely little spot right on the waters edge for 3 days with more canoeing, swimming and chilling.  Steve wanted to do the 18km Sleaford - Wanna Dune Access drive which he thoroughly enjoyed, even with me wingeing in his ear about being careful in the extremely soft sand and then hanging on to the door for dear life . It wasn't that I didn't enjoy it, but just not as much as he did!

Crossing the sand dunes, Port Lincoln NP

Recovery time - bogged in soft sand with the front wheel off the ground!

Sue - chilling in Coffin Bay Nat Park

By this time the temperatures were beginning to rise a little, but it was still lovely.  We moved onto Coffin Bay NP, which although just 70 km away was very different, more rugged tracks with soft sand and very tranquil waters.  It was a 50Km lovely drive up to Point Sir Isaac, part of it across Seven Mile Beach and were glad to be in the car with the air con on.

Shells

Coffin Bay

Coffin Bay

Seven Mile Beach, Coffin Bay

Sea Eagle

Pacific Gull

Tuesday morning we took the canoes out early and all was well, we had a lovely time, but within half an hour of being back on land the temperature started to rise.  I had to leave Steve to finish putting everything away so I could sit in the car to cool down. It was really oppressive.  It's hard to explain, but my skin felt like it was on fire and I was suffocating. I had already felt unwell but the sudden heat just tipped me over the edge and that was it for me, I just wanted to lie down, anywhere!! Trying to get away from the searing heat became a real priority so we tried a night at Venus Bay as the storms went through, but the heat stayed, so we headed for Port Augusta, yes the hottest place in the World with 47.7 degrees, and booked into an air conditioned cabin for two nights.  Hopefully tomorrow will be the start of some cooler weather and we can start enjoying our holiday again!

Sunset through the storm at Venus Bay

After the storm