DAY 24

Week 4

SMOKY BAY ~ Exploring With The Locals (South Australia, AUS)

Wednesday October 6th, 2010

TODAYS MILEAGE – 35 miles or 56 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 3213 miles or 5171 kilometres


It's been about 6½ years since I was last at Darky & Jude's and that's just way too long in my book.

They have made themselves and ideal lifestyle by going into oyster farming, but having said that, there is a fair amount of hard yakka that goes on in making a quid out of oysters. It's the Ying & Yang thing I reckon.

The day started out on the barge, checking the oysters, doing some running repairs on the leases and then collecting, sorting and shipping around 9000 of the little beauties to all points across the country.

We managed a brunch, consisting of fresh gummy shark and oysters on the BBQ, that went down and absolute treat. On my last trip, Jude introduced me to simply putting oysters on the BBQ, waiting for them to open and then scoffing them from the shell, absolutely frickin' brilliant.

One of Darky & Jude's mates – Ty, lobs around in his Landcruiser, which we loaded up with adult re-hydration fluid, and proceeds to chauffeur Yvonne, Jungle, Darky and myself all around Smoky Bay and its environs.

We spent the rest of the day checking out Philly's Shack, Happy Hour Hut, Point Brown, Frog's Beach, Black Hill Lagoon and Barlow's Beach.

The countryside and scenery was gorgeous and having a local or two to show you around made for a tremendous day of just poking around, taking a sticky beak at anything and everything.

Just to make sure that we got rid of all the accumulated dust from our days travel, Darky drags Jungle and myself down to the Smoky Bay & Districts Community Club Incorporated for a couple of sherbets before heading back to a great feed that the girls prepared.

• SMOKY BAY ~ On The Oysters (South Australia, AUS)
• SMOKY BAY ~ Philly's Shack (South Australia, AUS)
• SMOKY BAY ~ Happy Hour Hut (South Australia, AUS)
• SMOKY BAY ~ Point Brown (South Australia, AUS)
• SMOKY BAY ~ Frog's Beach (South Australia, AUS)
• SMOKY BAY ~ Barlow's Beach (South Australia, AUS)
• SMOKY BAY ~ Black Hill Lagoon (South Australia, AUS)
• SMOKY BAY ~ Out Cold (South Australia, AUS)