Whyalla

What an unusual place. Everywhere you go there is a small shopping village with vacant shops. The population of Whyalla used to be 37,000 but has dropped to around 21,000. This would probably explain the closed businesses. The housing is set amongst saltbush & dry desert looking Landscspe & the coastline has amazingly blue water & white sand....so many Dolphins to see. 

Yesterday we visited the Maritime museum where we did a tour of the HMAS Whyalla. It was originally built in Whyalla and then purchased for $5,000 when it was retired. It did cost in excess of $500,000 to move it the 2km to its new dry home!

The captains dining room. The poor men had to dine in very cramped conditions but the senior officers had their own dining area.

A lookout overlooking Whyalla foreshore.

We decided to stay an extra night & take a drive out to Port Lowly lighthouse.

Camping for $5 per night but it's a little too close to the gasworks for me :-)

Dolphins swimming right in front of us...too quick for a photo :-(

A Besutiful gravel road winding all along the coastline.

Fitzgerald bay...stop for a picnic. Not a lot of water. I think it's very tidal