Monday, April 18, 2005
Flinders Island
Flinders Island is quite large and is occupied as a sheep station. A barge brings supplies from Waterloo Bay (Elliston) The island gives good protection from the SE-SW winds and Swell.
There is a Air strip and two homesteads on the Island, these are for the owners use only.
The Island is very sparce but has nice sandy beaches.
There are two anchorages on the island one on the north side (this is the one we stayed at and another on the south side in front of the homestead.
Arriving we we ashore and meet people holidaying on the island. The sand is almost white not the usual yellow we have experienced previously in SA. We met a professional Abalone diver who told us that the water here is usually crystal clear and he had only seen it so cloudy twice before. He recommended that we go the Peason Island as it was a lot nicer than Flinders, showing photos he had taken on his phone. We were given two huge abalone shells and may see him in Port Lincoln.
Azure came over for dinner on Cockatoo when Chris and Paul noticed that they had bogged their four wheel drive in the surf getting their boat out of the water. Being the ggod samaratins they went to see if they could assist but it was too bogged as it was down to the diffs so they called the station owner to bring their tractor out to pull them out.
Assorted Photos of Flinders Island
Map of trip to Flinders Island
Map of entry and exit to Flinders Island Detailed
There is a Air strip and two homesteads on the Island, these are for the owners use only.
The Island is very sparce but has nice sandy beaches.
There are two anchorages on the island one on the north side (this is the one we stayed at and another on the south side in front of the homestead.
Arriving we we ashore and meet people holidaying on the island. The sand is almost white not the usual yellow we have experienced previously in SA. We met a professional Abalone diver who told us that the water here is usually crystal clear and he had only seen it so cloudy twice before. He recommended that we go the Peason Island as it was a lot nicer than Flinders, showing photos he had taken on his phone. We were given two huge abalone shells and may see him in Port Lincoln.
Azure came over for dinner on Cockatoo when Chris and Paul noticed that they had bogged their four wheel drive in the surf getting their boat out of the water. Being the ggod samaratins they went to see if they could assist but it was too bogged as it was down to the diffs so they called the station owner to bring their tractor out to pull them out.
Assorted Photos of Flinders Island
Map of trip to Flinders Island
Map of entry and exit to Flinders Island Detailed
