8th December 2021 Arno Bay Eyre Peninsula

We are moving again today, not very far we are on the way to Arno Bay.

On the way we stopped at Port Neil, Merv went for a walk along the jetty it was blowing so hard I declined.

Merv said the jetty was covered in squid ink.

We kept moving until we arrived at Arno Bay, it appears to be a nice area the  childrens waterfront playground, caravan park and pub along with some original beach shacks are all along on the beach side of a large tidal salt plain, the town centre is on the opposite side.

We went for a walk on the jetty, the water is very weedy and with the wind looks rather disgusting but there was a school group having an outing playing on the bouncing area when we arrived as we came off the jetty they were all going in for a swim yuk, they were having a ball, I did feel sorry for the lifeguard teacher having to stand in that and try to keep count as the wind was not letting up and most grownups were freezing.

We left there and went around behind the hotel to camp, they charged $20 but gave a $10 voucher back to spend at IGA, the cafe or the pub.

After setting up and a coffee we went for a walk down the road about a km to a board walk that has been built through the mangroves and down the side of the creek out to the beach.

We had dinner at the hotel and it was schnitzel night, half price, Merv had pork I had beef, they even had squid schnitzel on the menu.

Schnitzel night was popular with the locals the place was almost full, it was nice to see the locals supporting their town, most looked like older farmers.

The hotel had really interesting things on their walls including a big pink snapper.

The meal was delicious and the service spot on.