Unser kleiner Geheimtipp

We wake up in Port Broughton in the morning overlooking an old football field that opened in 1980, and decide to travel a few more kilometers than usual today. We load up the van and head towards Port Augusta. While Moritz is driving, I find an interesting lookout called 'Point Labatt Sea Lions Colony' through an app. Someone writes in the reviews that they were able to watch about 20 sea lions there. Let's go! So, we drive about 550km west within 7 hours. Easy, we thought.. Until the road suddenly ends 40km before the destination and turns into a gravel track. That's how it is in Australia. Many roads lead to the destination, but sometimes only through gravel. We can drive at 20km/h, otherwise it sounds like everything in the car, including the wooden bed frame, will collapse. For such routes, a 4-wheel drive would certainly have been a better choice, but we agree that it wouldn't be half as comfortable to sleep in as our van is. 😊 We drive along the turquoise sea, the sky is cloudless, and the road is rocky and empty. A driver comes towards us and a kangaroo disappears into the bush, otherwise it's just us, the van, and the lonely spot of earth. When we arrive, we both think the same thing: the journey was worth it. We get out and stand on a rock, surrounded by the vastness of the ocean without a single soul in sight (not even an Asian, they are usually everywhere 😄). We walk a few meters to the plateau, where a large pair of binoculars stands. Below us, about 30m away, the waves collide with shallow rocks, on which some sea lions are actually lined up next to each other, dozing in the sun. Through the binoculars, you can see a few of them rolling around comfortably. Truly a beautiful observation of untouched nature! We end the evening in the van, watching as the sun slowly disappears on the horizon, and look forward to the next morning.

I think the early morning has something magical about it, when everything is still so quiet, the birds are slowly awakening, a light cool breeze from the last night floats in the air, and the waves find their way to the coast with a gentle rustling sound. Some of the young sea lions also awaken, playing and yelping with each other. With beautiful memories, we set off again to our next destination.