Port Lincoln

So after spending 7 hours sun bathing outside Adelaide airport waiting for our flight we spend 45 mins in the air and arrive at Port Lincoln.
Not having researched this place we were so pleasantly surprised with what we found..... we were expecting a run down old fishing town... and found exactly the opposite! with only 15,000 people the town quite small, but beautifully kept, with a heaving tuna, agriculture and tourist industry.
The town is surrounded by water on one side and green fields on the other! Apparently we were told that 1/5 of the population are millionaires so a really wealthy and booming area.
The YHA hostel we have booked is like a 5 star hostel... it has everything... a spotlessly clean kitchen, dining room, dvd room, table tennis, hair dryers in the bathroom etc. Its shark theme, facilities and warm atmosphere just made it a great place to stay.
Shark themed Hostel:

How better to see the sights for ourselves than to hire bikes and cycle around the coast line and up to the lookout points!
So we set off around the coastline, to billys point, through the fields and along the seafront!!

Billys point..

Pier seafront..

Despite the bikes being slightly tough on the buttocks, we decided to take the 10km uphill route to the winters lookout..... hard work to the top... about an hour up and a very fun 10 minutes ride down!!
From the top...

On the way down...

And then the Tasman Hotel for a well deserved Beer!

Cage Diving with the Great White Sharks..
SO this was our reason for coming to port lincoln.. i promised Terry for his 30th he would see sharks! So the pressure was on! We chose the underdog company - Bay Adventure Charter rather than the most popular Calyspo to take our tour with. Our company did not use bait unlike the other and therefore some may think we were less likely to attract the sharks. our boat uses sound vibrations... not causing too much effect on nature rather than effecting the food chain. Anyway...

(we did take all these photos - but some we took with the bay adventures charter camera - hence the logo) ....

We arrived at the port at 6.30am in time to catch the beautiful sunrise..

our boat..

skipper Matt..

the trip out to Neptune islands was going to take around 3 hours..... it started off gentle and scenic...

seal colonies are what attract sharks to the neptune islands..

and got a little more rough....... and then the biggest waves for our little boat...

unfortunately Terry (who doesn't get sea sick) felt a little under the weather..... giving the sharks some bait of his own!!!

When we finally arrived at the Neptune Islands Terry looked Yellow and not at all like he wanted to jump in the water.. Becs hates the cold and usually would hold back but desperate to give Terry what she promised jumped in more than anyone else in the hope of spotting a shark. There was only 8 people on the boat so you could basically stay in the cage as long as you wanted .... clearly because it was so cold most people ere waiting until sharks were spotted before getting cold! The water so sooooo cold but i just kept thinking as soon as i leave the cage a shark will come!!!

Getting into the cage...

On Becs third time down in the cage and after a long and agonising wait - i finally spotted one... so calling Terry and the rest of the gang we took turns - 4 in the cage at a time to see these huge and magnificent creatures swimming around the cage!

first glimpse of the sharks....

and they got pretty close to the cage...

from the boat..

we could tell by the fish where the sharks were... if the sharks were present... the fish werent!!!

underwater,,, stunned by the sharks..

Yey sharks seen. Tick one more off the bucket list!!!!
Amazing. Although not sure how much Terry actually enjoyed himself

sunset on way back to shore...

Next day - still excited with the realisation of we actually did yesterday we were planning on an easy day.

However Debbie,,, owner of the hostel had other plans for us...
we visited the national parks and stunning coastlines, winery's (including Boston's winery) and coffee shops..

also that evening Debbie gave us free tickets to the Comedy of Errors Show....... google it for yourselves - truly the weirdest play / comedy we have ever seen!!!

Fab 4 days in Port Lincoln... now for Adelaide