DAY 69 - STREAKY BAY SA

STREAKY BAY SA

DAY 69


Streaky Bay was the site of a world-record shark catch in the year of 1990.

It was ratified by international fishing bodies as a completely legal catch at the time and still stands in the Guinness Book of Records to this day.

The monster was a 5.2 metre, 1500 kilogram female Great White, caught on lightweight 24 kg line and then roped and gaffed over a 5-hour period by a young guy who was only 21-years-old at the time.

A replica of the beast is held inside the Streaky Bay Roadhouse, amongst other paraphernalia, including newspaper articles relating to the catch as well as several mounted sets of shark jaws.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning last, the roadhouse was broken into and 2 sets of Great White jaws were stolen from the display.

It is subject to crime investigation at present and also interest from a television crew, who were on deck with cameras and microphones at the roadhouse this morning.

The cameraman was already recognised to me as the self-same who stopped me on the Lincoln Highway last week for a roadside interview and some action takes.

I don’t think my extraordinary expose was quite prime time material but I have requested that any usable footage be forwarded onto my home address in the near future…..

A decline of the afternoon’s weather dictated some tent time and a brief siesta for just about the first time on the trip.

Good news on this front is that my precious tailwind should be maintained well into tomorrow for the ride to Smoky Bay.

An extra couple of days into Ceduna after this would be most appreciated, then a swing around to the West/Southwest for about a week to blow me along the Eyre Highway back to Port Augusta.