Easter Sunday at Port Parham

Port Parham, a small seaside resort is on the eastern side of the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. For decades it's been the weekend escape for people from the Barossa Valley and other nearby towns.

We were fortunate enough to be invited to stay overnight by friends who have a beach shack.

Port Parham has a tide that recedes several hundred metres from the beach, good fishing and especially, good crabbing opportunities.

Fishermen designed a vehicle called a jinker to tow their boats across the sand to the water and back. Crabs could be gotten with rakes that simply scoop them out of the water and of course there are rules regarding the minimum size permitted and how many can be taken daily. Females with eggs are protected and must be thrown back into the water.

I'm not sure how one determines what a female crab looks like, but those who are real fishermen obviously know.

We didn't go crabbing during our overnight stay, but did enjoy a dinner of crabs and prawns and a lovely bottle of McGuigans cabernat-shiraz.

Here you can see our table of crabs and prawns.

We did a tour of the local towns and sights including looking at the Army firing range that adjoins the fishing zone and generally chilled out chatting, had a few beers, cups of coffee and filled in the 24 hours we were there very well.

After living in Central Australia for so long, it's nice to live where we can drive for an hour and be in a totally different place.

I've never been a real beach fan, but it is lovely to visit it occasionally and soak one's feet in warm salt water and walk on the sand. It's not only good for the feet, but good for the inner person.

Robin