THURSDAY 13.2.2014: Detoured to Streaky Bay - loved the name and the place! Streaky Bay is a coastal town on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula, just off the Flinders Highway 303 km north west of Port Lincoln and 727 km by road from Adelaide. The town of Streaky Bay is the centre of an agricultural district farming cereal crops and sheep, as well as having established fishing and tourism industries.
The first European to sight the area was Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts, in 1627 in the Golden Zeepaard. In 1802 Matthew Flinders named Streaky Bay whilst on his voyage in the Investigator. In his log of 5 February 1802, he describes: "And the water was much discoloured in Streaks... and I called it Streaky Bay" It is now known thought these streaks are caused by the release of oils by certain species of seaweed in the bay.
Puddles had a play, then the humans lunched at the Streaky Bay Hotel.
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