Wednesday 28th March 2012:
Continuing south from Lowly Point we came to Whyalla on the western shore of the Upper Spencer Gulf. One Steel Whyalla Steelworks operations produce a range of steel products including railway line and steel sleepers. This operation has more than 100 years of significant iron and steel making history. The Hummock Hill lookout offers 360⁰ views including the Whyalla Marina. Fishing is a popular sport around this region. The Australian Giant Cuttlefish migrate annually to the waters of the Spencer Gulf. The migration is for the sole purpose of spawning. The HMAS Whyalla was the first ship built in the Whyalla shipyards in 1941 and is on permanent display on the roadside near the Tourist Information Centre. Whyalla's other industries include Santos (producing crude oil and LPG), industrial fabrication, commercial salt production, and Cognis (producing beta-carotene for domestic and export markets - used as pro-vitamin A and providing colouring for foodstuffs such as margarine, cheese, sauce and soft drinks).
We travelled onto Cowell, a quaint town on the shores of the Spencer Gulf. The local pub was cooking, on a spit, a pig in preparation for the evening dinner.
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