Call to EO Epicureans - Ceduna Oysters

P.S. - There is a great little local market held at Coffin Bay on a Sunday. It's usually in the yard of someones house. The main feature is all the local produce. Great cakes and the bloke with the almond orchard has some great products. I'd make a call and see if it's still operating at that time of the year as it's well worth an hour or two there.


Cheers Mick


Near venus bay SA

Mick, mick, mick...

Thks, but I'm going nowhere nr Coffin Bay. It's Ceduna and then on to Googs.

I've just had nearest and dearest exhume the shucking blade. Got it after I nearly sliced my hand open with a Swiss Army trying to get some Cowell's open 10 yrs ago - $3 a dozen from the servo!

Have you ever gone to east Tassie and seen the mega free oysters on the rocks at St Helens, and Bruny, and sth of Hobart... Only time in my life I've ditched a dozen or more in the bin cos I was sooooo maxed out!!

Cheers.

John,

It has been my experience in South Australia that anywhere you go on the coast the oysters taste - sublime! In fact usually everyone in the village knows where the best ones come from - I don't think I've ever paid more than about $4 a dozen - they are so rich and tasty that I can't usually eat more than a dozen - which came as a big surprise to me.
Oh yes, in one village where I go fishing they are delivered in the shell to your camp spot and for the price of a beer they are opened for you. No, that happens in a few villages.

Just ask - you won't be disappointed.
(Lucky thing!)
Ruth

John,

You are right about the ease of reaping oysters in Tassie.
We were driving a brand new Commodore on a fly-drive holiday with friends over there and the tyre lever was distinctly second hand afer using it to remove the oysers off the rocks and filling a bucket with them.

Being a South Australian however, I must say the oysters from our southern waters are the best to be had in the World by far.

Smoky Bay oysters for me

John, if you're going that far, take a few extra days and cruise down that section of coast to Port Lincoln. You won't be dissapointed and it would be a shame to drive all that way and miss it.

Cheers Mick

Hey Sandman...Can't let you get away with that one..!!! Maybe your oysters are the best in Aussie..but not the best in the world. Try Bluff Oysters from Invercargill NZ...then you will know why!!!

Hi Mick.

Re Port Lincoln - have been before and agree that it's sensational.

However, this is a completely different trip - see below. I am just passing thru lower SA to get to distant destinations elsewhere. (Note, dates are earliest indicative - I'll prob need an extra week).

Cheers.

Ex Perth Fri 5/8 – heading to Broken Hill via Hyden - Norseman Rd, Nullabor to Ceduna, north to the Transcontinental via Googs Trk.
Broken Hill Tue 9/8
ex BH Th 11/8
Bourke Mon 15/8
Ex Bourke Tue 16/8 - Moving to cross the Simpson via Birdsville, or skirting it north via Windorah, or skirting south via the Oodnadatta Trk.
Birdsville Wed 17/8 (not if using the Oodnadatta Trk).
Dalhousie Sun 21/8 (not if using the Oodnadatta Trk or using the Windorah option).
Alice Springs Mon 22/8
Ex Alice Wed 24/8 - to Uluru
ex Uluru Sat 27/8 - to Papunya via Mereenie Loop Rd.
Papunya Mon 29/8
Kintore Tue 30/8
Warakurna Wed 31/8
to Neale Jctn Thurs 1/9
Laverton Sun 5/9
Perth Tue 6/9

Thk Neil.

I'll do that!

Cheers.

I don't eat oysters but travel with plenty who do and the roadside stall is where we get them, with never a complaint.

Hi Peter.

Had some like that in 2008 on a trip from Kalumburu to Horizontal Falls.

They were huge but they're not as good as Pacifics, I reckon.

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We were at Bachsten Camp (on the way to Walcott Inlet in the Kimberley) in 2005 and were invited to share some stunning oysters that some other campers were eating.
I asked where they got them and was told "Walcott Inlet". I could not believe that, so questioned these guys more carefully, but they insisted they got them at Walcott!

Turns out that the other 2 of these guys had just flown into the Walcott strip from Streaky Bay and they bought fresh oysters with them. They were oyster farmers and never went anywhere without a good supply, even to the Kimberley.

Couple of days later we found where they had stopped for lunch. There was a pile of fresh Streaky oyster shells.
True storey.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Back in 2009 we found just before entering Ceduna from Perth that there was a shed on side of road with good oysters.
They also sold knives if you need them.

Pedro

Thks Peter; good to know.

Cheers.

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Hey Tony.

Great tip. DB looks the goods.

We'll drop down thru the minor roads well before C on a SE heading.

Can't wait. Did you leave some...?

Cheers.

John - Leave any - No way - I think they harvested some more after we were there :-)

Only $6-7 a Dozen from Memory - Boy they were good :-)

We camped not far out of DB town on the sand hills - was good fishing off the rocks as well

Have Fun eat lots

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Cheers Tony

The spot looks great Tony. If the weather's kind i might do that as well; otherwise I'll be backing up to Googs.

Cheers.