The Campbell family were one of the earliest European settlers in Streaky Bay. Travelling aboard their own ketch, the Lucy, Mr Campbell and his 3 boys took 9 months to make the journey from Liverpool to Streaky Bay. They had some amazing adventures along the way. These are some of the scenes from their story minus the narrative.
This animation was part of the Port to Port project developed and displayed by illuminart between 2016 and 2019 in regional South Australia. The animations were projected onto large outdoor architectural surfaces such as grain silos and buildings across multiple towns and venues throughout the state. Called Travelling Light, the culminating show won Australia's Best Regional Event at the 2020 Australian Event Awards on 21 October 2020.
The primary animation action occurs in the centre of the video. Since not all buildings were the same shape and size the square template enabled the main action to be viewed across all buildings.
The 2 Mrs Campell's travelled with the younger children aboard the grand sailing ship, Great Britain.
At one stage, travelling across the Atlantic Ocean, the ketch ran out of drinking water and they had to make up a still to turn sea water into drinking water. Their journey took them from Liverpool to the Bay of Biscay and onto Madeira, off the coast of Spain. From there they sailed to Trinidad before heading south east to the Cape of Good Hope.
The weather was often rough and the seas dangerous.
More than once they were laid up for repairs.
From the Cape of Good Hope they sailed to Mauritius where they took on a cargo of sugar.
The Campbell's encountered huge waterspouts.
In the rough seas out of Mauritius they lost their side lanterns which caused problems for them later.
Without the side lanterns they were in a precarious position at night. Just off Kangaroo Island they collided with the steamer, the Rangatira which was enroute to Western Australia. They lost a man overboard and only found out much later that he had been picked up by the Rangatira and stayed onboard, heading to WA.
Their final leg into Port Adelaide was a slow one as they were badly damaged and were laid up for some time for repairs. Here they reunited with the family who had travelled out on the Great Britain.
Finally, the Lucy and the Campbell family arrived in Streaky Bay where they were pivotal in establishing the township and community.
