Well can't quite believe we have been here a week already, time is passing so fast and the distance travelled keeps going up. Costing a small fortune in fuel costs. Although it is only about 65p per litre when you are doing lots of miles it all adds up.
So far we have covered a small 2,000km.
Left the campsite at Port Augusta and headed to Whyalla, another 76km. This is a town that is concerened with the steal production of Australia. Have noticed as we are heading west that it is getting more arid, more flies and not much else. Towns are spread further apart and one must think about this as fuel is not always available. Keep a full tank at all times - thats my motto. You can see this from the photos...
Stopped at Whyalla, quite a large town, but not many shops. There was one worrying thing though, we walked past the police station and there was a queue, lots of young lads with papers in their hands (naughty boys), maybe we won't stop here too long. Photos of False Bay.
We left Whyalla and found a spot for lunch, Was ok but not much to look at, a few hills etc.
We then proceeded into Cowell - The home of the Oyster. Had a walk along the seafront and took a few pictures.
Then onto Arno Bay, with a population of 250. Think everybody was out of town today. Had a walk down the jetty and took pictures. Toilets were not great.
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Whilst walking we did discover the Australian Dandelion is a bit different to ours. It even looks nice.....
Drove past Port Neill and Tracy was operating the camera.......
Headed for Tumby Bay to find a campsite, Hope they have room as there is only one to choose from. This is one of the areas we have looked at on the internet. The plot of land we looked at is still up for sale.... Will walk into town in the morning and find out more....
We have seen our first snake today.. bad news is that the car infront of us ran over it and there was not much left. We have however added it to our list of animals by the side of the road for today.
The list is as follows...
9 Kangaroo.
1 Skink.
4 Blackbird.
1 Rabbit.
1 Small Snake.
1 Large squashed snake.
oh and 1 Fly that hit our windscreen - what a mess.
Still no kangaroo though. Might have to re-think my kangaroo sausage making business.....
Tumbo Bay, sounds like a place after a night on the grog!
Interesting to know that the plot you were looking at is still for sale. Well have a good look around and visit the plot. It might look so different in real life.
Have fun and ask the locals about the good and bad points of living in the neighbourhood.
Brian