Farina to Wilpena Pound - Wednesday 12th August
Our Oodnadatta travelling party was going their separate ways today so the others were up earlier than us. We said our goodbyes while we finished our breakfast, and then packed up and were on the road by 9:30am. We did a bit more of investigating of the old Farina town site before turning south back onto the Outback Highway. 30km down the road we arrived in the small town of Lyndhurst, where we bought fuel and pumped up our tyres again, as the rest of our travels today was to be on bitumen. A stop in Leigh Creek for morning tea. Leigh Creek has been in the media lately since the announcement that the coal mine - which is the reason the town was established - is to close in the next year or so, at the same time the Port Augusta power station is to close. The expectation is that the town will become a bit of a ghost town.
It was still windy today so the drive south was not pleasant, fighting to keep the van straight. We drove through Parachilna and down to Hawker, observing rain clouds over the Flinders Ranges. In fact, there were even some road closures east from the road we were on into the Flinders Ranges National Park.
There were some light showers in Hawker where we stopped for a late lunch, before the last 50km up the road to Wilpena Pound. It was raining properly when we got here which made set up not a lot of fun.
Into the van for afternoon tea, some internet catch up after five days without, dinner and some trip planning for the next few days - although this may now become weather dependent!
posted by Tracey @ 10:00 pm
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