Terowie to Lake Bonney - Sunday 16th August
It was a cool night in Terowie last night and interestingly, none of the grey nomads were on the move very early this morning! It was 8am before we even ventured out of bed to turn on the diesel heater!! Once the van warmed up enough, tea and coffee was made and given the cooker was set up outside, we decided on a treat of hash browns! It was 10:30am before the van was packed up and ready to roll and we still wanted to have a look around Terowie.The railway station where we camped was interesting enough in itself, with restored buildings and steps up onto the narrow gauge platform to where US General Douglas McArthur delivered his famous speech in 1942 "I will return". Apparently, he never did!
The town is a bit of a ghost town with some beautifully maintained old buildings. Apparently the pub closed three years ago so the only shop open now (but not on a Sunday!) is the general store. The old post office is for sale for a mere $128,000. Lovely building too. Here's the quaint main street:
Once we got on the road, it wasn't too far down to Burra, where we stopped in this historic (est. 1845) town for a delicious Cornish pasty. Lunch and a coffee in a pleasant reserve and we were fortified for the rest of the drive.
We arrived at Lake Bonney mid afternoon and set up on the shore before afternoon tea. As the sun started to set, we met and chatted with our camping neighbours Bill and Helen and their beautiful dog. It's always lovely meeting like minded campers on the road. Can't complain about the view......
Once the sun had set and the campfire was warm enough a chicken stroganoff was soon bubbling away. It's starting to cool down now so we'll head inside to the warmth of our diesel heater!
posted by Tracey @ 8:49 pm
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