Day 17 - Whyalla to Orrorroo
Finally, some warmth! It got to 30C today while we were driving! Still a bit too windy for our liking, but definitely less than recent days. And while there are still flies around too, they are less then recent times.
Woke up early for some reason, so decided to do another load of washing and drying before we left! As you do! It was a very pleasant temperature in Whyalla at 7am, and there was no wind! We were optimistic of our day ahead! Packed, hitched and on the road before 10am. We headed into Whyalla for a look at the jetty, which interestingly, was replaced only in 2017 with the design being chosen by the community.
We took a walk out to the end, with the industrial steelworks on the left hand side and a pleasantly designed beach and recreation area on the right hand side. We saw dolphins cavorting in the marina, plenty of people fishing, and the locals walking their dogs were very friendly.
We decided to get a few kilometres under our belt before elevenses and headed out the highway to Port Augusta. The country is desolate, with no trees and very flat. The tallest things were the brand new (and very shiny) transmission pylons. We were almost at Port Augusta before we found a rest area and it was certainly not our most salubrious, with graffitied water tanks and views of the wind turbines!
On the road again, and we passed through Port Augusta heading for Orrorroo. We took a side road which was pretty ordinary. Apparently Neill and Jude had taken this road when they cae through a few months ago as it saved a lot of time due to the roadworks on the main highway, but it was single lane bitumen and quite bumpy!
We stopped for lunch in Wilmington, where it was quite warm. Met a French couple (she didn't speak English!) who also thought it was a bit too hot!
Arrived into Orrorroo and headed out of town again for this bush camp we found, which is on private property. The owner has very kindly made it available to campers. There aren't too many flat spots, but we found some. Unfortunately no campfires allowed during the fire danger period but it didn't get cool enough to need one until after sunset anyway! We even had to take refuge out of the sun in the afternoon! I went for a walk up the hill and met a lizard and two big kangaroos (I forget how big they are here after becoming used to such small ones in Tasmania!) but thankfully, no snakes today.
The wind did start to pick up which was sad, but certainly not as bad as it had been. Jude made scones for afternoon tea and I cooked them in the air fryer multi function oven and they were delicious. Dinner was a chicken curry with naan bread.
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