Renmark/Peterborough
Well we left Mildura and headed out on the Sturt highway.
The best description is that it was a long straight open road with plenty of
wheat and a few vineyards. After crossing into South Australia, we had to
declare all fruit and vegetables. We did the right thing by declaring my
precious strawberry jam which they let pass through. They opened up the van
etc. However, as we left we discovered that Georgia had a dirty great big apple
sitting on the back seat of the car. Not a very thorough inspection by the
South Australians.
We arrived in Renmark around lunchtime. It is a pretty town
on the banks of the Murray. Given that the towns would be getting progressively
smaller to non-existent as we headed towards the Flinders rangers, we decided
to stay for the night. We stayed at the beautifully positioned Big 4 caravan
park right on the river and enjoyed their amenities for the rest of the day and
evening.
The next morning we headed out on the Goyder highway which was
again flat, long and straight. We stopped at the historic mining village of
Burra for lunch.
Wide open spaces here and quiet, we are starting to get out
into the sticks. The main street shuts down after about 7pm. We continue to meet interesting people at the
caravan parks. At dinner we were talking to a Scottish couple from Sydney who
are also headed for the Flinders Ranges, a German couple who landed in Perth and were
headed for Sydney for 4 months, a couple from Muswellbrook NSW who had been on
the road for 5 months and a 70 year fellow from Perth driving and canoeing
around the country with his “10 good years left in him”.
It was a scorcher today, about 36c but a dry heat. We had a
quiet day doing domestics including library for the kids schooling, washing the
sheets and clothes and stocking up on petrol, food and water with of course the
obligatory swim.
Ready for the Flinders Ranges
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