On the Road - Day 4

 Yeldulknie Dam

We had a good sleep overnight at our camp site at Yeldulknie Dam, no traffic noise which always makes for a good sleep, and we had also had a nice chat with one of the neighbours in the camping area which always makes me feel more comfortable knowing who is nearby.

On our walk to the dam we took some photos of the pumphouse.

                                                 Yeldulknie Dam

Day 5 - Cleve

We left our lovely spot near the dam and headed on to the small town of Cleve where we stocked up on a few more groceries, but they didn't have any bread.   It seems that we are doing a lot of shopping  but I didn't pack much in the fridge or the pantry this trip as I knew we would be passing through the small towns and thought it would be good to spend our money there rather than in our local shops.  We have also been going out for coffee in our local shops.  Most shops in country towns close at midday on Saturdays so we left Cleve and headed for Arno Bay where we hoped to get some bread.

Arno Bay jetty

View from jetty to the caravan park

Some interesting art/sculptures at the entrance to the town of Arno Bay.

Arno Bay

We did manage to get some nice fresh bread at Arno Bay.

Our next stop was Tumby Bay where we stopped for lunch at the hotel and had a good meal there.

We decided to stay at Tumby Bay as the caravan park was opposite the beach and we were lucky to get in as it was pretty full.  We have  been surprised at how busy these small towns are, many people are on the road now as we can travel within our State, just not across the borders yet.

Nice art on a wall in Tumby Bay.

Silo Art in Tumby Bay.

The end of another day on the road, and an early night for us as we head off for more tomorrow.

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Day 3

We left Whyalla Caravan Park, the weather is cooler, and we decided to stock up on some extra supplies while we were able to go to a Coles supermarket.  We also got petrol at 114.9c/ltr.

On the road to Cowell the scenery changed and we were happy to see some shrubs and trees.  We stopped in Cowell for a short walk around the town, and I had a nice look around an art and craft shop which was full of lovely hand made items while Ron had a wander around an outdoor museum.  We then drove to the Silo art mural just out of town.

  

On our way to Cleve, we turned off to Yeldulknie Dam where we thought we might stay the night as we had read about this nice camping area, but thought if it was too crowded we would not stay.  We were a bit hesitant at first as the road was dirt but as dirt roads go this one was pretty good and we took it slowly.  We could see a couple of vans as we approached and when we had a look around they were the only vans there so we decided to stay.  There were toilets and picnic tables as well as some nice camping spots among the trees so it wasn't long before we were set up.

The turn off to the dam was sign posted.

The dirt road in to the Yeldulknie Dam was a good dirt road.

All set up with some shade and ready for a drink.

The view from our door across the paddock to the quarry where the stone was used for the dam.

A closer view of the quarry.

The road into the camping area.

The Yeldulknie dam wall.

We set up without unhooking in a nice shady area with nice views to farmland.  The weather was fairly warm, about 30C, so the shade was welcome.

There was a walking path near our van, so we decided to take a walk to see where it went.

After about half an hour we turned around and came back as the track was just meandering through grass and the flies were becoming very annoying.  There were a few little wildflowers but nothing else except flies.

This part of South Australia has been in drought for many years and crop production has dropped about 2 million tonnes lower than the 10 year average.

There was a good sunset.

Next morning we walked to the dam wall on a good walking track.  There were bbq's, a shelter,  and a toilet as well as an Information board.

 

On the Road

 We left our  first overnight camping spot at Koolunga and headed for Port Pire. 

Port Pirie - silver, lead, gold, copper and zinc smelters which process the raw ore brought from Broken Hill.

Port Pirie Railway Station built in 1902 in the Victorian Pavilion style

Main Street, Port Pirie

Pt Pirie silos on the waterfront

Street art at a service station in Pt Pirie

Port Pirie wharf

Another view of the wharf in Pt Pirie

We stopped at the Aldi Store in Port Pirie as I wanted to get the art set that they had on sale for $50 as my art class the previous week had suggested this set was good value and they only come on sale occasionally, so I wasn't going to miss out just because we were away, and I wasn't sure if they would even have them, but there were quite a few in the store so I was very happy.

We then headed to Port Germein, a small holiday town.  We decided to stop and have our morning tea break with views across the sea, but just as we got organised it started to rain and our view was of a very misty jetty, so no photos.

Our next stop was Port Augusta where we stopped for lunch.

Scenery on road to Whyalla

  

Views as we travelled to Whyalla

We officially enter Eyre Peninsula

On route to Whyalla we detoured to Point Lowly as we have never been there and we had plenty of time to spare.

Point Lowly lighthouse is heritage listed.

The lighthouse was constructed in 1883 and deactivated in 1993.  There are cottages which are available to rent as well as some cliff top areas to camp in.  We were going to camp there but it got very windy and we decided to move on to Whyalla.

A large colony of birds, might be Egrets?

This little boat with fishermen was rocking and rolling.  The sea was quite rough although doesn't look like it in this photo

We left Point Lowly and drove on to Whyalla where we stayed the night in the caravan park.

Drive through site, nice and flat

Whyalla foreshore

Whyalla has a very nice waterfront area with plenty of space for picnics etc on the lawns.  

Distance travelled today was 300 km approximately as we had a few detours.