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.