Sunday Selections

Silo art at Kimba

Sunday Selections

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Kimba, South Australia

My theme this week is from our trip from South Australia to Western Australia.

South Australia has many small country towns that many people just drive straight through or perhaps only stop for fuel, and we have done the same too, but I am hoping to show a bit more of our little towns.

Silo art

Melbourne artist Cam Scale took 26 days and 200 litres of paint to complete the art work on the Viterra silo.

A sculpture of Edward John Eyre and his tracker

View of the silo art from the Edward John Eyre Sculptures

The Big Cockatoo at Kimba

Kimba is halfway across Australia between Sydney and Perth

Kimba free camp area at the Recreation Park, nice and flat

Kimba has several areas where camping is free and we have stayed there a few times.  The local council have provided a great area in the Recreation Park where toilets and showers are provided with only a small fee and a donation box.  The last time we stayed there,  the Pony Club were using the area and we enjoyed watching them go through their routines, just something to do while having an afternoon drink!

Flinders Ranges, South Australia

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On the Road

 Eyre Peninsula trip

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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.