Week 518 - Port Broughton, South Australia

Our week has been one of survival and maintenance.  The temperature has crept up and the winds have been strong, blowing many dust storms around.  Our camp site was in the dusty carpark of the football grounds at Port Augusta in the foothills of the Flinders Ranges.  Our third time at this camp site and probably the last time in our travels.

Southern Flinders Ranges - The view from our
camp site at Port Augusta, overlooking the
Southern Flinders Ranges.

Port Augusta has all the shops, services and facilities.  So we booked our motorhome into Butlers Mechanical for a grease and oil change.  You don't get much change out of $500, in fact, we just got a couple of coins.  But the bus has been reliable in the last 10 years and didn't need much attention this time.

Murray Town Pub - We camped in this town. 
Absolutely derelict. No shops or pub open 
and a population of just a dozen or so people.

Charlies Aeroplane - Charlie built a model of an 
airplane back in 1967. Of course it deteriorated 
in the sun and this is a replica to keep the local 
folklore alive. It is a landmark of the town

We departed and climbed over the Southern Flinders Range to Murray Town.  A deserted township in the middle of nowhere.  We continued through  Germain Gorge.  Not for the faint hearted.  The roads were very narrow and winded through spectacular scenery, surprisingly green in places.  The day was quite hot, but the temperature gauge monitoring the engine stayed constantly in the green, where it should be.

Germain Gorge - The passage through the gorge 
was about 25 km, very scenic and sometimes 
spectacular

Still the Germain Gorge - The Gorge was 
sometimes challenging, the road was very 
narrow at times and several winding bends 
were taken at just 20 km an hour.

As we exited the gorge, we could see the Spencer Gulf and in the distance we could see the townships that we had visited on the Eyre Pennisula. i.e. Point Lowly and Whyalla.

A sightsee at Port Pirie and we ended up at an interesting camp site at Port Broughton.  A realistic $10 a night, no facilities but work is still in progress.

Our guard dog 

Our days are spent sightseeing, Jo's spare time is spent in the sewing room and I potter around the bus doing odd jobs and maintenance.  Rusti is still as cute as ever.

Comments

Thrush
2019-02-15

Although I only spent 18 months at Coober Pedy it was long enough to appreciate the beauty of parts of South Australia. And A joy to see your photo of the Flinders Ranges.

Eric & Annie
2019-02-15

Looks great, always good to follow your travels, hope to hook up again someday!

Bruce N
2019-02-17

Thanks for the blogs. Safe travels.